Jessica Lee Rose
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| Jessica Lee Rose | |
| Birth name | Jessica Lee Rose |
| Born | April 26, 1987 (age 19) Salisbury, Maryland, US |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Notable roles | lonelygirl15 |
Jessica Lee Rose (born April 26, 1987)[1] is an American-born actress from New Zealand who rose to popularity after playing the role of lonelygirl15, a fictional teenage homeschooled character named Bree who appeared in many vlogs on the popular website YouTube. Such videos continue to appear regularly, as the series remains active.
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[edit] Biography
Rose was born in Salisbury, Maryland, United States, and was brought up in Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. She attended Mount Maunganui College in 2000-2001. Afterward, she was homeschooled 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,[2] 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 moved to Salisbury in May 2005 to live with her father while saving for school. She then enrolled in the New York Film Academy at Universal Studios in Burbank, California. She is a graduate of the NYFA's one-year acting for film program.[3]
After graduating from NYFA in April 2006, Rose lived in Los Angeles, California. In her search for acting jobs, she found a listing for an independent film project (The Children of Anchor Cove) on Craigslist. She was one of about 80 actresses who auditioned for the lead part. After two callbacks, she was offered the role of Bree. Rose signed a non-disclosure agreement and was told that the project would consist of a series of videos released to the World Wide Web over the Internet. She was initially unpaid for the project but as lonelygirl15 grew popular, she and co-star Yousef Abu-Taleb received their salaries.
In October 2006, the United Nations chose Jessica Lee Rose to participate in an ad campaign to promote the UN's antipoverty cause.[4]
She was recently signed by CAA and according to IMDb has been cast for a role in the 2007 Chris Sivertson film I Know Who Killed Me which stars Lindsay Lohan. Also according to IMDb, she is currently filming a feature entitled Perfect Sport, directed by first-time director Anthony O'Brien.
[edit] YouTube fame
[edit] lonelygirl15
The video blogs first portrayed her to be a real kid who had to deal with typical teenage angst but quickly morphed into a bizarre narrative that portrayed her dealings with secret occult practices within her family and included the mysterious disappearance of her parents after she refused to attend a "secret" ceremony prescribed by the leaders of the family's cult. The series was an immediate hit and quickly became the most subscribed channel on YouTube. Many of her fans became suspicious of whether she was really genuine and not just an actress doing some sort of a promotional gimmick from Hollywood. Soon an investigation was initiated which led to lonelygirl15 to be "outed" in the Los Angeles Times, revealing her to be actress Jessica Lee Rose who was merely playing the role of Bree in lonelygirl15. This led to a firestorm in the news media throughout September which allowed the creators of lonelygirl15 and Jessica Rose herself to do interviews in magazines and appearances on nationally syndicated television shows and thus gain an international spotlight in mainstream culture.
The "lonelygirl15" series continues to attract new fans (who are aware the series is fictional) as new videos are being posted at both YouTube and the commercial website Revver up to three times a week.
[edit] References
- ^ Sudden fame amazes lonelygirl15 star. Associated Press. Retrieved on 2006-09-15.
- ^ lonelygirl15 revealed : jessica rose aspiring actress. Top of the Tube (2006-09-12). Retrieved on 2006-09-13.
- ^ Hutcheon, Stephen (2006-09-13). Lonelygirl: a Rose by any other name. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved on 2006-09-13.
- ^ *Vranica, Suzanne. "U.N. Enlists Internet Star for Antipoverty Pitch", The Wall Street Journal, October 2006. Retrieved on 2006-10-09.
[edit] External links
- Jessica Rose at the Internet Movie Database
- Wired News: The Secret World of Lonelygirl
- Jessica Rose Interview (print and video) on MTV
- Lonelygirl15 revealed as 19-year-old NZ actress New Zealand Herald
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rose, Jessica Lee |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | lonelygirl15 |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | New Zealand actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 26 April 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salisbury, Maryland |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
