We all know who Jessica Szohr is after her stunning performance in Gossip Girl. Firstly, the people loved her performance as Vanessa Abrams who was a budding filmmaker. Secondly, we love how she did the role of a dark character with a shaved head and black outfits. However, now we hear that the people can see her in a completely different genre series with aliens and robots. Wow! That was quite a jump. We can see her now in The Orville.
We love when we can see our favorite actors in different kinds of roles. It shows that they are very versatile. Staring at the same type of character becomes very monotonous, both for them and the audience. So, what is this new series all about? And how is it so different from Gossip Girl? Besides, how has Szohr stunned her fans? We know that you have a lot of questions. And we are here to quench your thirst. In this article, we will talk about who Jessica Szohr is, and how her character is so different in the two series.
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Who is Jessica Szohr?
Early Life
Jessica Karen Szohr was born on March 31, 1985. Firstly, we know that she is an American actress. Secondly, we know that her birthplace was Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Thirdly, the people hear that she is of Hungarian and African- American ancestry. Fourthly, we hear that she was the oldest child and was on the student council. Besides, we also hear that she was a cheerleader in school.
However, Jessica Szohr loved acting. Fifthly, she started modeling at six years of age. From Quaker oats to a Kohl’s department ad model, the people have seen her since a very young age. Sixthly, we hear that she graduated early and moved to Los Angeles with her mother at 17 years of age. She did this to pursue her career in acting. Seventhly, she took admitted to Columbia College, Chicago but later she took pilot season auditions.
Career
Firstly, we see that she made her debut in the year 2003 for the My wife and kids series. Secondly, the people saw that Uncle Nino(2003) was her first film. Next, we see her in small roles in That’s so raven, What I like about you, and Joan of Arcadia. Thirdly, we hear that Jessica Szohr had a big role in the ABC drama series What about Brian(2007). Fourthly, we see her in some music videos like ‘Over you’ and ‘Best days’.
However, her journey toward fame and success began with Gossip girl, which was a CW drama series. Next, we see Jessica Szohr in The Blair Witch Project(2008). And then, the people found her on the finale of New York, I love you xoxo in 2012.
Let us talk about some of her films. They are The Reading room, Piranha 3D, Fired up and Somebody help me. Besides, for Piranha 3D she got the ‘Breakthrough Actress in Film’ Award in 2010 by the film academy. Her other works are Art machine, Love bite, Hirokin and Kingdom.
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Her Contrasting Role in ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘The Orville’
Let’s talk about the Gossip Girl series. Jessica Szohr here is Vanessa Abrams, who is a young filmmaker. She is in a complicated relationship with Dan Humprey. However, she is a very mysterious girl who wears dark clothes. Both of them cheat in their respective relationships and then get back together. Furthermore, We see that Vanessa takes morbid pictures of herself shaving her head and babysitting the two twins. At the end of the series, they are still together, but in a long-distance relationship.
And then we see her in The Orville as Lt. Tella Keyali. Firstly, she is a lieutenant in the planetary union. Secondly, she grew up in an army family. Thirdly, she served as the Ensign security officer on USS Wilson. In this series, we will find space stuff like aliens, robots, space travel and unknown planets. We will not tell you more than this. You must watch the series if you are interested to know more.
Her Take on Both The Series
The Orville: New Horizons is the name of the series. Firstly, it is very different from the teen drama Gossip Girl. In fact, before season 3, Jessica Szohr sat down with Anne Winters to discuss certain things with The List. Secondly, we hear that she said a lot about why this series is so different from Gossip Girl.
Thirdly, she found one similarity here. She said that in The Orville she has no idea about the plot twist. Furthermore, she has no idea what her character will do next. “When we were on Gossip girl, you didn’t know what Venessa…would be doing in episode 18 because we were doing so many. ” In fact, she said to the reporters that she felt the same while shooting for this series.
Similarly, she says the same for The Orville. “There were certain things about Tella’s family that I didn’t know about until later. I find that interesting and fun and challenging and scary. But that is all part of the journey of being an actor”.
However, she says that season 3 of this series wasn’t that fun for her. She said to the reporters that it was because of the covid lockdown. The lock interrupted their shooting schedule. Because of that, she got all the scripts for the season very early and it was not surprising, therefore. ” The pandemic really changed everything”, the actress tells the reporters with regret.
Season 3 Isn’t Really Her Favourite for Some Reasons
Then Jessica Szohr talks about the shooting schedule. She says that when they started shooting for this series after lockdown, it was very hectic. Furthermore, she said to the reporters that she felt as if she was shooting for a film. ” A lot of times on TV you do episode 1 and then you do episode 2. You might have a scene or two that you change. But in this, we were shooting some stuff from episode 8 to episode 2. So we were shooting like a movie.”
Furthermore, Anne Winters said that this was very difficult because they had to remember so much. “It was challenging to remember. Okay, that was that story. This is this story. This happened before or this happened after.”
Ending Note
Jessica Szohr has shown us how to be a versatile actors. We can’t understand how she could jump from Gossip Girl to The Orville. We guess this is what an actor should be able to do. Do watch your favorite The Orville: New horizons on Hulu tv to see her amazing acting skills.
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