Jessica (she/her) is a screenwriter, playwright/theatre-maker, poet, musician, performer and teacher, based in Vancouver, BC on the unceded and ancestral territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. She is currently a MFA Creative Writing candidate at the University of British Columbia, with an emphasis on screenwriting. Her thesis teleplay ‘The Hedge’ has been recognized by The Writer’s Lab (2026 Semifinalist) and the Page International Screenwriting Awards (2026 Semifinalist).
A graduate of UBC’s BFA Acting program, Jessica has performed in theatre, film and TV. She won a Rosie/AMPIA award for Best Actress in 2004, and played a lead role in the improvised feature film The lonely light of home, which won audience choice at the Vancouver Asian Film Festival in 2017.
As a theatre artist, Jessica has co-created, assistant directed, and performed work with some of Vancouver’s most innovative companies including The Only Animal (Sugar/Hive 3), Radix (Beautiful Carrots/Obstructions), Pi Theatre (Except in the Unlikely Event of War), Seven Tyrants (The Water Seller) and Universal Limited (Tour). Her short play Real Company was produced at the 2018 Pull Festival and she was a member of the Playwright’s Theatre Centre’s Block A cohort in 2021.
A multi-genre musician and soulful vocalist, Jessica has created, recorded and performed jazz-funk-rock fusion with Vancouver’s Two Apple Tobacco, gypsy jazz with Trotsky Tulsky in Belgium, and folk/roots with Red Heather in Squamish. Jessica is also a lyricist/composer of her own original music.
Jessica has been a teacher of performing arts and creative writing for over 15 years (Active Voice Speech Arts, Bolton Academy of Spoken Arts, English Youth Theatre, UBC Creative Writing).
