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Jessica Lucas (born September 24, 1985) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Lily Ford in Cloverfield, which was released in January 2008. Before that she had a minor role in the TV show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and the movies She's the Man, and The Covenant, in both of which she co-starred with Laura Ramsey. She also starred as Sue Miller in the 20042005 ABC television series Life As We Know It. She has landed the role of Riley Richmond, a grammar school teacher in the revival of Melrose Place.
Life and career
Lucas was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is of Haitian (father) and Pakistani (mother) heritage. Been acting since she was only seven years old, receiving professional training with Children's Theatre Arts. She earned theatre credits in local productions of Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs, Grease, Cinderella, Mousetrap and Music Medley.
In 2001 Jessica signed on as a series regular on the Canadian Teen Drama television series Edgemont as Bekka Lawrence. The half hour sitcom which was broadcast on CBS Television which premiered January 4, 2001 and ended July 21, 2005 after a five season run. She also was a series regular in another Canadian television series 2030 CE in 2002 but due to financial issues the series was cancelled.
She guest starred in an episode of The L Word as Roxanne in 2004. She went on to appear as a series regular in the short lived ABC Teen Drama series Life As We Know It as Sue Miller. The series which ran for one season was cancelled due to low ratings. In 2006 she starred in films She's The Man and The Covenant. She was cast in another ABC series Secrets of a Small Town though despite being well received the series was not picked up due to its high budget.
In 2007 she appeared Lucas joined the cast of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation playing Ronnie Lake. Despite appearing in four episodes rumors where denied she would be a permanent replacement for Sarah Sidle. The character was written out of the series with no explanation. She also appeared as Made For Television film Split Decision.
In 2008 she guest starred as Kimberly MacIntyre in four episodes of The CW's 90210. She also starred in a leading role of Lilly in J. J. Abrams Cloverfield. The film released by Paramount Pictures was a box office success earning worldwide $198,602,318 and was well received by critics.
In 2009 she appeared in Amusement as Lisa. The film which was set to be released theatrically by New Line Cinema but after a negative reaction it was instead released Straight-to-DVD. She was announced to have signed on as a series regular in another The CW television series reboot of the popular 1990's series of the same name Melrose Place. Starring as Riley Richmond the series premiered September 8, 2009 with a disappointing 2.3 million viewers. The series which has premiered to a mixed reception has had dismissal ratings.
Age
27
