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Jessalyn Gilsig

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Jessalyn Gilsig
A temperamental college basketball coach who gets fired from his job and must take a teaching and coaching job at an elite all-girls private high school.
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Big Shot (2021–2022)
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Jessalyn Gilsig has an extensive list of theater credits to her name. A graduate of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, Gilsig received her theatrical training at the American Repertory Theatre's Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University. Among the American Repertory Theatre projects in which she appeared are "The Cherry Orchard," "Henry V," "The Oresteia," "Tartuffe" and "The Tempest." She also appeared in the Alliance Theatre production of "The Last Night of Ballyhoo," and in numerous other live productions and television commercials.
BornNovember 30, 1971
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BornNovember 30, 1971
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,000352
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Known for

    The Stepfather (2009)
    The Stepfather
    5.6
    • Julie King
    • 2009
    Jane Lynch, Lea Michele, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Matthew Morrison, Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron, Kevin McHale, Chris Colfer, Jenna Ushkowitz, Amber Riley, and Heather Elizabeth Morris in Glee (2009)
    Glee
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Terri Schuester
    • Terri Del Monico
    Julian McMahon and Dylan Walsh in Nip/Tuck (2003)
    Nip/Tuck
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Gina Russo
    Travis Fimmel in Vikings (2013)
    Vikings
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Siggy Haraldson

    Credits

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    Actress



    • Oliver Platt, Steven Weber, Marlyne Barrett, S. Epatha Merkerson, and Jessy Schram in Chicago Med (2015)
      Chicago Med
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Ainsley Towne
      • 2025
    • Brandon Sklenar in 1923 (2022)
      1923
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Beverly Strafford
      • 2023
    • John Stamos, Jessalyn Gilsig, Sara Echeagaray, Yvette Nicole Brown, Sophia Mitri Schloss, Cricket Wampler, Tisha Custodio, Tiana Le, and Nell Verlaque in Big Shot (2021)
      Big Shot
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Holly Barrett
      • 2021–2022
    • Joe Keery in Spree (2020)
      Spree
      5.9
      • Andrea Archer
      • 2020
    • Anne Winters in Grand Hotel (2019)
      Grand Hotel
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Roxanne
      • 2019
    • Jessalyn Gilsig, Del Shores, Erica Tazel, Jackie Mah, Daniel Robaire, Zakary Risinger, Shane Almagor, Sophie Gotberg, Mat Hayes, and Reed Marvin in Cognitive (2019)
      Cognitive
      6.8
      Short
      • Reverend Wynn
      • 2019
    • Jessalyn Gilsig, Jon Cor, and Hannah Vandenbygaart in Dating A Sociopath (2018)
      Dating A Sociopath
      4.6
      TV Movie
      • Samantha
      • 2018
    • Kerry Washington in Scandal (2012)
      Scandal
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Vanessa Moss
      • 2017–2018
    • Evil Men
      2.6
      TV Movie
      • Adela
      • 2015
    • Travis Fimmel in Vikings (2013)
      Vikings
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Siggy Haraldson
      • 2013–2015
    • Jane Lynch, Lea Michele, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Matthew Morrison, Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron, Kevin McHale, Chris Colfer, Jenna Ushkowitz, Amber Riley, and Heather Elizabeth Morris in Glee (2009)
      Glee
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Terri Del Monico
      • Terri Schuester
      • 2009–2015
    • Vikings: Athelstan's Journal (2015)
      Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Siggy
      • 2015
    • Sergio Di Zio, Jessalyn Gilsig, and Graham Abbey in Angels and Ornaments (2014)
      Angels and Ornaments
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Corrine Nelson
      • 2014
    • Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife (2009)
      The Good Wife
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Janie Ludwig
      • 2013
    • Jessalyn Gilsig and Graham Patrick Martin in Somewhere Slow (2013)
      Somewhere Slow
      5.1
      • Anna Thompson
      • 2013

    Producer



    • Jessalyn Gilsig, Del Shores, Erica Tazel, Jackie Mah, Daniel Robaire, Zakary Risinger, Shane Almagor, Sophie Gotberg, Mat Hayes, and Reed Marvin in Cognitive (2019)
      Cognitive
      6.8
      Short
      • producer
      • 2019
    • Jessalyn Gilsig and Graham Patrick Martin in Somewhere Slow (2013)
      Somewhere Slow
      5.1
      • producer
      • 2013

    Art Department



    • Bobby Cannavale, Patricia Clarkson, and Peter Dinklage in The Station Agent (2003)
      The Station Agent
      7.6
      • original paintings
      • 2003

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    Season 4 Trailer
    Trailer 1:37
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    Trailer 0:16
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    Vikings | Season 3 Premiere
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      • Jessalyn Gilsig
    • Height
      • 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
    • Born
      • November 30, 1971
      • Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Spouse
      • Robert SalomonJanuary 1, 2005 - 2010 (divorced, 1 child)
    • Children
      • Penelope Clare Salomon
    • Parents
        Clare Gilsig
    • Other works
      Played "June Talley" in "Fifth of July", a play by 'Lanford Wilson' (Signature Theater Co., New York City, New York, USA).
    • Publicity listings
      • 5 Interviews
      • 1 Article
      • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

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    • Trivia
      Speaks fluent (Québécois) French.
    • Quotes
      "It takes someone pretty persistent to stick it out with me." (on relationships)
    • Trademark
        Jessalyn Gilsig is of German ancestry.

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