Jessie Ward (II)

Biography: Jessica “Jessie” Ward is a Jersey Girl, born in Pt. Pleasant and raised at the Jersey Shore. She is a trained ballerina, and spent quite a bit of time in New York City as a child, studying at the prestigious School of American Ballet, and then Professional Childrens School.
Jessie has always loved performing in all forms. As early as kindergarten, she used to stand on her desk and dance. At 5 years of age, she taught a group of 6 other five-year-old classmates to do the “Conga” on stage for a school talent show.
At the age of 12, she achieved the highest score in the United States under the Royal Academy of Dance’s grading system, and as a result won a full scholarship to study ballet in London, England. It was during her high school years that her focus turned more towards acting, and she performed with her drama club and then on stage with Phoenix Productions in Red Bank, NJ. She majored in the performing arts at Marymount Manhattan College in NYCity, andJessica “Jessie” Ward is a Jersey Girl, born in Pt. Pleasant and raised at the Jersey Shore. She is a trained ballerina, and spent quite a bit of time in New York City as a child, studying at the prestigious School of American Ballet, and then Professional Childrens School.
Jessie has always loved performing in all forms. As early as kindergarten, she used to stand on her desk and dance. At 5 years of age, she taught a group of 6 other five-year-old classmates to do the “Conga” on stage for a school talent show.

At the age of 12, she achieved the highest score in the United States under the Royal Academy of Dance’s grading system, and as a result won a full scholarship to study ballet in London, England. It was during her high school years that her focus turned more towards acting, and she performed with her drama club and then on stage with Phoenix Productions in Red Bank, NJ. She majored in the performing arts at Marymount Manhattan College in NYCity, and finally took the plunge to move to CA in 2004. There, she studied acting at Larry Moss Studios, Scene Study with Michelle Danner in Los Angeles, and supported herself by waitressing and bartending, attending auditions during the days.
Jessie has appeared in numerous music videos, and several national commercials including Purex and Comcast. Her TV career began when she appeared as a guest star in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” with Danny DeVito, and then landed the role of Penelope in My Network TV’s new nighttime telenovela, “Desire”. From there she went on to now have one of the lead roles in “Wicked Wicked Games”, as Emma Crawford.
She lives in Venice, CA and in her spare time enjoys photography, fitness, the beach, surfing, and still loves to dance.
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