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Jessica Parker Kennedy: 5 JPK Facts About Her Life

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Jessica Parker Kennedy

Jessica Parker Kennedy played Nora West-Allen, daughter of Barry (Grant Gustin) and Iris (Candice Patton). Once her costume is on, she becomes the superheroine XS and has, just like her father, a super-speed quality. But what do we know about the actress in her personal life and professional life? Let’s look at these 5 interesting facts about the actress: 

Jessica Parker Kennedy: Childhood, Ancestry, Career, Dating Life, and More! 

1. Who is Jessica Parker Kennedy?

Canadian actress Jessica Parker Kennedy born on October 3, 1984, is best known for her roles in the TV series The Secret Circle as Melissa Glaser and The Flash in Season 5 as Nora West-Allen / XS. Often relayed in supporting roles, you have nevertheless surely seen the actress in the fiction The Secret Circle (where she played Melissa Glaser), 90210 Beverly Hills: New Generation (Megan Rose), or even Black Sails (Max).

2. She has mixed-race ancestry: 

Jessica Parker Kennedy was born to an Italian-Canadian father and an African-Canadian mother. The mother of the 35-year-old actress is Toni Kennedy, who has been a teacher her entire life. She avoids mentioning her father; she grew up an unmarried child raised by her mother.

When it comes to Jessica’s ethnicity, she is of biracial descent: She has Russian, Italian, and African descent. As for her education, after graduating from high school, she studied theater arts at Mount Royal University. 

3. Jessica Parker Kennedy started acting at the age of 7:

From the age of 7, she played in small local productions in Calgary. However, it wasn’t until her freshman year of high school that she realized acting was her dream. Additionally, Jessica has also received classical vocal training and has been part of a choir in the past.

4. Acting career:

Her acting career began in 2006 in the TV movie Santa Baby and its sequel Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe, in 2009. 

In 2008, she acted alongside Selena Gomez and Jane Lynch in the film Another Cinderella Story, in the role of Tami. 

She also played the recurring character of supervillain Plastique in the television series Smallville. Then followed several roles in series such as The Troop, Lie to Me, Brothers & Sisters, V, and Facing Kate. In 2009, she played Beatrice Granville in the Valemont series, broadcast on MTV.

In 2010, she was to play Lizzy, Samantha Bloom’s sister in the Undercovers series but was replaced by Mekia Cox after the first episode. 

A year later, she appeared in the films 50/50 and Time Out.

From 2011 to 2012, she played Melissa Glaser, one of the main roles in The Secret Circle, on The CW alongside Brittany Robertson, Phoebe Tonkin, and Shelley Hennig. 

Then she played the recurring role of Megan in 90210 Beverly Hills: Next Generation during season 5. From 2014 to 2017, she played Max, one of the main characters in the Black Sails series with Toby Stephens.

She was part of the main cast of the Flash series during season 5 in the role of Nora West-Allen / XS alongside Grant Gustin and Candice Patton.

The series is based on the character of DC Comics, Flash / Barry Allen which is integrated into the shared Arrowverse, a television series from the CW spot Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow.

5. Is she dating?

She is in a relationship with actor Ronen Rubinstein who came out as bi-sexual. Jessica Parker Kennedy is very supportive of him coming out.

Jessica shares little of her private affairs – she claims she never got married. Jessica said she’s not looking for the perfect ‘cookie cutter’ man, but a man who doesn’t take himself seriously and someone who can make her laugh.

In 2014, she was spotted with her co-star Luke Arnold at various destinations in Vancouver, where the ‘Black Sails’ series was filmed. Luke taught her to surf and Jessica showed him how to snowboard. Even though at first they said they were friends, there were people who said they got involved in a romantic way. However, Jessica and her management team have denied all dating rumors, while Luke insists he’s single.

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