Jessalyn Gilsig Biography

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NAME: Jessalyn Gilsig
OCCUPATION: Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
BIRTH DATE: November 30, 1971 (Age: 41)
EDUCATION: McGill University, American Repertory Theatre's Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Montreal, Canada
Full Name: Jessalyn Sarah Gilsig
ZODIAC SIGN: Sagittarius

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Actress Jessalyn Gilsig caught her first big break when she appeared on the legal drama, The Practice. In 2003 she joined the cast of FOX's Nip/Tuck.

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In 2006 the actress married film producer Bobby Salomon. Not long after, the couple became parents to a daughter, Penelope. In late 2010, however, the couple made headlines when it was announced that Gilsig and Salomon were splitting.

In addition to her television work, Gilsig also made modest inroads into the film world. Early on she made a cameo in the Robert DeNiro film, Jacknife (1989),

which looked at the troubled life of a Vietnam veteran. A decade later she landed a role in Robert Redford's The Horse Whisperer (1998). She also appeared in See This Movie (2004), starring John Cho and Seth Meyers.

Jessalyn Gilsig currently resides in Los Angeles with her young daughter.