Jess Salgueiro
{{short description|Canadian actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jess Salgueiro
| image = Jess Salgueiro (cropped).jpg
| caption = Salgueiro in September 2019
| birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| birth_date =
| alma_mater = Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts
}}
Jess Salgueiro is a Canadian actress, known for her roles in Frasier, The Boys, Workin' Moms, The Expanse, Letterkenny, Orphan Black, and Tiny Pretty Things.{{cite web |title=Canadas Rising Screen Stars: Seven talents making big moves |url=https://nowtoronto.com/movies/canadas-rising-screen-stars-2020 |website=Now |accessdate=October 12, 2020 |date=April 16, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Weintraub |first1=Steve |title=Jess Salgueiro on 'The Expanse' Season 4, 'The Boys', and Netflix's 'Jupiter's Legacy' |url=https://collider.com/jess-salgueiro-interview-the-expanse-season-4-jupiters-legacy/ |website=Collider |accessdate=October 12, 2020 |date=September 27, 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/jess-salgueiro-joins-tiny-pretty-things-netflix-series-exclusive-1203289445/ |title=Jess Salgueiro Circling Potential Tiny Pretty Things Netflix Series (EXCLUSIVE) |last=Thorne |first=Will |date=August 2, 2019 |website=Variety |access-date=August 13, 2019 }}{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/netflix-orders-tiny-pretty-things-ballet-drama-series-based-book-cast-1202662556/ |title=Netflix Orders Tiny Pretty Things Ballet Drama Series Based On Book; Sets Main Cast |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=August 6, 2019 |work=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=August 13, 2019 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/broadways-damon-j-gillespie-michael-hsu-rosen-and-more-cast-in-new-ballet-netflix-series |title=Broadway's Damon J. Gillespie, Michael Hsu Rosen, and More Cast in Netflix's New Ballet Series |last=Fierberg |first=Ruthie |date=August 7, 2019 |website=Playbill |access-date=August 13, 2019 }}
As well as having a recurring role in season four of The Expanse,{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2019/02/the-expanse-rosa-gilmore-keon-alexander-jess-salgueiro-recur-season-4-amazon-1202563247/ |title=The Expanse: Rosa Gilmore, Keon Alexander & Jess Salgueiro To Recur In Season 4 |first=Denise |last=Petsky |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=February 25, 2019 |accessdate=January 2, 2020 }} she also appeared in the Netflix comic book adaptation of Jupiter's Legacy, based on the comic book by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely.{{Cite web |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/2019/08/11/jupiters-legacy-netflix-first-set-photos-surface/ |title=Jupiter's Legacy: First Set Photos of Netflix Show Surface Online |website=TV Shows |date=August 11, 2019 |access-date=August 13, 2019 }}
Salgueiro was selected as a "rising star" at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival for her role in Mouthpiece.{{Cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/jess-salgueiro-joins-tiny-pretty-170543331.html |title=Jess Salgueiro Circling Potential Tiny Pretty Things Netflix Series (Exclusive) |work=Yahoo! News |access-date=August 13, 2019 }}
She starred in the 2019 comedy film Canadian Strain.Darren Wiesner, [http://hnmag.ca/interview/canadian-strain-lifts-the-mood-at-the-whistler-film-festival/ "Canadian Strain Lifts the Mood at the Whistler Film Festival"]. Hollywood North Magazine, December 20, 2019.
