Jessica Tuck
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Jessica Ines Tuck is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Megan Gordon Harrison on One Life to Live
, Gillian Gray on Judging Amy
, and Nan Flanagan on True Blood
. She also appeared as Madeline Peterson Woods on Days of our Lives
.
and Middlesex School
. She and her husband have a daughter, Samara, born on March 24, 2003.
from 1988 to 1992. She reprised the role in spirit form in 1993, 1999, and 2004.
Tuck played Nicole Brown Simpson
in The O.J. Simpson Story and had a leading role in the Olsen twins
' straight-to-video movie Billboard Dad
. In 1992 she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award
for "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" for her performance in One Life to Live. In 1990 she was nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award for "Outstanding Female Newcomer: Daytime" for the same role. She is in High School Musical 2, High School Musical 3 and Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure as Darby Evans, the mother of Ryan (Lucas Grabeel
) and Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale
). She was also on HBO's True Blood
as Nan Flanagan, a vampire who is the spokesperson and 'face' of vampires for the American Vampire League. In season 4, Deadline reports that she will become a series regular.
In 2011, she appeared as murderer Joyce McHugh in the episode "Eye of the Beholder" in the police procedural Castle
.
One Life to Live
One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
, Gillian Gray on Judging Amy
Judging Amy
Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly...
, and Nan Flanagan on True Blood
True Blood
True Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...
. She also appeared as Madeline Peterson Woods on Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
.
Personal life
Tuck was born in New York City and is a graduate of Yale UniversityYale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
and Middlesex School
Middlesex School
Middlesex School is an independent secondary school for grades 9 - 12 located in Concord, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1901 by a Roxbury Latin School alumnus, Frederick Winsor, who headed the school until 1937. Winsor set up a National Scholarship Program for the school, the first of its kind...
. She and her husband have a daughter, Samara, born on March 24, 2003.
Career
She played Megan Gordon Harrison on One Life to LiveOne Life to Live
One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
from 1988 to 1992. She reprised the role in spirit form in 1993, 1999, and 2004.
Tuck played Nicole Brown Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson was a former wife of professional football player O. J. Simpson.- Relationship with O. J. Simpson :...
in The O.J. Simpson Story and had a leading role in the Olsen twins
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Fuller Olsen are American actresses and entrepreneurs.Both have appeared in television and films since infancy. Since then, they have continued their celebrity through numerous television programs, films, interviews, as well as commercial endorsements...
' straight-to-video movie Billboard Dad
Billboard Dad
Billboard Dad is a 1998 American direct-to-video comedy film, starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.-Plot:Set in Los Angeles, the plot revolves around Emily Tyler , who enjoys surfing, and her twin sister Tess , a member of a high diving team, who try various stratagems to get their widowed dad Max,...
. In 1992 she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award
Daytime Emmy Award
The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming...
for "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" for her performance in One Life to Live. In 1990 she was nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award for "Outstanding Female Newcomer: Daytime" for the same role. She is in High School Musical 2, High School Musical 3 and Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure as Darby Evans, the mother of Ryan (Lucas Grabeel
Lucas Grabeel
Lucas Stephen Grabeel is an American actor, singer, dancer, songwriter, director and producer. As a performer, he is best known for his role as Ryan Evans in Disney Channel Original Movie's High School Musical and its sequels High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year , and as...
) and Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Michelle Tisdale is an American actress and singer who rose to prominence portraying the candy-counter girl Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the female antagonist Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical film series...
). She was also on HBO's True Blood
True Blood
True Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...
as Nan Flanagan, a vampire who is the spokesperson and 'face' of vampires for the American Vampire League. In season 4, Deadline reports that she will become a series regular.
In 2011, she appeared as murderer Joyce McHugh in the episode "Eye of the Beholder" in the police procedural Castle
Castle (TV series)
Castle is an American comedy-drama television series, which premiered on ABC on March 9, 2009. The series is produced by Beacon Pictures and ABC Studios. On January 10, 2011, Castle was renewed for a fourth season...
.
