Jessica Lee Rose
{{short description|New Zealand-American actress (born 1987)}}
{{use mdy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jessica Lee Rose
| image = Jessica Lee Rose - Streamy Awards 2009 (5).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Rose at the 1st Streamy Awards in March 2009
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|4|26}}
| birth_place = Salisbury, Maryland, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| spouse = {{marriage|Tim Phillipps|2017}}
| children = 1
| years_active = 2006–present
}}
Jessica Lee Rose (born April 26, 1987) is an American-New Zealand actress who first gained popularity after playing the role of lonelygirl15, a fictional teenage homeschooled character named Bree who appeared in YouTube video blogs, beginning in June 2006.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/14/AR2006091400850.html |title=Sudden Fame Amazes 'Lonelygirl15' Star |first=Gary |last=Gentile |date=September 14, 2006 |newspaper=The Washington Post |agency=Associated Press |access-date=March 27, 2008 }} In September 2006, the Los Angeles Times outed the character, destroying any mystery surrounding the possible fictionality of lonelygirl15, which thrust Rose into the mainstream spotlight while also increasing the viewership of the series. In 2007, Rose won a Webby for this role.
After leaving lonelygirl15 in August 2007, Rose played "Jen K." on ABC Family's Greek. She went on to appear in various movies, such as Perfect Sport and SyFy's Ghost Town, and other web series, such as Hooking Up and Sorority Forever. She signed on to do the independent movie Look at Me with her Lonelygirl15 co-star Yousef Abu Taleb in March 2010.
Early life
Rose was born in Salisbury, Maryland, and moved to Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand when she was eight.{{r|AP2006-09-15}} She attended Mount Maunganui College in 2000–2003 for part of her secondary school education. Afterward, she attended an acting class at Studio 111 in Auckland.{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/organisation/story.cfm?o_id=600636&ObjectID=10401130 |title=Lonelygirl15 revealed as 19-year-old NZ actress |work=The New Zealand Herald |first=Kent |last=Atkinson |date=September 13, 2006 |access-date=March 27, 2008 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103025/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/organisation/story.cfm?o_id=600636&ObjectID=10401130 |url-status=dead }} In January 2004, she moved to Auckland to study at the Academy of Film and Television Make Up.{{cite news| url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/2299202 | title = TVNZ LAUNCHES ?SORORITY FOREVER,? A NEW ORIGINAL DIGITAL SERIES AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ONLINE, FROM | publisher = TVNZ | access-date=September 12, 2009}}
During the course of her studies, Rose's film career included doing make-up and costume work on a New Zealand short film titled Us,{{Cite web|last=Borama|first=Jennifer|date=2019-12-12|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Jessica Lee Rose|url=https://www.tvovermind.com/jessica-lee-rose/|access-date=2021-02-01|website=TVOvermind|language=en-US}} as well as doing extras' make-up on the set of Peter Jackson's King Kong.{{cite news | url = http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10425576 | title = Fame game takes some getting used to for Lonelygirl | date = February 24, 2007 | author = Rowan, Juliet | access-date = September 12, 2009}} She played a leading role in a short film titled Dearly Beloved{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/web/unmasking-lonelygirl15/2006/09/13/1157826998165.html |title=Lonelygirl: a Rose by any other name |work =The Sydney Morning Herald |date=September 13, 2006 |page=2 |author=Hutcheon, Stephen |access-date=September 13, 2006}} and played a supporting role in the short film Unleash the Fury.{{cite video | people=Rose, Jessica Lee (Actor) | title=Unleash The Fury | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cFNwwTGYdc | format = YouTube video | publisher = Obstruction Productions | medium=Short film | location = New Zealand |access-date = September 12, 2009}}
After Rose's parents separated, she returned to Salisbury in May 2005{{r|AP2006-09-15}}, right after her 18th birthday, to live with her father. She then enrolled in the New York Film Academy (NYFA) at Universal Studios in Universal City, California. In her search for acting jobs, she found a listing for an independent film project, titled The Children of Anchor Cove, on Craigslist.{{r|AP2006-09-15}} She auditioned for the lead part and was offered the role of Bree. Rose signed a non-disclosure agreement and was told that the project would consist of a series of videos released to the World Wide Web over the Internet.{{r|AP2006-09-15}} The idea concerned her at first, as she was afraid the project was pornography,{{cite magazine | url = https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.12/lonelygirl.html?pg=3&topic=lonelygirl&topic_set= | title = The Secret World of Lonelygirl | author = Davis, Joshua | magazine = Wired Magazine |date=December 2006 | access-date = September 12, 2009}} but she was convinced otherwise and agreed to partake. Although initially unpaid, as lonelygirl15 grew popular, she and co-star Yousef Abu-Taleb received salaries.
