Jessica Rothe

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Jessica Rothe (2019)

Jessica Rothe (* 28. May 1987 in Denver , Colorado as Jessica Anne Rothenberg ) is an American actress .

life and career

Jessica Rothe was born Jessica Anne Rothenberg to Steve and Susan Rothenberg. Her grandmother Coleen Rothenberg (1936–2017) was already active as a theater actress and passed this acting talent on to her family. In addition to her son Steven, Coleen Rothenberg also had a daughter, Karly Rothenberg (* 1962), who has been an actress in film and television since the 1980s. Jessica Rothenberg began taking ballet lessons at the age of eight . As a child she took part in summer acting camps and was a member of a theater group. After graduating from Cheery Creek High School in Greenwood Village , Colorado, she began studying acting at Boston University . She was involved in various theater plays in the latter and took on the roles of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet , Belle in Beauty and the Beast or Anya in Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard . Here she was used at the Huntington Theater in Boston alongside veterans like Kate Burton and Dick Latessa . During her studies, she also learned to play the violin and tap dance . After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2009, Rothenberg concentrated intensively on her acting career.

After appearing at the Hangar Theater in Ithaca , New York , she soon made her first notable film appearance. In the independent film The Art of Loving , she was seen in a minor supporting role and received various offers for television roles. In 2010 she made her television debut when she starred in an episode of America's Most Wanted . Even around 2011, at the beginning of her film and television career, she still appeared regularly in the theater. In 2011 and 2012 she was also used in internationally broadcast productions and was featured in an episode each of the Onion News Network , Happy Endings or Gossip Girl and made an appearance in the television special for the Teen Choice Awards 2011 . In 2013 she made her short film debut as Maya in Promised Land , where she starred alongside Noah Galvin and Nick Sandow and directed by Joe Turner Lin . Promised Land was part of an anthology called Future States . In addition, she made numerous cameo and short appearances in film and television that year and occasionally appeared in an episode of Blue Bloods - Crime Scene New York or High Maintenance . Directed by Maggie Greenwald , she also starred in the fantasy film The Last Keepers that year and was seen in the role of Jessica . Other film appearances this year had among other things as Millie Rash in The Hot Flashes when Samantha the Devil in Bastards of Young or as Jules in Jack, Jules, Esther and Me . In 2014 she had a recurring role as Stepanie in the web series Next Time on Lonny , in which she appeared in six episodes and in the same year with the main cast of the series for her commitment to a Streamy Award in the category "Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series "was nominated. Also that year she starred in the short film Dissocia by New York photographer and filmmaker Kyle Waszkelewicz.

After she had made relatively few appearances in 2014, the international breakthrough came in 2015. Her portrayal of Lily in Lily & Kat (with Hannah Murray as Kat ) was appreciated by audiences and critics alike. In addition, this was her first major leading role in her film and television career to date. She had another significant role that year in Parallels - Journey to New Worlds , in which she played the character Beatrix Carver . The role also shaped her subsequent engagements, which were often in the thriller or crime genre. In Joseph Castelos The Preppie Connection you also saw them in 2015 in the not insignificant role of Laura . In the following year in particular, it was used in various film productions, including several independent films and other smaller productions such as Juveniles , Trust Fund , Wolves , The Tribe , L'estate addosso or Better Off Single . She was mostly seen in one of the main roles. This year she was also used in all ten episodes of the MTV series Mary + Jane and played the main character Paige . In Chicago PD she also appeared in an episode that year; Susanne Geier gave her the voice in the German-language dubbed version of this episode . Her role as Alexis in the six -time Oscar - winning film musical La La Land also contributed to her international breakthrough . For this performance, she and the rest of the main cast of the film were nominated for a Gold Derby Award in the "Ensemble Cast" category. In the German-language dubbed version of the film, her character is spoken by Anna Gamburg .

In 2017, Rothe, Rothenberg's self-chosen stage name, played a leading role in Andrew Kightlinger's film drama Tater Tot & Patton alongside Bates Wilder and Forrest Weber . To their significant breakthrough also wore slasher Happy Deathday , a mixture of Groundhog Day and scream at. As Tree Gelbman , she can be seen in the lead role. Her German voice on this production is Kaya Marie Möller . She also appeared in Please Stand By alongside Dakota Fanning and Toni Collette this year . In 2018, the romantic drama Forever My Girl appeared in which she played the female lead alongside Alex Roe .

Filmography (selection)

Nominations and Awards

Nominations

Web links

Commons : Jessica Rothe  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Coleen Rothenberg on legacy.com (English), accessed on December 4, 2017
  2. ↑ La La Land Star Jessica Rothe on Ryan Gosling's Tap Dancing Skills and Being Emma Stone's Onscreen BFF , accessed December 4, 2017
  3. ↑ Jessica Rothe Talks 'La La Land' and Empowerment , accessed December 4, 2017
  4. ↑ Backstage at BU: Into The Cherry Orchard (English) retrieved on December 4, 2017
  5. ↑ Into The Cherry Orchard , accessed December 4, 2017
  6. ↑ Broadway's Kate Burton and Dick Latessa Open in Boston's Cherry Orchard Jan. 10 (English), accessed December 4, 2017
  7. ↑ Jessica Rothenberg in the Playbill archive , accessed on December 4, 2017
  8. ↑ 4th Annual Streamy Awards Winners & Nominees (English), accessed December 4, 2017
  9. ↑ Gold Derby Film Awards 2017: 'La La Land' sweeps with 9 wins including Best Picture , accessed December 4, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Rothe, Jessica
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rothenberg, Jessica Anne (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Denver , Colorado , United States