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Born in Pomona, CA on April 28,
1981, Jessica and her family moved to Bilox, Mississippi when she was an infant.
Three years later, her Air Force father brought the family back to CA, then to
Del Rio, Texas, before finally settling in southern CA when Jessica was nine.
In love with the idea of becoming an actress from the age of five, Jessica was
12 before she took her first acting class. Nine months later, she was signed by
an agent.A gifted young actress, Jessica has already played a variety of roles
ranging from light comedy to gritty drama since beginning her career 3 and a half
years ago. She was in an episode of the acclaimed medical drama ''Chicago Hope''.
This fall, she was also be seen starring opposite Freddie Prinze, Jr. as a pregnant
teen in a difficult relationship in the ABC TV movie ''Too Soon For Jeff''. Jessica
made her feature film debut in 1993 in Hollywood Pictures comedy ''Camp Nowhere''.
Originally hired for two weeks, she got her break when an actress in a principal
role suddenly dropped out. Jessica cheerfully admits it wasn't her prodigious
talent or charm that inspired the director to tap her to take over the part. It
was her hair, which matched the original performer's. The two week job stretched
to two months, and Jessica ended the film with an impressive first credit. Two
National TV commercials for Nintendo and J.C. Penny quickly followed before Jessica
was featured in several independent films. She branched out into TV in 1994 with
recurring role in Nickelodeon's popular comedy series ''The Secret World of Alex
Mack''. |