Filmography
- 1980s-90s, 00s: One Life to LiveOne Life to LiveOne Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
as Megan Gordon Harrison (Role: 1988-1992, 1993, 1999, and 2004) - 1989: Who Shot Patakango? as Tish
- 1991: A Woman Named Jackie as Lorraine Murrey (TV-Mini Seies)
- 1992: Murder, She WroteMurder, She WroteMurder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...
as Sally Wilson (1 episode) - 1992: Picket FencesPicket FencesPicket Fences is a 60-minute American television drama about the residents of the fictional town of Rome, Wisconsin, created and produced by David E. Kelley. The show initially ran from September 18, 1992, to June 26, 1996, on the CBS television network in the United States...
as K.C. (1 episode) - 1995: Batman ForeverBatman ForeverBatman Forever is a 1995 American superhero film directed by Joel Schumacher and produced by Tim Burton. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is a sequel to Batman Returns , with Val Kilmer replacing Michael Keaton as Batman...
as Female Newscaster - 1995: The George Wendt ShowThe George Wendt ShowThe George Wendt Show is an American television sitcom that aired on on CBS from March 8, to April 12, 1995. Based on the radio show Car Talk, the series was a star vehicle for George Wendt after co-starring in the NBC sitcom Cheers throughout its run...
as HS (1 episode) - 1995: The O.J. Simpson Story as Nicole Brown SimpsonNicole Brown SimpsonNicole Brown Simpson was a former wife of professional football player O. J. Simpson.- Relationship with O. J. Simpson :...
- 1995: SeinfeldSeinfeldSeinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...
as Bonnie (1 episode) - 1995: Fortune Hunter as Tricia Chamberlain (1 episode)
- 1995: Murder One as Laura Crimmins (7 episodes) [1995-96]
- 1996: The Last Frontier as Kate (3 episodes, 1996)
- 1996: NYPD BlueNYPD BlueNYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...
as Farrell McLeary (1 episode) - 1996: Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom as Dr. Brody (VG)
- 1997: Profit as Carol McKenna (1 episode)
- 1997: The Visitor as Lawson (1 episode)
- 1997: The Advocate's Devil as Jennifer Dawling
- 1997: Party of Five as Lori (1 episode)
- 1997: Life's Work as Diane Webster
- 1998: Billboard DadBillboard DadBillboard Dad is a 1998 American direct-to-video comedy film, starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.-Plot:Set in Los Angeles, the plot revolves around Emily Tyler , who enjoys surfing, and her twin sister Tess , a member of a high diving team, who try various stratagems to get their widowed dad Max,...
as Brooke Anders - 1998: The Secret Lives of Men as N/A (1 episode)
- 1998: Sunset BeachSunset Beach- United States :* Sunset Beach , in Cape May, New Jersey* Sunset Beach , in Pupukea, Oahu, Hawaii* Sunset Beach State Recreation Site, in Oregon* Sunset State Beach, near Watsonville, California- Canada :* Sunset Beach, Alberta...
as Diane Wood (15 episodes, 1998) - 1998: The Brave Little Toaster Goes to MarsThe Brave Little Toaster Goes to MarsThe Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars is the name of both a children's book by Thomas Disch, as well as the film made from same. Both are sequels to the book and film versions of The Brave Little Toaster. The movie was distributed by Walt Disney Home Video. It was released in 1998...
as Chris - 1998: The NannyThe Nanny (TV series)The Nanny is an American television sitcom co-produced by Sternin & Fraser Ink, Inc., and Fran Drescher in association with TriStar Television for the CBS network...
as C.C.'s Replacement (1 episode) - 1998: A Wing and a Prayer as LaVaughn
- 1998: The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia PhenomenonThe Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia PhenomenonThe Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon is a 1998 television movie starring Tony Danza from Walt Disney Pictures.-Plot:...
as Marie Gorman - 1998: ERER (TV series)ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
as Dr. Hemmings (1 episode) - 1999: Judging AmyJudging AmyJudging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly...
as Gillian Gray (138 episodes) [1999-05] - 1999: Partners as Lucy
- 1999: Millennium as Alice Severin (1 episode)
- 1999: Cupid as Joanne (1 episode)
- 1999: Angels, Baby! as Lori
- 2000: The Outer Limits as Linda Andrews (1 episode)
- 2001: The Want as Jill
- 2002: Another Life as Woman
- 2002: Secretary as Tricia O'Connor
- 2004: Strong MedicineStrong MedicineStrong Medicine is a medical drama with a focus on feminist politics, health issues and class conflict. The television series aired on the Lifetime network from 2000 to 2006. It is distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The series was created and produced in part by comedienne and...
as Rachel (1 episode) - 2005: EverwoodEverwoodEverwood is an American drama television series that initially aired in the United States on The WB. The series is set in the fictional small town of Everwood, Colorado, and was filmed in Ogden, South Salt Lake, and Draper, Utah, except the series pilot which was filmed in Canmore, Alberta,...
