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The Groomsmen - ( - Jen / 2006 / Released / )

Minority Report - ( Evanna / 2002 / Released / )

The Mesmerist - ( Daisy / 2002 / Released / )

Valentine - ( Dorothy Wheeler / 2001 / Released / )

The Love Letter - ( Kelly / 1999 / Released / )

The Locusts - ( Patsy / 1997 / Released / )

Schindler's List - ( Other(- intern) / 1993 / Released / )

TV Credits

Blind Trust ( 2007 / Released ): Actor

Bones ( 2005 / Released ): Actor

The Truth in the Lye ( 2006 )

TV Episode Rebecca Stinson

Mother and Child in the Bay ( 2006 )

TV Episode Rebecca Stinson

Into the West ( 2005 / Released ): Actor

The L Word ( 2004 / Released ): Actor

Layup ( 2007 )

TV Episode Cast

Lassoed ( 2007 )

TV Episode Cast

Livin' La Vida Loca ( 2007 )

TV Episode Cast

A Merry Mickey Celebration ( 2003 / Released ): Actor

Denial ( 1998 / Released ): Actor

The Practice ( 1997 / Released ): Actor

Cheers ( 2004 )

TV Episode Jamie Stringer

New Hoods on the Block ( 2004 )

TV Episode Jamie Stringer

Comings and Goings ( 2004 )

TV Episode Jamie Stringer

The Firm ( 2004 )

TV Episode Jamie Stringer

The Case Against Alan Shore ( 2004 )

TV Episode Jamie Stringer

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ER ( 1994 / Released ): Actor

High Incident ( Released ): Actor

Odd Man Out ( Released ): Actor

Full Biography (Back to top)

Jessica Capshaw's mother is actress Kate Capshaw and her stepfather is modern Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg. One would assume her career in any facet of the entertainment industry would be ensured, but the enthusiastic and well-trained blonde actress has worked hard to prove her talent and make her way on her own. Capshaw's debut screen credit was as an intern on her stepfather's fact-based Holocaust film "Schindler's List" (1993) and her first two big screen appearances were in films starring her mother. Still, Capshaw has insisted on being judged on her own merits rather than those of her accomplished parents and auditioned for and won the roles on her own. The actress made her feature debut in "The Locusts" (1997), altering her appearance, donning spectacles and darkening her hair to play a plain small-town girl in this family secrets drama starring Kate Capshaw and Vince Vaughn. Her next big screen appearance came with "The Love Letter" (1999), an ensemble romantic comedy starring and produced by her mother. A small role in this feature, which did little business at the box office and impressed few critics, did little to further her career. She broke away from family projects with a part in the independent feature "Denial", which debuted on Cinemax in 1998.

Capshaw made her TV debut with a guest role on ABC's short-lived police series "High Incident", and guested on a 1999 episode of "ER" (NBC) before landing a regular role on the ABC sitcom "Odd Man Out". This starring role would keep her in the public eye and establish her name and reputation apart from those of her famous relatives. On the series, Capshaw played a booker at a modeling agency who shares a home with her older sister Julia (Markie Post) and Julia's son and three daughters. The Brown-educated actress has studied at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she performed in the company's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", as well as appearing onstage in "The Cherry Orchard" and "The Grapes of Wrath" at Harvard-Westlake High School and "Arcadia" at Brown University.

Profession(s):
Actor

Sometimes Credited As:

Family
father:Robert Capshaw (met Kate Capshaw when he was principal of the school at which she was teaching; divorced c. 1978)
half-brother:Sawyer Spielberg (born on May 10, 1992; son of Spielberg and Kate Capshaw)
half-brother:Theo Spielberg (born c. 1988; African-American; adopted son of Spielberg and Kate Capshaw)
half-sister:Sasha Spielberg (born in June 1990; daughter of Spielberg and Kate Capshaw)
half-sister:Destry Allyn Spielberg (born on December 1, 1996; daughter of Spielberg and Kate Capshaw)
half-sister:Mikeala George Spielberg (born on February 28, 1996; adopted daughter of Spielberg and Kate Capshaw)
husband:Christopher Gavigan (met in 2000; engaged 2003; married in East Hampton on May 22, 2004)
mother:Kate Capshaw (divorced from Capshaw's father c. 1978; later married Steven Spielberg)
step-brother:Max Spielberg (born in June 1985, son of Spielberg and Amy Irving)
step-father:Steven Spielberg (married Kate Capshaw on October 12, 1991)

Education
Harvard-Westlake High School Los Angeles, California
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art London, England
Brown University Providence, Rhode Island BA English literature 1998

Milestones (Back to top)

1999 Guest starred on an episode of NBC's hit medical drama "ER"

1999 Appeared in "The Love Letter", starring Kate Capshaw

1999 - 2000 Was a regular on the ABC comedy series "Odd Man Out"

1998 Was featured in "Denial", an independent comedy screened at festivals and aired on Cinemax

1997 Made big screen debut in "The Locusts", co-starring her mother

1996 Made TV debut with a guest starring role on ABC's short lived police adventure series "High Incident", executive produced by Spielberg

1993 Had first screen credit as an intern for her stepfather's acclaimed Holocaust film "Schindler's List"

1990 Discovered an interest in acting at age 14; went on to perform in high school productions of "The Cherry Orchard", "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Tea & Sympathy" (date approximate)

1978 Moved with family to New York at age two (date approximate)

Relocated with mother to California

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