Jessica Wallenfels is an American actress, choreographer, movement and theatre director, and graphic designer, notable for her early cult roles in Twin Peaks and the movie Dogfight, along with her later work as a choreographer, director, and stage actress.
13 Facts About Jessica Wallenfels
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Since the age of 12, Jessica was a dancer and choreographer with her local dance school in Tacoma, and later a Little Red Riding Hood costume character at Never Never Land Amusement Park in Tacoma.
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Jessica Wallenfels moved to Los Angeles in 1997 to attend California Institute of the Arts.
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Jessica Wallenfels played Harriet Hayward, the little sister of Lara Flynn Boyle's character, Donna Hayward, and older sister of Gersten Hayward, played by Alicia Witt.
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Jessica Wallenfels appeared in the acclaimed Pilot Episode and Episode 8, the second-season premiere, both feature-length episodes directed by Lynch.
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Jessica Wallenfels appeared in Nancy Savoca's Dogfight, an episode of The Tom Show, and in the movies Born to Love You and String Theory.
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Jessica Wallenfels choreographed Cornerstone Theatre's "Magic Trix", was named an Associate Artist with CTC, and worked on the award-winning "Broken Hearts - A BH Mystery", and choreographed an adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing in Los Angeles.
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Jessica Wallenfels conceived, choreographed, directed, and performed in the original movement work Losing It at Glaxa Studios for producer Anthony Byrnes from Mark Taper Forum.
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Jessica Wallenfels was a choreographer at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
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Jessica Wallenfels has launched work at CoHo Summerfest and intergenerational queer programs.
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Jessica Wallenfels has a BFA in Acting from California Institute of the Arts and an MFA from University of Portland.
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Jessica Wallenfels directed at Pacific University and Western Oregon University, including Why Cross Chaos at the WOU Theatre.
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Jessica Wallenfels taught movement and acting at School of the Arts between 2011 and 2018.