Jessica Heap

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Jessica Heap (born March 4, 1983 in Covington , Louisiana ) is an American actress and neuroscientist .

life and career

Jessica Heap was born on March 4, 1983 in the small town of Covington, Louisiana, USA. Here she attended Covington High School , among others , before graduating from Louisiana State University with a bachelor's degree in life sciences summa cum laude . She only came to acting in film and television in 2008, which can also be seen as her breakthrough year as an actress. This year she was seen in several film productions; including some in leading and supporting roles. In addition to minor appearances in My Wife, the Spartans and I , the action film Death Toll, shot in her home state, and Ezra Gould's thriller Abduction of Jesse Bookman , also shot in Louisiana, she had in the true story based film Sexy Beasts in the High school their first essential role. In the same year she was also seen in the comedy film College alongside fellow actors such as Drake Bell , Andrew Caldwell or Kevin Covais and had a not insignificant role in the horror film Mutants with Michael Ironside or Steven Bauer . She was also seen that year in the New Orleans short film The Grapevine by debut director Richie Adams at the side of Louis Herthum and Patrick Weathers and mimed the character Justine Spitz in John Stockwell's Middle of Nowhere (2008) , which was also largely was filmed in her home state.

In 2009 she starred in the role of a secretary in Glenn Ficarra's and John Requas comedy film I Love You Phillip Morris , which was filmed in her hometown of Covington, among others. After appearances in Journey to Promethea - The Last Kingdom , Sinners and Saints , as well as the short film Terrebonne in 2010, she took on roles in World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles or Mardi Gras: The Biggest Party of Her Life the following year . That same year she also made her first big-name appearance on a television series when she starred in the 20th episode of season 9 of CSI: Miami . In 2011, Heap was also cast on the soap opera Shadow of Passion , where she starred in the role of Eden Baldwin in 88 different episodes (according to the Internet Movie Database ) from June 28, 2011 to January 31, 2013 . The character Eden Baldwin was already anchored in the series before that; Before that he played Erin Sanders in 2008 and Vanessa Marano from 2008 to 2010 .

After that, she largely withdrew from the acting business and returned to the sciences, where she now works as a neuroscientist in the Neuroscience Center of Excellence Faculty at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans , often also LSUHSC School of Medicine New Orleans for short .

As early as 2007 she was involved in the shooting of the comedy film Spring Break '83 , in which several well-known actors participated; however, the film was never released. In 2018 the television series The Wonderful Wendalls will be released , in which she will appear alongside Bryan James, among others .

Filmography (selection)

Film appearances (also short appearances)

Series appearances (also guest and short appearances)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jessica Heap set to debut as the new Eden on Y&R! ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed on September 3, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / michaelfairmansoaps.com
  2. ↑ Meet Michael's New Sister! (English), accessed on September 3, 2017
  3. ↑ Jessica Heap on the official website of the LSUHSC School of Medicine, accessed September 3, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Heap, Jessica
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and neuroscientist
DATE OF BIRTH March 4th 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Covington , Louisiana , United States