Jessy Schram
Encyclopedia
Jessica "Jessy" Schram is an American
actress who starred in several TV series including Veronica Mars
, Life and Falling Skies
.
suburb of Skokie, Illinois
, she quickly developed a passion for acting. At the age of 10, she signed with a talent agency in Chicago for both acting and modeling. By age 14, she competed in various song competitions through the Chicago area. She graduated from Buffalo Grove High School
with the class of 2004. Over the years, she has secured a number of acting roles, while continuing to model and pursue a music career. Her music is considered to be a cross between pop and R&B.
Schram appeared in four episodes of the television series Veronica Mars
as Hannah Griffith, daughter of a wealthy plastic surgeon. She becomes Logan Echolls
' girlfriend.
Schram also played Susan Davis on Hallmark Channel
's Jane Doe
series of television movie
s.
In 2006, she was seen in the film Keith, with stars Jesse McCartney
and Elisabeth Harnois
and as Tracy on American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile. In this role, Maxim
recognized her for her sex appeal in appearances on their website in their "Today's Girl" feature.
She was cast as Lennie Priestley in the television pilot Split Decision, which was not picked up by The CW
.
In 2010, she was cast in Steven Spielberg's alien invasion television series Falling Skies
which began airing in 2011. She plays Karen Nadler, the girlfriend of Hal Mason (Drew Roy
), who is the son of Tom Mason (Noah Wyle
), the series protagonist
Schram appeared in the Tony Scott
-directed film Unstoppable
, starring Denzel Washington
and Chris Pine
, in which she portrayed Pine's character's wife. The film was released on November 12, 2010.
Schram appeared as Cinderella/Ashley Boyd on the ABC drama Once Upon a Time
in the episode "The Price of Gold" in 2011.
Schram has been in two commercials for Retin-A Micro. The first one debuted August 5, 2002. She has also been in commercials for Kentucky Fried Chicken. She was also featured in a music video for J.R. Richards' song "A Beautiful End."
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actress who starred in several TV series including Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during television network UPN's final two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network. Veronica Mars was produced by Warner Bros...
, Life and Falling Skies
Falling Skies
Falling Skies is an American science fiction dramatic television series created by Robert Rodat and produced by Steven Spielberg. The series picks up six months into a world devastated by an alien invasion...
.
Life and career
Born in the ChicagoChicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
suburb of Skokie, Illinois
Skokie, Illinois
Skokie is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Its name comes from a Native American word for "fire". A Chicago suburb, for many years Skokie promoted itself as "The World's Largest Village". Its population, per the 2000 census, was 63,348...
, she quickly developed a passion for acting. At the age of 10, she signed with a talent agency in Chicago for both acting and modeling. By age 14, she competed in various song competitions through the Chicago area. She graduated from Buffalo Grove High School
Buffalo Grove High School
Buffalo Grove High School, or BGHS is a public high school located in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago. It is one of six four-year comprehensive high schools in Township High School District 214, serving portions of the Villages of Buffalo Grove, Arlington Heights and a small...
with the class of 2004. Over the years, she has secured a number of acting roles, while continuing to model and pursue a music career. Her music is considered to be a cross between pop and R&B.
Schram appeared in four episodes of the television series Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during television network UPN's final two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network. Veronica Mars was produced by Warner Bros...
as Hannah Griffith, daughter of a wealthy plastic surgeon. She becomes Logan Echolls
Logan Echolls
Logan Echolls is a fictional character on the UPN/The CW television series Veronica Mars, which debuted during the fall 2004 season on UPN.He is portrayed by Jason Dohring.- Background :...
' girlfriend.
Schram also played Susan Davis on Hallmark Channel
Hallmark Channel
The Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts across the United States. Their programming includes a mix of television movies/miniseries, syndicated series, and lifestyle shows that are appropriate for the whole family...
's Jane Doe
Jane Doe (television film series)
Jane Doe is the name of a series of two-hour TV movies appearing regularly on the Hallmark Channel. In it, Lea Thompson stars as Cathy Davis, a soccer mom, who is secretly Jane Doe, an agent for the Central Security Agency. Episodes focus on her efforts to keep her lives separate while solving...
series of television movie
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
s.
