Jessalyn Gilsig has an extensive list of theater credits to her name. A graduate of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, Gilsig received her theatrical training at the American Repertory Theatre's Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University. Among the Ame...
"Everything. I would relax a little more. I thought everybody knew what was going on except me, and that I was completely missing the boat. Now, I think I was probably on par with everybody else. So, I'd just cut myself some slack and have more fun." (on what she would change about her high school days)
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"It takes someone pretty persistent to stick it out with me." (on relationships)
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Fact
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Gave birth to her 1st child at age 34, a daughter named Penelope Salomon on September 26, 2006. Child's father is her now ex-husband, Bobby Salomon.
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Her name is a Gaelic variation of "Jocelyn.".
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Began her acting career at age 12 doing voice-over work.
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Speaks fluent (Québécois) French.
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Daughter of Toby Gilsig, an engineer, and wife Clare, a writer and translator.
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Is Jewish on her father's side and married in a traditional Jewish wedding.
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Her husband, Bobby Salomon was her prom date in high school.
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Provided/painted all the art pieces of Patricia Clarkson's character in "The Station Agent", written and directed by her Boston Public (2000) co-star Tom McCarthy.
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In late 1999, she was going to replace actress Paula Marshall who was leaving the series Snoops (1999). However, that show was cancelled before Gilsig was set to join the cast and producer David E. Kelley gave her a role on his next show Boston Public (2000) instead.
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Attended McGill University, Montreal, Quebec from 1989 to 1993 and graduated with a degree in English.