1. Jessica Szohr started her screen career appearing on television shows such as My Wife and Kids, Joan of Arcadia, What About Brian and CSI: Miami.
28 Facts About Jessica Szohr
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Jessica Szohr gained recognition in 2007 with her breakthrough role as Vanessa Abrams on The CW's teen drama series Gossip Girl.
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Jessica Szohr has appeared in feature films including the horror film Piranha 3D, the comedy film I Don't Know How Jessica Szohr Does It, the comedy film The Internship and the comedy film Ted 2.
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Jessica Szohr is of Hungarian and one-quarter African-American descent, and the oldest of five children.
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Jessica Szohr started a cleaning company with a friend, cleaning their teachers' houses.
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Jessica Szohr appeared in print ads for Kohl's department store.
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Jessica Szohr made her debut as an actress in 2003 in an episode of the third season of My Wife and Kids, titled "Not So Hostile Takeover".
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Jessica Szohr appeared in three episodes of CSI: Miami as Samantha Barrish.
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Jessica Szohr appeared in the music videos for "Best Days" by Matt White and "Over You" by Daughtry, in which she played Sarah.
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Originally cast as a recurring role, Jessica Szohr was promoted to series regular after the season one episode "The Blair Bitch Project" in April 2008.
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Jessica Szohr returned in for a cameo appearance on the series finale, "New York, I Love You XOXO", on December 17,2012.
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Jessica Szohr has appeared in small roles in films such as Somebody Help Me, The Reading Room and Fired Up.
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Jessica Szohr signed on to Dimension Films' horror Piranha 3D, in the role of Kelly.
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Jessica Szohr appeared in a Funny or Die video promoting the film alongside Kelly Brook and others.
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Jessica Szohr was awarded the Breakthrough Actress in Film award at the 2010 Breakthrough of the Year awards for her work in Piranha 3D.
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That same year, Jessica Szohr was included on People magazine's "100 Most Beautiful People in the World" list.
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Jessica Szohr has a role in the 2012 independent post-apocalyptic sci-fi film Hirokin.
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Jessica Szohr starred in the 2012 indie drama Art Machine as an outlaw hipster and a pyrotechnic artist.
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In November 2011, Jessica Szohr filmed the drama Light Years in Los Angeles.
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In 2012, Jessica Szohr helped Hayden Panettiere punk Glee actress Dianna Agron.
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Jessica Szohr appeared in Taylor Swift's 2013 music video for the song "22".
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In November 2013, Jessica Szohr was cast as Gretchen in USA Network's medical drama pilot Complications.
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In June 2015, Jessica Szohr was set as a recurring on the upcoming second season of DirecTV's MMA drama Kingdom.
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On February 12,2018, Jessica Szohr was cast as a regular for the second season of the science fiction comedy-drama series The Orville, as Talla Keyali.
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On January 26,2022, Szohr launched the podcast XOXO with Jessica Szohr, a walk down memory lane with the cast and crew of Gossip Girl featuring behind-the scenes stories, on-set memories, and more with interviews and occasional episode rewatches.
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Jessica Szohr describes her hobbies as a result of her being from Wisconsin.
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Jessica Szohr's partner is former professional ice hockey player Brad Richardson.
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Jessica Szohr gave birth to their daughter on January 11,2021.