In 2023, she was cast as Eve in the Paramount+ revival of the classic sitcom Frasier.{{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=2023-01-25 |title='Frasier' Sequel Series at Paramount+ Casts Anders Keith, Jess Salgueiro |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/frasier-sequel-series-paramount-plus-cast-anders-keith-jess-salgueiro-1235502020/ |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
Personal life
Salgueiro was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and attended Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts in Toronto, Ontario.{{Cite web |url=https://www.earnthenecklace.com/jess-salgueiro-tiff-2018-rising-star/ |title=Jess Salgueiro: Facts about TIFF 2018's Rising Star |last=Bagga |first=Ashmeet |date=August 9, 2018 |website=Earn The Necklace |access-date=August 14, 2019 }} Her parents are Portuguese Canadians; her father and mother emigrated from Alcanena and Santa Bárbara de Nexe, respectively.{{cite web |title=Hora dos Portugueses (Diário) |url=https://www.rtp.pt/play/p3041/e311343/hora-dos-portugueses-diario |website=RTP Internacional |accessdate=October 12, 2020 |language=Portuguese}} She resides in Toronto.{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/jesssalgueiro |title=Jess Salgueiro |publisher=Twitter |access-date=August 14, 2019 }}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film roles !Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2011
|data-sort-value="Unleashed, The" | The Unleashed | Lindsay | |
| 2011
|Night Express | | |
| rowspan="2"|2016
|data-sort-value="Sunday Kind of Love, A" | A Sunday Kind of Love | Amy | |
| data-sort-value="Market, The" | The Market
|Fatima | |
| 2017
| Crystal | |
| rowspan="2"|2018
| Roxanne | |
| I'll Take Your Dead
|Jackie | |
| rowspan="2" |2019
| Darnley | |
| Canadian Strain
| Anne Banting | |
| rowspan="3"|2020
|Bing! Bang! Bi! | Cala | |
| Little Bird
|Olivia | |
| Sugar Daddy
| Angela | |
| rowspan=2|2021
|Shauna | |
| Drifting Snow
|Jess | |
| 2023
|Junior | |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television roles |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2014–2017
|data-sort-value="Strain, The" | The Strain | Sherry | Guest (season 1); recurring role (season 4); 4 episodes |
| 2014
| Meredith |Episode: "Bad Blood" |
| rowspan="3"|2015–2017
| Nurse Cabrera |Recurring role; 11 episodes |
| Man Seeking Woman
| DJ |Episode: "Pitbull" |
| Orphan Black
|Luisa |2 episodes |
| rowspan="5"|2016
| Patsy |Episode: "Something's Gotta Give" |
| Private Eyes
| Charmaine |Episode: "The Six" |
| Seraphim
| |Episode: Pilot |
| Serialized
| Kane |TV movie |
| In Real Life: The Series
|Nancy |Episode: "Stardom" |
| rowspan="4"|2017
| Marisol |Episode: "Joe" |
| data-sort-value="Bold Type, The" | The Bold Type
|Cassie |Episode: "The End of the Beginning" |
| Channel Zero
| Lacey |Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| Kim's Convenience
| Elena | Episode: "Sneak Attack" |
| 2017–2018
| Larissa |Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| 2017–2019
| Mean Nanny / Renya |Recurring role; 11 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2018
| Jada |2 episodes |
| No Sleep 'Til Christmas
| Gemma |TV movie |
| 2018–2019
| Mary-Anne | Recurring role; 7 episodes |
| rowspan="4"|2019
|data-sort-value="Ninth, The" | The Ninth | Jessica 'Messy Jessie' Tapp |Main role; 8 episodes |
| data-sort-value="Boys, The" | The Boys
|Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| Carter
| Portia Quintano |Episode: "Harley Wanted To Say Bonspiel" |
| data-sort-value="Expanse, The" | The Expanse
| Chandra Wei |Recurring role; 10 episodes |
| 2020
| Isabel{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/netflix-orders-tiny-pretty-things-ballet-drama-series-based-book-cast-1202662556/|title=Netflix Orders 'Tiny Pretty Things' Ballet Drama Series Based On Book; Sets Main Cast|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=August 6, 2019|accessdate=November 16, 2020}} |Main role |
| rowspan="2"|2021
|Jacinda Dos Santos / Shockwave |Recurring role |
| Y: The Last Man
|Christine Flores |Recurring role |
| 2023–2024
|Eve |Main role; 20 episodes |
| 2023
|Barnes |Recurring role; 3 episodes |
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|3678876}}
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Category:Actresses from Winnipeg
Category:Canadian expatriate actresses in the United States
Category:Canadian film actresses
Category:Canadian television actresses
Category:Canadian video game actresses
Category:Canadian voice actresses
Category:Randolph College for the Performing Arts alumni
Category:Canadian people of Portuguese descent