Jessica Rothe

Jessica Ann Rothenberg (born May 28, 1987), better known as Jessica Rothe (), is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Paige in the MTV comedy series Mary + Jane (2016) and for her lead role as Tree Gelbman in the comedy slasher film Happy Death Day (2017) and its 2019 sequel. She has also appeared in the films La La Land (2016), Forever My Girl (2018), and Valley Girl (2020). In 2020, Rothe appeared in the Amazon Prime Video science fiction drama series Utopia.
==Early life==
Rothe was born in Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Susan and Steve Rothenberg. Rothe's father is Jewish. Her paternal grandmother Colleen Rothenberg was a theatre actress who belonged to the Congregation Shomrei Torah synagogue in Santa Rosa, California.
Rothe took ballet classes when she was age 8. As a youth, she attended summer theater camps in Kansas City. Rothe attended Cherry Creek High School and then Boston University, graduating in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts, and during that time she learned to play the violin, tap dance, and make pottery.
==Personal life==
On September 12, 2020, Rothe married actor Eric Clem in Morrison, Colorado.
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2013	Promised Land 	Maya 	Short film
2013	The Last Keepers 	Jessica 	Credited as Jessica Rothenberg
2013	The Hot Flashes 	Millie Rash 	Credited as Jessica Rothenberg
2013	Bastards of Young 	Samantha the Devil 	Credited as Jessica Rothenberg
2013	Jack, Jules, Esther and Me	Jules 	Credited as Jessica Rothenberg
2014	Dissocia 	 	Short film
2015	Lily & Kat 	Lily 	
2015	Parallels 	Beatrix Carver 	
2015	The Preppie Connection 	Laura 	
2016	Juveniles 	Amber 	
2016	Trust Fund 	Reese Donahue 	
2016	Wolves 	Lola 	
2016	The Tribe 	Jenny 	
2016	Summertime 	Jules 	
2016	La La Land 	Alexis 	
2016	Better Off Single 	Mary 	
2017	Tater Tot & Patton 	Andie 	
2017	Happy Death Day 	Theresa "Tree" Gelbman	Runner-up - New Mexico Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActressNominated - Fright Meter Award for Best Actress
2017	Please Stand By 	Julie 	
2018	Forever My Girl 	Josie 	
2019	Happy Death Day 2U 	Theresa "Tree" Gelbman	Nominated - Fright Meter Award for Best Actress
2020	Valley Girl 	Julie Richman 	
2020	All My Life 	Jenn Carter 	
2021	Body Brokers 	May 	
2023	Boy Kills World 	June 27 	
===Television===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2010	America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back	Bojana Mitic 	Episode: "The Pink Panthers"
2011	The Onion News Network 	Katie Clements 	2 episodes
2011	Happy Endings 	Teenage Girl 	Episode: "Baby Steps"
2012	Gossip Girl 	Young Woman 	Episode: "The Backup Dan"
2013	Blue Bloods 	Sylvie Freeland	Episode: "Protest Too Much"
2013	Futurestates 	Maya 	Episode: "Promised Land"
2013	High Maintenance 	Rachel 	Episode: "Elijah"
2013	Next Time on Lonny 	Stephanie 	6 episodes
2016	Chicago P.D. 	Madison 	Episode: "If We Were Normal"
2016	Mary + Jane 	Paige 	Main role; 10 episodes
2020	Utopia 	Samantha 	Recurring role
2020	Delilah 	Delilah 	Main role; unsold HBO Max pilot
2021	Eli Roth's History of Horror 	Herself 	Episode: "Holiday Horror"
===Web series===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2019	Whitney Avalon: This Song is Killer	Theresa "Tree" Gelbman	
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Category:1987 births
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American Jews
Category:American film actresses
Category:American people of German descent
Category:American television actresses
Category:Actresses from Denver
Category:Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni
Category:Jewish American actresses
Category:Living people