Plain Jayne: // A Memoir

From award-winning actress and sports broadcaster Jayne Kennedy comes a compelling, inspirational, and unflinchingly honest memoir about her rise in Hollywood and beyond.

Jayne Kennedy is one of the most photographed, glamorous, and intriguing women ever to set foot in Hollywood. Perhaps best known for her groundbreaking work in 19781980 on the Emmy Awardwinning CBS programThe NFL Today, shes an icon and trailblazer in every sense of the word. From becoming the first Black woman to win Miss Ohio USA, to being the only woman to host the long-running syndicated television showGreatest Sports Legends, and pioneering the fitness industry with her bestsellingLove Your Bodyexercise videos and fitness programs, nobody has had a career trajectory quite like Jayne. And she has never gone on the record about her personal experiences and the resulting joys and scarsuntil now.

Her candid and conversational storytelling will endear her once again to her existing fans as well as open her up to a new audience that will admire her message of resilience and empowerment. Jayne has long been a beacon of Black and female excellence and has opened doors for female talent and media executives. Inducted into the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in their Television and the Media Landscape exhibit, Jayne is indeed a pioneer. Tracing her upbringing in Ohio and her journey shattering glass ceilings in American contemporary culture,Plain Jayneis a breathtakingstory of endurance, survival, and achievement.

JAYNE KENNEDYis an actress, sports broadcaster, television personality, writer, and producer. Her accolades for being a trailblazer are numerous, including the National Sports Media Associations Roone Arledge Award for Innovation, Black Enterprises Women of Power Summits Legacy Award, and the NAACP Image Award for Best Actress for the film Body & Soul, which she also produced. Viacom/BET named her one of the Ten Black Female Firsts in TV Journalism Around the World, and in 2018 she was inducted to the prestigious Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington D.C., in the Television and the Media Landscape exhibit, presented in the Oprah Winfrey Wing of the institution.

• Publisher: Andscape Books
• Publish Date: September 02, 2025
• Pages: 384
• Language: English
• Type: Hardcover
• EAN/UPC: 9781368110952
• Dimensions: 9.3 X 6.3 X 1.3 inches | 1.3 pounds
• BISAC Categories: Biography & Memoir