Thrilla in Manila 1975 - Muhammad Ali

NAACP AWARDS

JAYNE KENNEDY & LOUIS GOSSETT

AWARDS

EMMY Award Nomination, Outstanding Sports Show & Outstanding Performance as a Host
Golden Globe nomination, Best Producer
NAACP Image Award, Best Actress
NAACP Theatre Award, Best Producer
CEBA Award
History Maker Award
Black Enterprise - Women of Power Legacy Award
National Sports Media Association - Roone Arledge Award for Innovation
Dream Awards - Trailblazer Award

These are but a few of many credits which accompany her accolade as the first African American to win the Miss Ohio/USA crown

Along with Jane Fonda, she was one of the first to utilize video as a platform into the multi-billion dollar fitness industry with her self-produced Love Your Body campaign

Spokeswoman
1982 – 1987

Commercial Endorsements & Public Service

As a national spokeswoman for global and national brands she proved in the 1970s and 80s that Black women could in fact be the face of corporate America

REVLON

JOVAN

ESOTÉRICA FADE CREAM

BUTTERICK

PLAYBOY

VOGUE

EBONY

EBONY

ESSENCE

MAHOGANY

MAHOGANY

AMERICAN BABY

Jayne first appeared on JET magazine at the age of 18… and has since done nearly twenty JET covers

SEPIA

JET

JET

SEPIA

TOTAL HEALTH

1987

Jayne joins a cast of hundreds of Hollywood’s biggest and brightest stars to celebrate in a Busby Berkeley tribute to Hollywood's 100th Birthday, the grandest TV special ever!

Yet another Pioneering Moment…
As the First Female driver in the history of the Toyota Long Beach Grand Prix Celebrity Driver Race with Mario Andretti, Clint Eastwood, James Brolin, Bruce Jenner, Fred Dryer & others

Charles Barkley, Lesley Visser, Jayne's daughter, Savannah   I   Dave Goren, CEO / NSMA

Television and the Media Landscape

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Oprah Winfrey Wing, 2018

LA Sentinel Interview

August 2025

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