Janae Palmer Cruz
Actor · Born October 22, 1993 (33) · Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
Janae Palmer was born and raised in Gaithersburg, Maryland, to Janet Palmer, a school teacher, and James Palmer, CEO and founder of a family owned contracting business. Her heritage is of Italian decent. Palmer was home schooled by her mother from early childhood education to twelfth grade. During her last two years of high-school, she was enrolled as a part-time student at her local college. Being home schooled enabled Palmer to begin her acting education at the age of thirteen at an organization called HST. She studied acting techniques, dance, and voice with HST and performed two main stage shows per year from the age of thirteen to eighteen. Palmer continued her education at Messiah College where she received two Bachelor of Arts degrees (Theatre & Dance). During her junior year of college, Palmer studied abroad at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland. She studied acting, scene study, movement, and voice under the instruction of Patrick Sutton and several guest teachers. During Palmer's senior year of college, she produced, directed, choreographed, danced, and acted in her senior showcase titled "If It Were You". During Palmer's junior year of college, she discovered her love for acting on screen. She auditioned and was cast in six short films from the Film and Media Arts department at Messiah College. After building connections and gaining experience, Palmer decided she wanted to make her life long career as a film actress. Shortly after graduation, Palmer was cast in her first role on an episode of Gone (2017) for the Investigation Discovery Channel. After recognition and favor, Palmer soon began getting cast as lead roles for the Investigation Discovery Channel, the Reelz Channel, and the Travel Channel. After building a favorable background and reputation, Palmer started acting in local and nation-wide commercials as well. Her success in the TV industry soon brought on bigger roles on feature films. She landed a lead role in The Fallen (2019), filmed in D.C by The Make-A-Wish Foundation for a wish kid. Not long after, Palmer was cast in The Special (2020), a feature horror film directed by B. Harrison Smith Palmer's most recent work was for Lionsgate's film Where the Scary Things Are (2022) directed by B. Harrison Smith. She is also proud of being hired as the Stand In and Photodouble for Natalie Portman on Lady in the Lake (2024) directed by Alma Har'el.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 22, 1993 (33)
- Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
- Actor
- 12 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are Janae Palmer Cruz's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 1
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 0 · Intense 1
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 1
Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet2
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous6
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Janae Palmer Cruz's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
- discovery+
Subscription and free streaming for Janae Palmer Cruz's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
14 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.
Step Back, Doors Closing(2024)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Special(2020)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
The Enemy Within(2019)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
Bride Killa(2018)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Cold Hearted(2018)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Dead of Night(2018)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
True Conviction(2018)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows
Gone(2017)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
The Perfect Suspect(2017)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Call It in the Air(2016)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Downward (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Scandal(2012)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Coffee and Yellow Roses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 10th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 7 titles, 6 of them dated from 2012 to 2026.
Film career
- 2020Screen debut· The Special
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Janae Palmer Cruz's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 79th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 92nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 12 titles are Mixed.
- Loved with Detractors1
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed5
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Janae Palmer Cruz work with?
People who share at least 2 of Janae Palmer Cruz's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Rebecca Toth Diefenbach shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Christopher James LangShared titles: Bride Killa (2018), True Conviction (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher James Lang
- Justin WolfeShared titles: Bride Killa (2018), The Perfect Suspect (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Justin Wolfe
- Stephen Guidry-WhiteShared titles: The Golden State Killer: It's Not Over (2018), The Perfect Suspect (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Stephen Guidry-White
Actors
- Marisol CorreaShared titles: Bride Killa (2018), Cold Hearted (2018), Dead of Night (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Marisol Correa
- Matt GulbransonShared titles: Bride Killa (2018), True Conviction (2018), Gone (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Matt Gulbranson
- Debbie TsamoudakisShared titles: True Conviction (2018), Gone (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Debbie Tsamoudakis
- Kristen UdowitzShared titles: Bride Killa (2018), Gone (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Kristen Udowitz
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Felix PagesShared titles: Cold Hearted (2018), The Perfect Suspect (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Felix Pages
- Gale SargentShared titles: The Golden State Killer: It's Not Over (2018), The Perfect Suspect (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Gale Sargent
- Kevin BluhmShared titles: The Golden State Killer: It's Not Over (2018), The Perfect Suspect (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Kevin Bluhm
- Martin FilfilShared titles: Cold Hearted (2018), The Perfect Suspect (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Martin Filfil
Producers
- Rebecca Toth DiefenbachShared titles: Cold Hearted (2018), The Golden State Killer: It's Not Over (2018), Gone (2017), The Perfect Suspect (2017)See all 4 shared titles with Rebecca Toth Diefenbach
- Valerie Haselton DrescherShared titles: Cold Hearted (2018), The Golden State Killer: It's Not Over (2018), Gone (2017), The Perfect Suspect (2017)See all 4 shared titles with Valerie Haselton Drescher
- Sarah CullerShared titles: Bride Killa (2018), Cold Hearted (2018), Gone (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Sarah Culler
- Tyler HarrellShared titles: Cold Hearted (2018), Gone (2017), The Perfect Suspect (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Tyler Harrell