Jessalyn Gilsig

Jessalyn Sarah Gilsig is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles as Lauren Davis in Boston Public, Gina Russo in Nip/Tuck, Terri Schuester in Glee, and as Siggy Haraldson in Vikings.Gilsig was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the daughter of Claire, a writer and translator, and Toby Gilsig, an engineer.[1] She began her acting in a voice work part at age 12 for a National Film Board of Canada production, Masquerade.[1] She is of Jewish descent.

Gilsig began her career as a voice actress.[1] She has done voices in the films such as Masquerade,[1] and for television series such as Young Robin Hood.[5]

She moved to New York City in 1995 where she appeared in several off-Broadway plays.[6] However, it was her association with David E. Kelley that led to her starring role in Boston Public.[7]

After guest-starring in two episodes of Kelley’s The Practice, Gilsig was cast in two episodes of another Kelley program, the short-lived Snoops.[7] Although the series was cancelled before Gilsig’s episodes were broadcast, Kelley wrote the part of Lauren Davis in Boston Public specifically for her, a series that premiered in September 2000 on FOX;[7] Gilsig would leave the series after the end of the second season in May 2002