YouTube fame
{{Main|lonelygirl15}}
File:Lonelygirl15 lazy eye.jpg
The lonelygirl15 video blogs, which first appeared in mid-2006, featured Rose as a 16-year-old girl named Bree posting under the alias lonelygirl15. The videos, which seemed genuine and presented lonelygirl15 as an actual person, initially dealt with typical teenage angst issues but soon after introduced a bizarre narrative surrounding secret occult practices within her family. The series was an immediate hit and became the most subscribed channel on YouTube{{cite news|url=http://newteevee.com/2007/01/24/carmen-electra-in-lonelygirl15s-bedroom/|title=Carmen Electra in Lonelygirl15's Bedroom|author=Gannes, Liz|publisher=NewTeeVee|date=January 24, 2007|access-date=November 3, 2009|archive-date=August 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817092017/http://newteevee.com/2007/01/24/carmen-electra-in-lonelygirl15s-bedroom/|url-status=dead}} but suspicions arose as to whether the videos were genuine or some sort of a promotional gimmick.{{cite magazine|url=https://nymag.com/arts/tv/features/19376/|title=Hey There, Lonelygirl|author=Sternbergh, Adam|magazine=New York Magazine|date=August 20, 2006|access-date=November 3, 2009}}
An investigation by the Los Angeles Times would reveal, in September 2006, that the lonelygirl15 videos were a work of fiction.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-sep-13-me-lonelygir13-story.html|title=Lonelygirl15 Video Blog Is Brainchild of 3 Filmmakers|author=Rushfield, Richard and Claire Hoffman|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=September 13, 2006|access-date=November 3, 2009}} A firestorm ensued in the news media through September 2006, during which Rose and the creators of lonelygirl15 gained international attention and were interviewed by various magazines and television shows. In October 2006, the United Nations chose Rose, via her character Bree, to participate in an ad campaign to promote the UN's antipoverty cause.{{cite news |title=U.N. Enlists Internet Star for Antipoverty Pitch |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB116035279914686330 |work=The Wall Street Journal |first= Suzanne |last= Vranica |date=October 9, 2006 |access-date=March 27, 2008 }}
In August 2007, Rose landed a role on Greek as "Jen K.", Rusty Cartwright's girlfriend.{{cite news | url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117973370.html?categoryid=1009&cs=1 |title=LonelyGirl15 |first=Daniel |last=Frankel |work=Variety | date=October 4, 2007 |access-date=March 27, 2008 }} On the show, her character referenced the actress's breakout role stating "It's like I'm living with lonelygirl15!"{{cite video | people=Rose, Jessica Lee (Actor) | date=September 3, 2007 | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0976014/ | title=Greek | medium=Television production | publisher=ABC Family | quote = "It's like living with lonelygirl15!" |access-date = September 3, 2007}}
"Weeping Willow", a November 2006 episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, was inspired by the lonelygirl15 videos.{{Cite news |last=Starr |first=Michael |url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/11242006/tv/lonely_girl_tv_michael_starr.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315021244/http://www.nypost.com/seven/11242006/tv/lonely_girl_tv_michael_starr.htm |archive-date=March 15, 2008 |title=L&Onely Girl: Abducted web mystery gal. |newspaper=New York Post |date=November 24, 2006 |access-date=September 8, 2008}}
On June 16, 2016, on the tenth anniversary of the series debut, lonelygirl15 reappeared. The video has Bree reassuring an unnamed 15-year-old subject about being selected, as Bree had been.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/lonelygirl15/videos|title=lonelygirl15|website=YouTube|access-date=June 20, 2016}}{{Citation|last=lonelygirl15|title=Whatever Happened To lonelygirl15?|date=June 16, 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwklfIbSAgA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211218/qwklfIbSAgA |archive-date=2021-12-18 |url-status=live|access-date=June 20, 2016}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web|date=June 16, 2016|title=Today in History|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-73a87f9df71745d2a02c7c9e2d70a85d.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910044556/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-73a87f9df71745d2a02c7c9e2d70a85d.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 10, 2016|quote=Today in History ... Thursday, June 16, the 168th day of 2016 ... Ten years ago: ... "Lonelygirl15," a fictitious video blogger played by actress Jessica Lee Rose, made her online debut. }}
