said they were doing a play about the book of jonah and her quote was she played a prostitute from ninevah she said she played the best little prostitute. >> she stood out as somebody who absolutely wanted to do this. >> jennifer enrolled if her first acting class right after her 14th birthday. >> do you remember her saying charl charlie, put me in. >> she was precocious and she was energetic. >> few months in and jennifer was tackling the role of desdemona in shakespeare's "owe they willo." captured in this never before seen video. >> make me go to bed and beg me to -- to dismiss you. >> so did the 14-year-old version of jennifer lawyers pull off shakespeare? >> i think so she sings in that scene, too. ♪ ♪ >> she had to sing a cappella and that's not easy to do. >> that's brave. >> it doesn't surprise me she had the courage to do that. she was determined and unflappable. >> when she wasn't performing, she was just a normal student at cammerer middle school. >> one and two and ready and go. ♪ >> where amanda cornish was also her band teacher. >> what was she like in class playing the owno.