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JESSALYN GILSIG
b.1971 in Montréal, Québec

Cree Summer
   

Jessalyn Gilsig is the daughter of an engineer and a writer. She first worked as a voice for a puppet in a National Film Board short at age 12. That was followed by voice-overs, commercials and parts in plays at the Centaur Theatre in Montréal. After graduating from McGill in 1993, Gilsig spent two years at Harvard University's American Repertory Theater in the Institute for Advanced Theatre Training program before moving to New York City. Among the American Repertory Theatre projects in which she has appeared are The Cherry Orchard, Henry V, The Oresteia, Tartuffe and, The Tempest. She plays Terri Schuester on the TV series, Glee.




Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release


Mascarade (voice, 1984)
The Journey Home (1989)
Jackknife (1989)

Quest for Camelot (voice, 1998)
The Horse Whisperer (1998)
A Cooler Climate (1999)

See This Movie (2003)
Chicks with Sticks (2004)
Fathers and Sons (TV-2005)
Flood (2006)
Backyards and Bullets (TV-2007)
Destination: Infestation (TV-2007)
The Apostles (TV-2008)
Prom Night (2008)
The Stepfather (2009)

Fifty-nothing (2010)


TV series - Cast:
Young Robin Hood (1992)
Gulliver's Travels (voice, 1992)
Boston Public (2000-2002)
NYPD Blue (2004)
Nip/Tuck (2003-2008)
Heroes (2007-2008)
Glee (2009-)


TV series - Guest Appearances:
To Have & to Hold (1998)
Viper (1998)
Seven Days (1999)
The Sentinel (1999)
The Practice (1999)
Snoops (2000)
Haunted (2002)
Without a Trace (2003)
Prison Break (2005)
Law & Order (2006)
Friday Night Lights (2007, 2008)
CSI: NY (2008)
Imaginary Bitches (2008)
XIII (2008)













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