Post-YouTube career
After her departure from lonelygirl15, Rose was signed by United Talent Agency, and was cast in the ABC Family series Greek in the role of "Jen K", and in the 2007 Chris Sivertson film I Know Who Killed Me, which starred Lindsay Lohan.{{cite news | url = http://www.geeksugar.com/140133 | title = Lonelygirl15 Co-Stars With Lohan in I Know Who Killed Me | date = February 16, 2007 | access-date = September 12, 2009 | archive-date = September 21, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090921030944/http://www.geeksugar.com/140133 | url-status = dead }} She then played "Tina", an aspiring wrestler,{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/webscout/2008/04/jessica-rose-in.html|title=Jessica Rose, aka lonelygirl15, wants to wrestle boys|publisher=LA Times Blog|date=April 10, 2008|access-date=September 12, 2009}} in the award-winning sports drama Perfect Sport.{{cite news | url = http://www.pr.com/press-release/153385 | title = Award Winning Independent Film, Perfect Sport, is Released on DVD | date = May 20, 2009 | publisher = PR.com|access-date = September 12, 2009}} In January 2009, Rose appeared in the music video for The White Tie Affair's song "Candle (Sick and Tired)",{{cite news | url = http://www.fuse.tv/music/the-worm/wta.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090218002454/http://fuse.tv/music/the-worm/wta.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 18, 2009 | publisher = The Worm | title = The White Tie Affair – Candle (Sick And Tired)|access-date = September 12, 2009}} and that October she appeared in the Syfy television movie, Ghost Town.{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/10/saturdays-tv-highlights-always-and-forever-on-hallmark.html|title=Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Always and Forever' on Hallmark|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=October 23, 2009|access-date=October 29, 2009}}
On April 4, 2008, it was announced that she would star in a web television series called Blood Cell,{{cite news|title = NZ's Lonelygirl15 takes another crack at web stardom|url = http://www.stuff.co.nz/4464551a28.html|work = Stuff.co.nz|access-date = April 12, 2008|archive-date = April 8, 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080408020131/http://www.stuff.co.nz/4464551a28.html|url-status = dead}} about "a young woman [who] must race against the clock to stop a sadistic madman after receiving a disturbing late-night phone call from a friend in danger."{{cite news|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/30786/blood-cell-web-series-will-star-lonelygirl15|title=Blood Cell Web Series Will Star LonelyGirl15|publisher=DreadCentral.com|author=Moore,Debi|date=March 12, 2009|access-date=September 12, 2009}} The series was released in October 2009 through theWB.com to little media fanfare.{{cite news|url=http://news.tubefilter.tv/2009/10/29/blood-cell-quietly-rings-thewb-com/|title='Blood Cell' Quietly Rings TheWB.com|author=Hustvedt, Marc|publisher=Tubefilter|date=October 29, 2009|access-date=October 29, 2009|archive-date=October 31, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031004310/http://news.tubefilter.tv/2009/10/29/blood-cell-quietly-rings-thewb-com/|url-status=dead}} She also starred in another web series called Sorority Forever from Big Fantastic. The series followed three incoming freshman in "the hottest sorority on campus" with some Gossip Girl and Veronica Mars elements to it.{{cite news | url = http://www.webtvhub.com/sorority-forever-lonelygirl15s-new-web-series-oc-director-turns-to-thewbcom/ | title = Sorority Forever: Lonelygirl15's New Web Series | author = Perera, Iman | date = September 15, 2008 |access-date = September 12, 2009}} Additionally, she appeared in Hooking Up, a 10 episode web series
