Jessica graduated with a BA in Theatre from UMBC, and demonstrates her passion and love for the craft on every project she's involved in. She's earned herself 2 Best Actress awards for her performance in "Soulmate" as Katie Stephans at the World Music and Independent Film Festival and at The Hot Media Film Festival. Although she's done many horror and thrillers in film, shorts, and television, she's not limited to 1 single genre. Jessica loves the "Anti-Hero" archetype, and strong, intelligently written women. She's played roles in television series such as "Copycat Killers", "I Was Possessed", and "Southern Fried Homicide", as well as lead roles in feature films such as "Soulmate", "The American Werewolf Project", "Vampires", supporting roles in films such as"7th Day" and "The Untelling", and leads in the short films "The Price" and "Blood Loss". Jessica will be seen as Katherine in the gothic horror "The Haunted", Karen in "The Possessed", Jessie in the short film "Laid to Rest" and in the role of Siren in the film "315 Wicked Way", as well as the in the series "Tales of Horror" as the Host Lilith Death. She also is a professional Voice-Over Artist in work ranging from Animation, Video Games, Industrials and Commercial work, and has done some professional theatre including several touring shows, summer stock and local professional shows which put her degree to good use.
Unique traits: Left Handed, Very Expressive Eyes, Clear Voice, Dialects upon request :)
Just South of Hell
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Film
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MIZeRY: Til' Death Do Us Part.
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Film
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Manifestation
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Film
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Laid to Rest
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Film
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Copycat Killers
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TV Series
Actress
The Witch of Blackwood
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Television
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Actress
Tales of Horror
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Television
(Horror)
Actress
Blood Loss
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Film
by Shawn Anthony (Short and Thriller)
Actress Mina is faced with an impossible decision, to be human or remain an immortal forever. Blood Loss is a short film about that choice.
I Was Possessed
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Television
(Drama)
Actress Using video and audio captured during an actual exorcism, each hour long episode tells two separate stories of people who experienced demonic possession.
The Price
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Film
by Shawn Anthony (Short and Horror)
Actress
The Haunted
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Film
by Shawn Anthony (Horror)
Actress A woman hanged for Witchcraft in the 1600's is awoken two centuries later by a supernatural force, to hunt down a mysterious creature bent on bringing Hell to Earth. In the Style of Mary Shelley and Lord Byron, The Haunted is a Gothic tale of romance and terror that will leave you spellbound. Written by Edward Wells
Southern Fried Homicide
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Television
(Documentary and Crime)
Actress Against a backdrop of Southern hospitality, etiquette, and Christian values, evil creeps in like vines on a time-worn plantation. "Southern Fried Homicide" proves that ugliness lurks behind beauty when cracks in good ol' moral values give way to cold-blooded murder. Actress Shanna Forrestall, a native of Louisiana, serves as the gatekeeper to these salacious stories from south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Written by Investigation Discovery
Lazarus Rising
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Film
by John Depew (Action, Crime, Drama and Thriller)
Makeup Department A hit man on the run and a woman with a secret try to evade teams of assassins headed by the lethal and relentless Mr. Gray.
The American Werewolf Project
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Film
by Shawn Anthony (Horror)
Actress I n the 1980s and early 1990s, various witnesses near Elkhorn, Wisconsin, reported seeing a large, hairy creature walking upright. The creature was dubbed the "Beast of Bray Road" after the country road where it was spotted. Several witnesses later took polygraph tests that indicated it was unlikely their stories had been made up. To date, sightings continue of a mysterious creature across parts of Wisconsin. A group of young scientists entered the Wisconsin woods in 2011 to track down this legend. Armed with state of the art equipment these crypto-zoologist were trying to prove once and for all that The American Werewolf is just a legend. Some Legends are better left alone, after 3 days in the woods no one has heard or seen these six scientists again. Footage has been recovered and released to us so we could make this film using a mix of actual footage and actors. What you will see will shock and terrify you. The facts are real and the evidence is undeniable, however in the end the ... Written by Shawn Anthony
7th Day
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Film
by Jason M. Koch (Horror)
Actress A pervert, murderer, and hopeless romantic, Allen Dean is on a 7-day journey to discovery his real true love. He is torn between Denise the waitress, who he believes he loves, and his first true love, murder.
Dissensions
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Film
by Carlos Etzio Roman (Drama)
Actress A greedy, compassion-less sister threatens and belittles an adopted trans-gender brother over inheritance... A wealthy, powerful business magnate suspects his Russian trophy wife of adultery but, there is much more to it...A male "player" shows his true colors and lives to regret it, or does he?...A retired Senator has a personal dilemma with a catch 22 that could cost his son's career...A woman and her former lover have their past catch up with them, with dire consequences...A police detective and the prosecutor cross ethical boundaries...A celebrity impersonator taking advantage of women must answer to an angry grieving father...A female psychiatrist has an eye opening experience and warns a priest of impending doom: his. These are the disparate, private dramas that permeate and imbrue themselves within a gathering place called "Dissensions," a place where no one knows your name....or cares to. Written by CER and SCR
SoulMate: True Evil Never Dies
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Film
by Shawn Anthony (Horror and Thriller)
Actress History's most notorious Killer has come back from the dead and is killing again in a small sleepy town. Unable to get a lead, the police are forced to try an unconventional way to catch this serial killer before he strikes again. They bring a psychic named Katie onto the case to try and predict his next move and finally put an end to this towns nightmarish ordeal. As she is trying to help the police, Katie begins seeing a prominent psychiatrist to deal with some of her own dark issues that begin to surface during the investigation. As she gets closer to the killer people she cares about begin being murdered one by one, causing her to seek out this killer on her own ensuing into a battle for her very soul. SoulMate takes the audience on a path of no return with many twists and turns and an ending that will leave you terrified. Written by By Shawn Anthony
Vampires: Rise of the Fallen
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Film
by Shawn Anthony (History and Horror)
Actress Michelle is a typical high school student until one night she is bitten by a strange animal while running in the woods. Her best friend tries to help her understand the changes she's going through, as she becomes a Vampire. Challenged by immortality and hunted by a group obsessed with fulfilling a prophecy about the end times, Michelle finds solace in a brood of Vampires whom she can't figure out if they are trying to help her or kill her. The fight is on! Will it be Immortality or Humanity? Tonight the destiny of one of these races will change forever. Written by Tom Townsend
315 Wicked Way
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The Possessed
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Cat Astrophe
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The Untelling
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Best Actress for Hot Media Film Festival International Category for Soulmate: True Evil Never Dies
(2013)
Nominated for Best Actress For WMIFF Festival International Category for Scarlett in Vampires: Rise of the Fallen
(2013)
Nominated Best Actress International Category for World Music International Film Festival for Scarlett in Vampires: Rise of the Fallen
(2013)
Best Actress For Katie Stephens for WMIFF DMC Category for Soulmate: True Evil Never Dies
(2012)