Jenkinson graduated from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2004, winning the Nigel Rideout Award and has since been working constantly in drama and comedy on both stage and screen.
[1] In 2005, Jenkinson was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award for her role as Julia in the Black Swan State Theatre Company production of Zastrozzi and was a regular on the TV comedy series The Wedge from 2005 to 2007.
In 2007, she was in an episode of Shaun Micallef's Newstopia and had a lead guest role on the Channel 9 drama series, Canal Road.
She began 2008 in the MTC production of Don Juan in Soho before commencing as a regular on SBS's Bogan Pride[4] and guest roles on Rush, Satisfaction, Tangle, and Whatever Happened to That Guy.
In 2013, she joined the cast of fellow Australian Rebel Wilson's TV series Super Fun Night.