Jessica Tuck

Jessica Tuck
Born Jessica Ines Tuck[1]
February 19, 1963 (1963-02-19) (age 49)[1]
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1989–present

Jessica Ines Tuck (born February 19, 1963) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Megan Gordon Harrison on One Life to Live, Gillian Gray on Judging Amy, and Nan Flanagan on True Blood. She also appeared as Madeline Peterson Woods on Days of our Lives.

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Personal life

Tuck was born in New York City and is a graduate of Yale University and Middlesex School. She and her husband have a daughter, Samara, born on March 24, 2003.[1]

Career

She played Megan Gordon Harrison on One Life to Live from 1988 to 1992. She reprised the role in spirit form in 1993, 1999, and 2004.

Tuck played Nicole Brown Simpson in The O.J. Simpson Story and had a leading role in the Olsen twins' straight-to-video movie Billboard Dad. In 1992 she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" for her performance in One Life to Live. In 1990 she was nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award for "Outstanding Female Newcomer: Daytime" for the same role. She is in High School Musical 2, High School Musical 3 and Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure as Darby Evans, the mother of Ryan (Lucas Grabeel) and Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale). She was also on HBO's True Blood as Nan Flanagan, a vampire who is the spokesperson and 'face' of vampires for the American Vampire League. In season 4, Deadline reports that she will become a series regular.[2]

In 2011, she appeared as murderer Joyce McHugh in the episode "Eye of the Beholder" in the police procedural Castle.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c http://www.tv.com/jessica-tuck/person/1228/summary.html
  2. ^ "True Blood Promotes Jessica Tuck; Adds Three New Actresses". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/News/True-Blood-Tuck-1026065.aspx. Retrieved November 29, 2010. 

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