from HBO featuring other recognized faces from the web including video bloggers sxePhil and KevJumba.{{cite news|title = HBO Launches Web Series "Hooking Up" Starring Lonelygirl15| url = https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/08/hbo-launches-web-series-h_n_124721.html |author = Shea, Danny |date= September 8, 2008|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=November 2, 2009}}
In November 2008, Rose teamed up with friend and fellow Sorority Forever star Taryn Southern to form a web production company called Webutantes, to potentially produce female-driven comedy web series.{{cite news | url = http://news.tubefilter.tv/2008/11/18/jessica-rose-and-taryn-southern-team-up-as-webutantes/ | title = Jessica Rose and Taryn Southern Team Up As 'Webutantes' | author = Hustvedt, Marc | publisher = Tubefilter.tv | date = November 18, 2008 | access-date = September 12, 2009 | archive-date = December 11, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081211203725/http://news.tubefilter.tv/2008/11/18/jessica-rose-and-taryn-southern-team-up-as-webutantes/ | url-status = dead }} The two presented together at the 2009 Streamy Awards.{{cite news | url = http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/85688540/Getty-Images-Entertainment | publisher = Getty Images | title = 1st Annual Streamy Awards | date = March 28, 2009 |access-date = September 12, 2009}} In 2009, Rose appeared in the web series Poor Paul, which is produced by former lonelygirl15 co-star Yousef Abu-Taleb,{{cite news|url=http://news.tubefilter.tv/2009/09/01/jessica-rose-joins-poor-paul-cast/|title=Jessica Rose Joins 'Poor Paul' Cast|author=Hustvedt, Marc|date=September 1, 2009|access-date=September 20, 2009|archive-date=September 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906020442/http://news.tubefilter.tv/2009/09/01/jessica-rose-joins-poor-paul-cast/|url-status=dead}} and the second season of the web series The Crew.{{cite news|url=http://news.tubefilter.tv/2009/10/07/the-crew-gets-babelgum-on-board-for-season-2/|title='The Crew' Gets Babelgum On Board For Season 2|author=Hustvedt, Marc|publisher=Tubefilter|date=October 7, 2009|access-date=October 29, 2009|archive-date=October 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011095932/http://news.tubefilter.tv/2009/10/07/the-crew-gets-babelgum-on-board-for-season-2/|url-status=dead}}
Aside from acting, Rose is an Anaheim Ducks fan and periodically blogs for NHL.com.{{cite news | url = http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=418186 | work = NHL.com | author = Rose, Jessica | title = Celeb Blogger Profile: Jessica Rose |access-date = September 12, 2009}} She reappeared as Bree on Lonelygirl15 in June 2016.
Personal life
In March 2016, Rose became engaged to her partner and fellow actor Tim Phillipps.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvweeklogieawards.com.au/news/articles/2016/3/neighbours-star-tim-phillipps-engaged/|title=Neighbours star Tim Phillipps engaged|date=March 7, 2016|work=TV Week|access-date=June 10, 2016}} They married at the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron in early 2017.{{cite web|url=http://spy.nzherald.co.nz/spy-news/the-mccaws-in-melbourne-for-celeb-wedding/|title=The McCaws in Melbourne for celeb wedding|last=Simich|first=Ricardo|date=8 April 2017|work=The New Zealand Herald|access-date=28 June 2017}} She gave birth to their first child, a son, in September 2019.{{cite web |last=West |first=Amy |title=Former Neighbours star Tim Phillipps welcomes first child with wife Jessica |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a29302243/neighbours-tim-phillipps-jessica-welcome-baby-son/ |website=Digital Spy |date=September 30, 2019 |access-date=June 13, 2020}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2007
| Marcia | |
| 2008
| Perfect Sport | Tina | |