In 2006, she was seen in the film Keith, with stars Jesse McCartney
Jesse McCartney
Jesse McCartney is an American singer-songwriter, actor and voice actor. McCartney achieved fame in the late 1990s on the daytime drama All My Children as JR Chandler. He later joined boy band Dream Street, and eventually branched out into a solo musical career...
and Elisabeth Harnois
Elisabeth Harnois
Elisabeth Rose Harnois is an American television and film actress.-Early life:Harnois was born in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA, and raised in Los Angeles. She attended St...
and as Tracy on American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile. In this role, Maxim
Maxim (magazine)
Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models, sometimes pictured dressed, often pictured scantily dressed but not fully nude....
recognized her for her sex appeal in appearances on their website in their "Today's Girl" feature.
She was cast as Lennie Priestley in the television pilot Split Decision, which was not picked up by The CW
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
.
In 2010, she was cast in Steven Spielberg's alien invasion television series Falling Skies
Falling Skies
Falling Skies is an American science fiction dramatic television series created by Robert Rodat and produced by Steven Spielberg. The series picks up six months into a world devastated by an alien invasion...
which began airing in 2011. She plays Karen Nadler, the girlfriend of Hal Mason (Drew Roy
Drew Roy
Drew Roy is an American actor. Roy was raised in Clanton, Alabama. He moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.Roy appeared in mostly independent film projects from 2006 to 2008, although he scored an uncredited recurring role in Greek in 2007. In 2009, he landed a role on the television...
), who is the son of Tom Mason (Noah Wyle
Noah Wyle
Noah Strausser Speer Wyle is an American film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. John Truman Carter III in the Medical drama ER. He has also played Steve Jobs in the 1999 docudrama Pirates of Silicon Valley and Flynn Carsen in The Librarian franchise...
), the series protagonist
Schram appeared in the Tony Scott
Tony Scott
Anthony D. L. "Tony" Scott is an English film director. His films include Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, The Last Boy Scout, True Romance, Crimson Tide, Enemy of the State, Spy Game, Man on Fire, Déjà Vu, The Taking of Pelham 123, and Unstoppable...
-directed film Unstoppable
Unstoppable (2010 film)
Unstoppable is a 2010 American action thriller film directed by Tony Scott, written by Mark Bomback, and starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine. The film tells the story of a runaway freight train, and the two men who attempt to stop it.The film was released in the United States and Canada on...
, starring Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and film producer. He first rose to prominence when he joined the cast of the medical drama, St. Elsewhere, playing Dr...
and Chris Pine
Chris Pine
Christopher Whitelaw "Chris" Pine is an American actor. He has appeared in the romantic comedies The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement and Just My Luck , as well as the action films Smokin' Aces and Unstoppable . In 2009, he portrayed James T...
, in which she portrayed Pine's character's wife. The film was released on November 12, 2010.
Schram appeared as Cinderella/Ashley Boyd on the ABC drama Once Upon a Time
Once Upon a Time (TV series)
Once Upon a Time is an American fairy tale drama television series that premiered on Sunday October 23, 2011, on ABC. New episodes air Sunday nights at 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT....
in the episode "The Price of Gold" in 2011.
Other works
Schram has been in two commercials for Retin-A Micro. The first one debuted August 5, 2002. She has also been in commercials for Kentucky Fried Chicken. She was also featured in a music video for J.R. Richards' song "A Beautiful End."
