Jess Sylvia
- Actress
Jess Sylvia was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts on March 14, 1986 to
Stacey Burke and Daniel Sylvia. As the oldest of three children, she
naturally possesses leadership qualities and determination. Beginning
in grade school, Jess demonstrated a raw talent for stage performance.
At the age of ten, she attended New Bedford Ballet where she performed
in numerous productions into her teenage years. She continued to pursue
theater as well, making that her extracurricular focus. While attending
the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Jess directed and starred in
women's studies plays such as "The Vagina Monologues." In 2007 she
transferred to the University of Rhode Island to complete a
concentrated biotechnology program. Jess had plans to relocate to Los
Angeles to pursue her dream of film acting at the end of the program in
2008. After completing her first feature film that summer, she did just
that.