as Bonnie (1 episode) - 2005: Surface as Sylvia Barnett (1 episode)
- 2005: Mrs. Harris as Wife #1
- 2006: Criminal MindsCriminal MindsCriminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...
as Dr. Sarah Harris (1 episode) - 2006: Grey's AnatomyGrey's AnatomyGrey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
as Shannon's Mom (1 episode) - 2006: CSICSI: Crime Scene InvestigationCSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
as Sally West (1 episode) - 2006: In Justice as Greta (1 episode)
- 2006: A Decent Proposal as Tia McLealand
- 2007: Saving GraceSaving Grace (TV series)Saving Grace is an American television crime drama series which premiered on TNT on July 23, 2007 and ran until June 21, 2010. The show stars Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter in her first television series, as well as Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson, Laura San Giacomo, Bailey Chase, Bokeem Woodbine,...
as Paige Hanadarko (7 episodes) [2007-10] - 2007: October RoadOctober RoadOctober Road is singer-songwriter James Taylor's fifteenth album. It was released in 2002, in two versions: a single-disc version and a "limited edition" two-disc version, which contains three extra songs, as well as a video presentation. It has been certified Platinum.-Track listing:All songs by...
as Caroline Garrett (1 episode) - 2007: Boston LegalBoston LegalBoston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley, which was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for the ABC...
as Attorney Sheila Zale (1 episode) - 2007: On the Doll as N/A
- 2007: High School Musical 2 as Darby Evans
- 2007: The Last Day of SummerThe Last Day of SummerThe Last Day of Summer is a 1958 romantic drama film directed by the Polish film director Tadeusz Konwicki.-Plot:The action takes place amid the deserted dunes and screaming gulls of a chilly Baltic shore. Two lonely, damaged people, played by Irena Laskowska and Jan Machulski, whose characters...
as Mary Malloy - 2007: Wild HogsWild HogsWild Hogs is a 2007 comedy film directed by Walt Becker and starring Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, and William H. Macy. It was released nationwide in the United States and Canada on March 2, 2007, though preview film screenings were held in select areas on February 24, 2007.-Plot:Doug...
as Family Mom - 2008: High School Musical 3: Senior YearHigh School Musical 3: Senior YearHigh School Musical 3: Senior Year is a 2008 American romantic musical film and the third and final installment in the High School Musical trilogy. Its theatrical release in the United States began on October 24, 2008...
as Darby Evans - 2008: In Focus: Shedding Light on Vampires in America as Nan Flanigan
- 2008: Rules of EngagementRules of engagementRules of Engagement refers to those responses that are permitted in the employment of military personnel during operations or in the course of their duties. These rules of engagement are determined by the legal framework within which these duties are being carried out...
as Mrs. Westlin (1 episode) - 2008: True BloodTrue BloodTrue Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...
as Nan Flanagan (8 episodes) [2008-11] - 2009: Cold Case as Charlotte Butler (2 episodes)
- 2009: Crossing Over as Elaine
- 2009: Ghost WhispererGhost WhispererGhost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005 to May 21, 2010.The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon , who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts...
as Marlene Hathaway (1 episode) - 2009: Big Love as N/A (1 episode)
- 2009: FlashForwardFlashforwardA flashforward is an interjected scene that takes the narrative forward in time from the current point of the story in literature, film, television and other media. Flashforwards are often used to represent events expected, projected, or imagined to occur in the future...
as Agent Levy (2 episodes) [2009-10] - 2010: Days of Our LivesDays of our LivesDays of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
as Madeline Peterson Woods (23 episodes) - 2010: Lie to Me as Deputy Warden Lamb (1 episode, 2010)
- 2010: In Plain SightIn Plain SightIn Plain Sight is an American dramatic television series on USA Network. The series revolves around Mary Shannon , a Deputy United States Marshal attached to the Albuquerque, New Mexico office of the Federal Witness Security Program , more commonly known as the Federal Witness Protection Program...
as Cindy Anderson (1 episode) - 2010: Public Relations as Stella
- 2010: Rex Is Not Your Lawyer as Senator Elizabeth Craig (1 episode)
- 2010: Twentysixmiles as Keri Kincaid (6 episodes)
- 2010: Men of a Certain Age as Bonnie
- 2011: Super 8Super 8 (film)Super 8 is a 2011 American science fiction action film written and directed by J. J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, and Kyle Chandler and was released on June 10, 2011 in conventional and IMAX theaters...
as Charles' Mom - 2011: Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure as Darby Evans (Post-Pro)