| 2009
| Ghost Town | Chloe | TV film |
| 2011
| Aroree | Short film |
| 2013
| Look at Me | Elizabeth | |
| 2013
| Casting Couch | Alex | |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2007–2008, 2011
| Greek | Jen K. | 11 episodes |
| 2008
| Casanovas | Jess | "The Strip Tease" (season 1: episode 13) |
| 2008
| Blood Cell | Julia | 9 episodes |
| 2008
| Hooking Up | Meg Henley | 10 episodes |
| 2009, 2011
| Beatrice | 8 episodes |
| 2009
| The Crew | Map | "A Pirate's Life" (season 2: episode 3) |
| 2010
| BlackBoxTV | Julia Anderson | "Cats Got Your Tongue?" (season 1: episode 7) |
| 2010–2011
| The Temp Life | Tammy Roeder | "The Other Roeder" (season 5: episode 3) |
| 2012
| Chronicles of a Man Child | Dana | "For the Bible Told Me So" (season 1: episode 1) |
=Web=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2006–2007, 2016
| Bree Avery | 150 episodes |
| 2006
| Opaphid | Bree Avery (voice) | "Everyone Hates Cassie: What a Poor, Lonely Girl." (season 1: episode 8) |
| 2008
| Julie Gold | 40 episodes |
| 2010
| The Webventures of Justin & Alden | Vampira | Episode: "Back to the Present" |
Awards and recognitions
- Streamy Awards
- Nominated: Best Female Actor in a Dramatic Web Series (2009), Sorority Forever{{cite news | url = http://streamys.org/nominees.shtml | title = The Official Streamy Awards Nominees | publisher = The Streamy Awards | access-date = September 12, 2009 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090805055033/http://streamys.org/nominees.shtml | archive-date = August 5, 2009 | df = mdy-all }}
- VH1
- Won: "Big Web Hit of 2006" (December 2006)
- Won: Fourth biggest web star in their list of "40 Biggest Internet Celebrities." (March 2007){{cite news | url = http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/115766/episode_featured_copy.jhtml | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070406200851/http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/115766/episode_featured_copy.jhtml | archive-date = April 6, 2007 | publisher = VH1| title = 40 GREATEST INTERNET SUPERSTARS #1 – #40| access-date = September 12, 2009}}
- Webby Awards
- Won: Best Actress (2007), lonelygirl15
- Additional recognitions
- Won: Forbes magazine, Number One Web Celeb (January 2007){{cite news | url = https://www.forbes.com/2007/01/23/internet-fame-celebrity-tech-media-cx_de_06webceleb_0123intro.html | work = Forbes | title = The Web Celeb 25 | author = Ewalt, David M. | date = January 23, 2007 | access-date = September 12, 2009}}
- Listed: Jane Magazine, 30 Inspirational Women Under 30 (May 2007){{cite journal |date=May 2007 |title= 30 Inspirational Women Under 30|journal= Jane Magazine}}
- Featured: Maxim, "Today's Girl on Maxim" (March 24, 2008){{cite news |title=Jessica Rose is Today's Girl on Maxim |url=http://www.maxim.com/girls/girls-of-maxim/44872/jessica-rose.html |work=MaximOnline.com |access-date=March 29, 2008 |archive-date=April 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427012414/http://www.maxim.com/girls/girls-of-maxim/44872/jessica-rose.html |url-status=dead }}
- Listed: VideoSurf, The Five Hottest Stars of Web Series (November 20, 2009){{cite news|url=http://www.videosurf.com/blog/women-of-web-series-2-1791/|title=The Five Hottest Stars of Web Series|author=Koenig, Jeff|publisher=VideoSurf Blog|date=November 20, 2009|access-date=November 24, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091127031817/http://www.videosurf.com/blog/women-of-web-series-2-1791/|archive-date=November 27, 2009|df=mdy-all}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Jessica Lee Rose}}
- {{IMDb name|2180154}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090421171914/http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/108040/why-will-lonelygirl15-last.jhtml#id=1540927 Interview with MTV News (video)]
- "[https://web.archive.org/web/20090120092524/http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=50241977 Candle (Sick and Tired)]" – music video by The White Tie Affair featuring Rose
- {{YouTube|R5Xkq3AN2Io|"My YouTube Story: Jessica Rose"}}
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