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With is a 2006 independent film released by IFC Films and The Weinstein Company. Written, produced and directed by, and starring Jeff Garlin , it features Garlin, Sarah Silverman and Bonnie Hunt... |
Fake Daughter | |
| 2008 | Keith Keith (film) Keith is an independent film directed by Todd Kessler. It was written by Todd Kessler and David Zabel based on the short story "Keith" by author Ron Carlson, from his book The Hotel Eden... |
Courtney | |
| 2010 | Unstoppable Unstoppable (2010 film) Unstoppable is a 2010 American action thriller film directed by Tony Scott, written by Mark Bomback, and starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine. The film tells the story of a runaway freight train, and the two men who attempt to stop it.The film was released in the United States and Canada on... |
Darcy |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Drake & Josh Drake & Josh Drake & Josh is an American sitcom that premiered on the Nickelodeon television network on January 11, 2004, which follows the lives of two stepbrothers. It stars Drake Bell and Josh Peck as stepbrothers Drake Parker and Josh Nichols, respectively. Both actors had played roles in The Amanda Show,... |
Larissa | Episode: "Number One Fan" |
| 2005 | Medium Medium (TV series) Medium is an American television drama series that premiered on NBC on January 3, 2005, and ended on CBS on January 21, 2011. Themed on supernatural gifts, its lead character, Allison DuBois , is a medium employed as a consultant for the Phoenix, Arizona district attorney's office... |
Young Allison | Episode: "Sweet Dreams" |
| 2005 | Jane Doe: Vanishing Act Jane Doe (television film series) Jane Doe is the name of a series of two-hour TV movies appearing regularly on the Hallmark Channel. In it, Lea Thompson stars as Cathy Davis, a soccer mom, who is secretly Jane Doe, an agent for the Central Security Agency. Episodes focus on her efforts to keep her lives separate while solving... |
Susan Davis | TV movie |
| 2005 | Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't Jane Doe (television film series) Jane Doe is the name of a series of two-hour TV movies appearing regularly on the Hallmark Channel. In it, Lea Thompson stars as Cathy Davis, a soccer mom, who is secretly Jane Doe, an agent for the Central Security Agency. Episodes focus on her efforts to keep her lives separate while solving... |
Susan Davis | TV movie |
| 2005 | Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part Jane Doe (television film series) Jane Doe is the name of a series of two-hour TV movies appearing regularly on the Hallmark Channel. In it, Lea Thompson stars as Cathy Davis, a soccer mom, who is secretly Jane Doe, an agent for the Central Security Agency. Episodes focus on her efforts to keep her lives separate while solving... |
Susan Davis | TV movie |
| 2005 | Jane Doe: The Wrong Face Jane Doe (television film series) Jane Doe is the name of a series of two-hour TV movies appearing regularly on the Hallmark Channel. In it, Lea Thompson stars as Cathy Davis, a soccer mom, who is secretly Jane Doe, an agent for the Central Security Agency. Episodes focus on her efforts to keep her lives separate while solving... |
Susan Davis | TV movie |
| 2006 | Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well Jane Doe (television film series) Jane Doe is the name of a series of two-hour TV movies appearing regularly on the Hallmark Channel. In it, Lea Thompson stars as Cathy Davis, a soccer mom, who is secretly Jane Doe, an agent for the Central Security Agency. Episodes focus on her efforts to keep her lives separate while solving... |
Susan Davis | TV movie |
| 2006 | Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall Jane Doe (television film series) Jane Doe is the name of a series of two-hour TV movies appearing regularly on the Hallmark Channel. In it, Lea Thompson stars as Cathy Davis, a soccer mom, who is secretly Jane Doe, an agent for the Central Security Agency. Episodes focus on her efforts to keep her lives separate while solving... |
Susan Davis | TV movie |
| 2006 | Veronica Mars Veronica Mars Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during television network UPN's final two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network. Veronica Mars was produced by Warner Bros... |
Hannah Griffith | 4 episodes |
| 2006 | Split Decision | Lennie Priestley | TV movie |
| 2006 | Boston Legal Boston Legal Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley, which was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for the ABC... |
Claire Wilson | Episode: "The Nutcrackers" |
| 2006 | American Pie Presents The Naked Mile | Tracy Sterling | Video |
