Jessica Karen Szohr (born March 31, 1985) is an American actress of Hungarian and African-American descent.
Szohr is best known for her television and film acting credits, including her breakout role in Gossip Girl as Vanessa Abrams.
She gave birth to a daughter with her partner Brad Richardson in January 2021.
Filmography
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Film
- Uncle Nino (2003) - The MC
- The Reading Room (2005) - Dayva
- Fired Up! (2009) - Kara
- Piranha 3D (2010) - Kelly Driscoll
- Love Wedding Marriage (2011) - Shelby
- I Don't Know How She Does It (2011) - Paula
- Tower Heist (2011) - Sasha Gibbs
- Hirokin: The Last Samurai (2012) - Orange
- Art Machine (2012) - Cassandra Moon
- Love Bite (2012) - Juliana
- Pawn (2013) - Bonnie
- The Internship (2013) - Marielena
- Brightest Star (2013) - Lita Markovic
- The List (2013) - Natalie Voss
- House At The End Of The Drive (2014) - Krista
- Lucky In Love (2014) - Mira Simon
- Ten Cent Pistol (2014) - Chelsea
- Two Night Stand (2014) - Faiza
- Club Life (2015) - Tanya
- Ted 2 (2015) - Allison
- All Star Weekend (2021) - Abby
Live-Action TV
- My Wife and Kids (2003) - Dee-Jay
- What I Like About You (2004) - Liz
- Drake & Josh (2004) - Extra
- Joan of Arcadia (2004) - Nikki
- Cracking Up (2004) - Girl #2
- That's So Raven (2005) - Jordache Hilltopper
- What About Brian (2007) - Laura
- CSI: Miami (2007) - Samantha Barrish
- Gossip Girl (2007 –- 2012) - Vanessa Abrams
- Men at Work (2013) - Jenny
- Complications (2015) - Gretchen Polk
- CSI: Cyber (2015) - Carmen Lopez
- Kingdom (2014) (2015) - Laura Melvin
- Twin Peaks: The Return (2017) - Renee
- Shameless (US) (2017 –- 2018) - Nessa
- The Orville (2019 –- Present) Talla Keyali
Tropes
- Romance on the Set: She dated Gossip Girl co-star Ed Westwick when the series was still ongoing.
- What Beautiful Eyes!: Her exotic blue eyes are a trademark look for her and her characters.
- What Could Have Been: She was one of the actresses considered for the part of Helena Bertinelli/Huntress in the Arrowverse.
