JESSICA LEE ROSE

'Jessica Lee Rose' (born April 26 1987) Sudden fame amazes lonelygirl15 star is an American-born actress from New Zealand who rose to popularity after playing the role of lonelygirl15, a fictional teenage homeschooled character named Bree who appeared in many vlogs on the popular website YouTube.

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Biography

Personal life

Career

YouTube fame

References

External links

Biography

Personal life

Rose was born in Salisbury, Maryland, U.S., and was brought up in Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. She attended Mount Maunganui College in 2000-2001 for part of her secondary school education. Afterward, she was homeschooled while attending an acting class at Studio 111 in Auckland. In January 2004, she moved to Auckland to study make-up at the Academy of Film and Television Work. She has previously done make-up and costume work on a New Zealand short film titled ''Us'', lonelygirl15 revealed : jessica rose aspiring actress as well as doing extras' make-up on the set of Peter Jackson's ''King Kong''. She played a leading role in a short film titled '''Dearly Beloved''. She also played in the scatologically themed short film ''Unleash the Fury''.
After Rose's parents divorced in 2004, she returned to Salisbury in May 2005 to live with her father while saving for university. She then enrolled in the New York Film Academy at Universal Studios in Universal City, California. She is a graduate of the NYFA's one-year acting for film program. Lonelygirl: a Rose by any other name Hutcheon, Stephen

Career

After graduating from NYFA in April 2006, Rose lived in Los Angeles, California. In her search for acting jobs, she found a listing for an independent film project (The Children of Anchor Cove) on Craigslist. She was one of about 80 actresses who auditioned for the lead part. After two callbacks, she was offered the role of Bree. Jessica 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. She was initially unpaid for the project but as lonelygirl15 grew popular, she and co-star Yousef Abu-Taleb received their salaries.
In October 2006, the United Nations chose Rose to participate in an ad campaign to promote the UN's antipoverty cause.
★ U.N. Enlists Internet Star for Antipoverty Pitch Suzanne Vranica
She is currently signed by UTA and was cast for a role in the 2007 Chris Sivertson film ''I Know Who Killed Me'' which co-stars Lindsay Lohan. Also according to IMDb, she recently finished filming ''Perfect Sport'', directed by first-time director Anthony O'Brien, in which she played the character of Tina. She also plays the character Jen K. in the current ABC Family TV series ''Greek''. In the show her character Jen K. mentioned LonelyGirl15 in reference to her roommate: "It's like I'm living with Lonelygirl15."
Her role as lonelygirl15 granted Jessica the 2007 Webby Award in the Film and Video category for Best Actress.

YouTube fame

The video blogs first portrayed her to be a real 16-year-old who had to deal with typical teenage angst but quickly morphed into a bizarre narrative that portrayed her dealings with secret occult practices within her family and included the mysterious disappearance of her parents after she refused to attend a "secret" ceremony prescribed by the leaders of the family's cult. The series was an immediate hit and quickly became the most subscribed channel on YouTube. Many of her fans became suspicious of whether she was really genuine and not just an actress doing some sort of a promotional gimmick from Hollywood. Soon an investigation was initiated which led to ''lonelygirl15'' to be "outed" in the ''Los Angeles Times'', revealing her to be actress Jessica Lee Rose who was merely playing the role of Bree in ''lonelygirl15''. This led to a firestorm in the news media throughout September which allowed the creators of ''lonelygirl15'' and Jessica Rose herself to do interviews in magazines and appearances on nationally syndicated television shows and thus gain an international spotlight in mainstream culture.
On August 3, 2007, Bree was killed off in the season one finale by the cult because of her rare blood type. In reality, Rose's contract was not renewed because she had taken a role on ''Greek''. New videos are being posted at both YouTube and the commercial website Revver at least three times a week.

References

External links

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★ Jessica Rose at MySpace

★ Wired News: The Secret World of Lonelygirl

★ Jessica Rose Interview (print and video) on MTV

★ Lonelygirl15 revealed as 19-year-old NZ actress New Zealand Herald