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Jessica Rothe
Born
Jessica Rothenberg

(1987-05-28) May 28, 1987 (age 37)[1][2]
Alma materBoston University
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present

Jessica Rothe (born Jessica Rothenberg; May 28, 1987) is an American actress. She may be best known for her lead role in the 2016 MTV television series Mary + Jane and her starring role in the 2017 horror-comedy film Happy Death Day.[3][4]

Early life

Rothe was born in Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Susan and Steve Rothenberg.[5] Rothe's father is Jewish.[6][7][8] Her grandmother, Colleen Rothenberg was a theatre actress who belonged to the Congregation Shomrei Torah synagogue in Santa Rosa.[9] She took ballet classes when she was 8.[10] When she was little she attended summer theater camps in Kansas City.[11] Rothe graduated from Boston University in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts,[11] and during that time she learned to play the violin, tap dance and make pottery.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Promised Land Maya Short film
2013 The Last Keepers Jessica Credited as Jessica Rothenberg
2013 The Hot Flashes Millie Rash Credited as Jessica Rothenberg
2013 Bastards of Young Samantha, the evil Credited as Jessica Rothenberg
2013 Jack, Jules, Esther and Me Jules Credited as Jessica Rothenberg
2014 Dissocia Short film
2015 Lily & Kat Lily
2015 Parallels Beatrix Carver
2015 The Preppie Connection Laura
2016 Juveniles Amber
2016 Trust Fund Reese Donahue
2016 Wolves Lola
2016 The Tribe Jenny
2016 Summertime Jules
2016 La La Land Alexis
2016 Better Off Single Mary
2017 Tater Tot & Patton Andie
2017 Happy Death Day Tree Gelbman Runner Up - New Mexico Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress[12]
2017 Please Stand By Julie
2018 Forever My Girl Josie
2018 Valley Girl Julie Richman

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2010 America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back Bojana Mitic Episode: "The Pink Panthers"
2011 The Onion News Network Katie Clements 2 episodes
2011 Happy Endings Teenage Girl Episode: "Baby Steps"
2012 Gossip Girl Young Woman Episode: "The Backup Dan"
2013 Blue Bloods Sylvie Freeland Episode: "Protest Too Much"
2013 Futurestates Maya Episode: "Promised Land"
2013 High Maintenance Rachel Episode: "Elijah"
2014 Next Time on Lonny Stephanie 6 episodes
2016 Chicago P.D. Madison Episode: "If We Were Normal"
2016 Mary + Jane Paige Main role; 10 episodes

References

  1. ^ "Jessica Rothe's Biography". issuemagazine. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  2. ^ "Happy Death Day's Jessica Rothe On What It Means To Be A Scream Queen in 2017".
  3. ^ "Happy Death Day Looks Like Groundhog Day Meets Scream". Io9.gizmodo.com. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  4. ^ Tom Philip (October 18, 2017). "Happy Death Day Star Jessica Rothe Explains What It's Like to Die a Dozen Times in the Same Movie". GQ. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  5. ^ "Interview: "Hot Flashes' film producer Nina Henderson Moore and actress Jessica Rothenberg celebrate team effort". denverpost.com. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  6. ^ https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/film/happy-death-day-review-scream-queen-jessica-rothe-kicks-clich-s-butt-a3683481.html
  7. ^ https://www.astrotheme.com/astrology/Jessica_Rothe
  8. ^ https://thejewishnews.com/2017/10/25/celebrity-jews-hollywood-movies-3/
  9. ^ Coleen ROTHENBERG (1936 - 2017) Published Online in the Press Democrat from Feb. 22 to Feb. 25, 2017
  10. ^ Shanahan, Christina (2016-12-01). "Meet La La Land Star Jessica Rothe". InStyle.com. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  11. ^ a b Leigh Nordstrom (2016-12-09). "Jessica Rothe Talks 'La La Land' and Empowerment – WWD". Wwd.com. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  12. ^ https://keithlovesmovies.com/2017/12/11/2017-new-mexico-film-critics-awards-winners/