Alisha Boe

Alisha Boe
Born Alisha Bø[1]
(1997-03-06) March 6, 1997
Oslo, Norway
Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 2008-present
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)

Alisha Boe (born Alisha Bø;[1] 6 March 1997) is a Norwegian-American actress. She is known for portraying Jessica Davis in the Netflix original series 13 Reasons Why.

Career

Boe made her acting debut in 2008, when she landed a role of Child Lisa in a horror film, Amusement.[2] A year later she appeared in the film, He's On My Mind, as Laci and in 2012 in Paranormal Activity 4 as Tara. In 2014, she guest-starred in two shows, in January as Tracy McCoy, Cameron Tucker's student in Modern Family,[3][4] and in July, as Brynn Hendry in two episodes of the thriller show Extant.[5] In November 2014, she joined the cast of NBC's soap opera drama series Days of Our Lives in a recurring role of Daphne. She debuted on November 14, 2014.[6] In 2017 she played the role Jessica in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why.

Personal life

Boe was born in Norway to a Somali father and a Norwegian mother (from Trondheim)[1] in 1997. She later moved to New York City at the age of 3 in the year 2000.[7] She and her mother moved to Los Angeles when Alisha was seven years old because her mother married an American man. When she was in middle school she attended George Ellery Hale Middle School. While she was in high school she attended El Camino Real High School commonly known as ECR or Elco located in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California where she attended their acclaimed drama program. Her high school was also known for their famous alumni actors who had also been enrolled in their drama program. She later dropped out of High School to pursue her acting career.

Filmography

Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2008 Amusement Child Lisa
2009 He's On My Mind Laci
2009 Plastic Makes Perfect! Brooke Short
2012 Paranormal Activity 4 Tara
2017 68 Kill Violet
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2013 Trophy Wife Chelsea Trassen Episode: "Pilot"
2014 Modern Family Tracy McCoy Episode: "And One to Grow On"
2014 Extant Brynn Hendy 2 episodes
2014–2015 Days of Our Lives Daphne Recurring role
2015–2016 Ray Donovan Janet 4 episodes
2015 NCIS Farrah Meyers Episode: "Viral"
2015 Casual Becca Recurring role, 6 episodes
2015–2016 CSI: Cyber Grace Clarke 3 episodes
2016 Teen Wolf Gwen 3 episodes
2017 13 Reasons Why Jessica Davis Main role

References

  1. 1 2 3 Alisha Boe fra Oslo er stjerne i ny Netflix-serie
  2. ↑ "Amusement (2008)". The New York Times. February 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ Alston, Joshua (January 14, 2014). "Modern Family: "And One To Grow On"". The A.V. Club.
  4. ↑ "5.11 - And One to Grow On". www.modern-family.tv. January 8, 2014.
  5. ↑ Dobbs, Sarah (February 20, 2014). "What do we know about new sci-fi series, Extant?". www.denofgeek.com.
  6. ↑ "Alisha Boe Joins 'Days of our Lives' as Daphne". Serial Scoop. November 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Actress Alisha Boe Talks ‘Ray Donovan’ and ‘Casual’ - #NerdProblems".
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