From the age of 5 until 15, Lena participated in various children's theatre productions, and as a child, she would often perform with her mother, who was also a singer and toured around the world.

In 2009, she started performing backing vocals for Anouk, and it wasn't long before she began to write and record her own songs, making her way as an independent artist.

Besides regular appearances on popular national TV & radio shows in the Netherlands, Jennie also opened for Joss Stone, who invited her on her international tour after watching her videos on the internet.

On 6 June 2011, her new single Special Delivery came out and on 30 September 2011, the new album Life's Like a Chox or Bogglets appeared, bringing Lena a more comprehensive musical direction.

[1] In 2016, the critically acclaimed Los Angeles-based retro band Postmodern Jukebox (60 million views on YouTube) invited Jennie to make a music video with them and go on tour with them.

The song You Give Love a Bad Name debuted in the Top 10 of the American iTunes Charts Jazz and has millions of views.

Her audition, in which she sang "Who's Loving You" by The Jackson Five, accumulated over 100 million views on multiple internet platforms.

International blogs like 9Gag, Diply, The Huffington Post and LikeMag started blogging about Jennie and stars like Robin Thicke, Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levine, Tyler Perry and Nia Long also shared Jennie's music videos on their social media.