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....
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