Claim: Jennifer Grey earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for Dirty Dancing.

Jennifer Grey -LRB- born March 26 , 1960 -RRB- is an American actress . She is known for her roles in the 1980s films Ferris Bueller 's Day Off -LRB- 1986 -RRB- and Dirty Dancing -LRB- 1987 -RRB- , for which Grey earned a Golden Globe Award nomination . She is also known for her 2010 victory in season eleven of the American version of Strictly Come Dancing . Grey is the daughter of Academy Award -- winning actor Joel Grey and former actress/singer Jo Wilder . Grey currently stars in the Amazon Studios comedy series Red Oaks .