Jessica was
born in Pomona, California on April 28, 1981. As a small child,
her family moved to Biloxi, Mississippi. Three years later,
they settled back down in California. A few years later, they
moved to Del Rio, Texas, and then finally back to California
while Jessica was only nine.
She took her first acting
lesson at age 12, and was signed by an agent just nine months
after that. In 1993, Jessica landed her first role on the
family comedy, Camp Nowhere. This role's duration was only
supposed to last for two weeks, but when the lead actress
dropped out at the last minute, Jessica got the lead role.
Her role prolonged her what was supposed to be a two week
contract, to a 2 month one. The interesting thing is, Jessica
received the role because of her hair, which happened to be
the same colour and the same length as the main character's.
Later on in her career, Jessica
was featured in a commercial by Nintendo and then a commercial
by J.C. Penny soon followed. In 1994, she got a supporting
role on Nickelodeon's Secret World of Alex Mack. he name in
this series coincidentally happened to be Jessica as well.
Soon to follow, she got the
role of Maya on Flipper - The Series. All of 1995, was spent
filming the first season's episodes in Australia. Because
of this series, she is now a certified scuba diver and swims
often.
In 1999, Jessica filmed a
movie called The Sleeping Dictionary. In this movie, she is
a young woman from a tribe that is sent to teach a visitor
her native tounge. This movie was filmed in Malaysia.
In 2000, she was chosen to
play Max on Fox's Dark Angel. James Cameron (Producer), and
Charles H. Eglee (Producer), say they knew she was the perfect
one for the job as soon as they met her. They said she was
outgoing, and had a great personality. Rumor has it that she
was also chosen because of the fact that she looks like no
identifiable ethnicity, which is supposed to be the same as
Max.
Also in 2000, Jessica appeared
in Maxim Magazine. You can click >here to see a sample
of it. She also appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno
in October. In November of 2000, she appeared in Seventeen
Magazine, TV Guide, and had some pictures featured on Entertainment
Tonight.
In 2001, Jessica appeared
in Entertainment TEEN Edition. Then, soon after that, she
was seen in People Magazine doing a photoshoot with Michael
Weatherly. In February of 2001, she appeared in YM (Magazine),
Glamour Magazine, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, TRL (Total Request
Live) on MTV, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and finally The
Daily Show with Jon Stewart on the Comedy Central. Also in
2001, Jessica appeared on The People's Choice Awards where
she was up for best actress in a new series, and also her
show, Dark Angel, was up for best new drama. After that, Jessica
was also seen on The Golden Globe awards where she was up
for best new actress in a drama series.
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