Jessica Lee Rose aka Jessica biography

Rose was born in Salisbury, Maryland, U.S., and was brought up in Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. She attended Mount Maunganui College in 2000-2001 for part of her secondary school education. Afterward, she was home schooled while attending an acting class at Studio 111 in Auckland. In January 2004, she moved to Auckland to study make-up at the Academy of Film and Television Work. She has previously done make-up and costume work on a New Zealand short film titled Us, as well as doing extras' make-up on the set of Peter Jackson's King Kong. She played a leading role in a short film titled Dearly Beloved.She also played in the scatologically themed short film Unleash the Fury.After Rose's parents divorced in 2004, she returned to Salisbury in May 2005 to live with her father while saving for university. She then enrolled in the New York Film Academy at Universal Studios in Universal City, California. She is a graduate of the NYFA's one-year acting for film program.