Jessy Schram

Jessy Schram

Schram at MCM London Comic Con, 2013
Born Jessica Schram
(1986-01-15) January 15, 1986
Skokie, Illinois, United States
Occupation Actress, model
Years active 2004–present
Website jessyschram.com

Jessica "Jessy" Schram (born January 15, 1986) is an American actress. Her most notable roles include Hannah Griffith in Veronica Mars, Rachel Seybolt in Life, Karen in Falling Skies and Cinderella/Ashley Boyd in Once Upon a Time.[1][2]

Life and career

A native of Skokie, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Schram modeled and appeared in television commercials as a child, and began performing in musical theatre at age 12. She later resided in Buffalo Grove, Illinois and graduated from Buffalo Grove High School in 2004. Schram moved to Los Angeles after graduating at age 18 and began working in TV.[3] In 2005, she first played Susan Davis on Hallmark Channel's Jane Doe series of television movies. She also appeared in four episodes of the television series Veronica Mars as Hannah Griffith, daughter of a wealthy plastic surgeon, who becomes Logan Echolls' girlfriend.[4][5]

In 2006, she starred in the film Keith, with 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.[6][7] In the same year, 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 the TNT science-fiction series Falling Skies, which aired its first season in the summer of 2011. She returned for the second season in summer 2012. 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 Tony Scott's film Unstoppable, starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine, in which she portrayed the wife of Pine's character. The film was released on November 12, 2010.

In 2011, Schram guest starred on the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time, as Cinderella/Ashley Boyd. Then in 2013, she played the same role in the premiere of Once Upon A Time In Wonderland.

In 2012, she starred in ABC military drama series Last Resort. She played the wife of a naval officer, played by Scott Speedman. The series lasted for 13 episodes.[8]

Since 2015, she has had a recurring role as Cash Gray on ABC's Nashville.[9]

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

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Drake & Josh Larissa Episode: "Number One Fan"
2005 Jane Doe: Vanishing Act Susan Davis Movie
2005 Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't Susan Davis Movie
2005 Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part Susan Davis Movie
2005 Jane Doe: The Wrong Face Susan Davis Movie
2005–2007 Medium Young Allison 2 episode
2006 Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well Susan Davis Movie
2006 Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall Susan Davis Movie
2006 Veronica Mars Hannah Griffith 4 episodes
2006 Split Decision Lennie Priestley Unaired pilot
2006 Boston Legal Claire Wilson Episode: "The Nutcrackers"
2007 House Leah Episode: "Needle in a Haystack"
2007 Ghost Whisperer Rana Thomas Episode: "Mean Ghost"
2007 Without a Trace Ella Neese Episode: "Two of Us"
2007 CSI: Miami Candace Walker Episode: "Cyber-Lebrity"
2007 Jane Doe: Ties That Bind Susan Davis Movie
2007 Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss Susan Davis Movie
2007–2009 Life Rachel Seybolt 8 episodes
2008 Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder Susan Davis Movie
2009 Limelight Georgia Peech Movie
2009 Saving Grace Sayre Hanadarko Episode: "Do You Believe in Second Chances?"
2009 Hawthorne Crystal Raymond Episode: "Night Moves"
2009 Crash Kim 3 episodes
2010 Betwixt Morgan Brower Movie
2010 Night and Day Sarah Hollister Movie
2010 The Mentalist Rachel Bowman / Sherry Winger Episode: "Ball of Fire"
2011 Traffic Light Erica Episode: "Bonebag"
2011–2014 Falling Skies Karen Nadler Main role: season 1; recurring: seasons 2 & 3; guest: season 4 (15 episodes)
2011–2014 Once Upon a Time Ashley Boyd/Cinderella 3 episodes
2012 A Smile As Big As the Moon Robynn Movie
2012–2013 Last Resort Christine Kendal Main role (13 episodes)
2013 Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Ashley Boyd / Cinderella Episode: "Down the Rabbit Hole"
2013 Riding Shotgun Abby Video short
2014 Mad Men Bonnie Whiteside 4 episodes
2015 The Lizzie Borden Chronicles Nance O'Keefe Recurrent role
2015 Major Crimes Courtney Henson Episode: "Sorry I Missed You"
2015 Harvest Moon Jenny Hallmark movie
2015 Reluctant Nanny Libby Prescott Movie
2015–present Nashville Cash Gray Recurring role[10]

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With Fake Daughter
2006 American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile Tracy Sterling
2008 Keith Courtney
2010 Unstoppable Darcy Colson
2015 The Submarine Kid Emily
2016 The Beautiful Ones Angela Morot In Post-production
2016 Shot Caller Jennifer In Post-production

References

  1. "Excerpts from last week's Remote Access (The TV Blog)". The Journal News. Newsbank. 2008-11-10. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
  2. Lavalie, John. "Life". epguides.com. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
  3. Wagner, Curt (October 24, 2012). "'Last Resort' star Jessy Schram's TV juggling act". RedEye (Chicago Tribune). Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  4. Porter, Rick (2006-03-15). "Mystery is picking up on 'Veronica Mars'". The Kansas City Star. Newsbank. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
  5. Seitz, Matt Zoller (2006-03-29). "Love-hate relationship enlivens season two of 'Veronica'". The Star-Ledger. Newsbank. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
  6. "Today's Girl: Jessy Schram". Maxim. Alpha Media Group Inc. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
  7. "Jessy Schram". Maxim. Alpha Media Group Inc. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
  8. "Jessy Schram Talks Falling Skies, Last Resort and Once Upon A Time". June 12, 2012.
  9. Ausiello, Michael (October 28, 2015). "Nashville Scoop: Once's Cinderella Joins Cast as [Spoiler]'s Daughter". TV Line. TV Line Media, LLC. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  10. Ausiello, Michael (October 28, 2015). "Nashville Scoop: Once's Cinderella Joins Cast as [Spoiler]'s Daughter". TV Line. TV Line Media, LLC. Retrieved October 30, 2015.

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