Jessica Parker Kennedy Actress - Born 3 October 1984 · Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Height 5′ 2″ (1.57 m)

Mini Bio Jessica Parker Kennedy is a Canadian actress of film and television. Born in Calgary, Alberta her first string of screen work began with the television film, Santa Baby (2006), as Lucy the Elf, a role she reprises in the television film sequel, Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (2009). With a repertoire of television credits, Jessica's continuing work ties with series such as "V" (2009), Undercovers (2010) and Smallville (2001). She made several supporting role appearances in television-made features, including Behemoth (2011) and Collision Earth (2011). Jessica has also appeared in high-profile movies, such as the biographical comedy 50/50 (2011), starring rising stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen and Anna Kendrick. She also had a role in the action film, In Time (2011), starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried. Jessica is best known for her roles on Smallville and, more recently, on the supernatural drama, The Secret Circle (2011), as "Melissa". Jessica can be seen in the hit STARZ show, Black Sails (2014), and will be appearing in The Perfect Guy (2015) with Michael Ealy (2015). Jessica Parker Kennedy is also a trained singer and splits her time between Vancouver and Los Angeles.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: The 7th Scribe

Family Spouse Ronen Rubinstein (August 14, 2022 - present)

Trivia

Her father is black and her mother is white, with Russian Jewish ancestry. Jessica was raised in the Jewish faith.

She is a trained singer.

Ranked #94 on Maxim's "Hot 100" of 2014 list.

Was originally cast in the 2010 spy drama series Undercovers (2010) as the younger sister of female lead Gugu Mbatha-Raw, but was later replaced by Mekia Cox.

Despite portraying Barry and Iris (grown-up) daughter on The Flash (2014), Jessica is older than both Grant Gustin and Candice Patton, 31 and 33 respectively, while Jessica is 37.

Has appeared in two The CW dramas based on the DC Comics character of Superman: Smallville (2001), where she played Bette San Souci/Plastique, and Supergirl (2015), wherein she debuted as Nora West-Allen/XS during the "Crisis On Earth-X".

Quotes

I used to think being a pirate was a really, cool, sexy thing. It's not. It's terrifying. It's a really horrifying, filthy, scary world where people died from simple things. When a cannon goes off, the splinter from the wood gets in their eyes and they get an infection. Or they don't have enough to eat. Or they get scurvy. It's a terrifying way to survive.

[on her role in Black Sails (2014)] I'm not technically on the pirate ships. I do a lot of wheeling and dealing from the brothel. But I'm not in the brothel all the time, either. I'm around and about. But I have this fantasy that I'm going to turn into this really badass pirate, living on the ship and killing really smarmy men.

Jessica Parker Kennedy (born October 3, 1984) is a Canadian actress. She played Melissa Glaser on the CW series The Secret Circle, Max on the Starz original series Black Sails and Nora West-Allen / XS on The Flash, and has also appeared on the television series Smallville, Undercovers, Kaya and Colony.

Personal life She is married to Israeli-American actor Ronen Rubinstein. They reside in Los Angeles. Parker Kennedy expressed support for him coming out as bisexual in 2021. They married 14 August 2022, with a Jewish wedding ceremony.