| 2007-2009 | Life | Rachel Seybolt | 8 episodes |
| 2007 | House House (TV series) House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in... |
Leah | Episode: "Needle in a Haystack Needle in a Haystack (House) "Needle in a Haystack" is the thirteenth episode of the third season of House and the fifty-ninth episode overall.-Plot:House arrives at the hospital to discover a wheelchair-accessible van in his usual parking space. He seeks out the van's owner, who turns out to be the hospital's new researcher,... " |
| 2007 | Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005 to May 21, 2010.The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon , who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts... |
Rana Thomas | Episode: "Mean Ghost" |
| 2007 | Medium Medium (TV series) Medium is an American television drama series that premiered on NBC on January 3, 2005, and ended on CBS on January 21, 2011. Themed on supernatural gifts, its lead character, Allison DuBois , is a medium employed as a consultant for the Phoenix, Arizona district attorney's office... |
Young Allison | Episode: "The Boy Next Door" |
| 2007 | Without a Trace Without a Trace Without a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:... |
Ella Neese | Episode: "Two of Us" |
| 2007 | CSI: Miami CSI: Miami CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.... |
Candace Walker | Episode: "Cyber-Levity" |
| 2007 | Jane Doe: Ties That Bind Jane Doe (television film series) Jane Doe is the name of a series of two-hour TV movies appearing regularly on the Hallmark Channel. In it, Lea Thompson stars as Cathy Davis, a soccer mom, who is secretly Jane Doe, an agent for the Central Security Agency. Episodes focus on her efforts to keep her lives separate while solving... |
Susan Davis | TV movie |
| 2007 | Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss Jane Doe (television film series) Jane Doe is the name of a series of two-hour TV movies appearing regularly on the Hallmark Channel. In it, Lea Thompson stars as Cathy Davis, a soccer mom, who is secretly Jane Doe, an agent for the Central Security Agency. Episodes focus on her efforts to keep her lives separate while solving... |
Susan Davis | Video |
| 2008 | Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder Jane Doe (television film series) Jane Doe is the name of a series of two-hour TV movies appearing regularly on the Hallmark Channel. In it, Lea Thompson stars as Cathy Davis, a soccer mom, who is secretly Jane Doe, an agent for the Central Security Agency. Episodes focus on her efforts to keep her lives separate while solving... |
Susan Davis | TV movie |
| 2009 | Limelight | Georgia Peech | TV movie |
| 2009 | Saving Grace Saving Grace (TV series) Saving Grace is an American television crime drama series which premiered on TNT on July 23, 2007 and ran until June 21, 2010. The show stars Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter in her first television series, as well as Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson, Laura San Giacomo, Bailey Chase, Bokeem Woodbine,... |
Sayre Hanadarko | Episode: "Do You Believe in Second Chances?" |
| 2009 | Hawthorne Hawthorne (TV series) Hawthorne is an hour-long medical drama on the TNT television network starring Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Vartan. It premiered on June 16, 2009. On Thursday, September 16, 2010 it was announced that Hawthorne has been renewed for a third season consisting of 10 episodes... |
Crystal Raymond | Episode: "Night Moves" |
| 2009 | Crash Crash (2008 TV series) Crash is an American television drama series set in Los Angeles, California. It is the first original series produced by the Starz network. The network ordered a 13 episode season which premiered on October 17, 2008. The series is based on the 2004 film of the same name. It was developed for... |
Kim | 3 episodes |
| 2010 | Betwixt | Morgan Brower | TV movie |
| 2010 | Night and Day | Sarah Hollister | TV movie |
| 2010 | Rachel Bowman / Sherry Winger | Episode: "Ball of Fire" | |
| 2011 | Traffic Light | Erica | Episode: "Bonebag" |
| 2011 | Falling Skies Falling Skies Falling Skies is an American science fiction dramatic television series created by Robert Rodat and produced by Steven Spielberg. The series picks up six months into a world devastated by an alien invasion... |
Karen | 5 episodes |
| 2011 | Once Upon a Time Once Upon a Time (TV series) Once Upon a Time is an American fairy tale drama television series that premiered on Sunday October 23, 2011, on ABC. New episodes air Sunday nights at 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT.... |
Ashley Boyd / Cinderella | Recurring role |
| 2012 | Robynn | TV movie, filming |