Jessie is an actor and singer from Auckland. Since graduating from one of New Zealand’s top drama schools, Jessie has been kept busy across numerous local and international stage and screen productions.
Most recently, Jessie played a leading role in Happiness, a new musical comedy series set to hit television screens in 2025. Other prime-time screen credits include Shortland Street, EastEnders, The Brokenwood Mysteries, My Life is Murder, 800 Words, and Cheryl West’s chaotic sister ‘Jeanette Miller’ in Westside.
Strictly Ballroom The Musical is Jessie’s second show at The Court Theatre, after her debut performance here in 2017’s Venus in Fur. Other noteworthy theatre credits include King Lear and North by Northwest for Auckland Theatre Company, The NZ Tour of Jersey Boys, Pop-up Globe’s Julius Caesar, and The Effect at Q Theatre.
Jessie attended Shanghai Theatre Academy's Summer School in China where she trained in Traditional Chinese Opera and London’s National Theatre where she studied playwriting. You’ll also hear Jessie’s voice as ‘Jim’ on Cartoon Network’s Elliott From Earth.
Court Shows
- 2024 - Strictly Ballroom The Musical - Shirley Hastings
- 2017 - Venus in Fur - Vanda