Jessica Szohr Bio, Ethnicity, Parents, Net and Family Life
Jessica Szohr has had a very successful career in Hollywood since making her debut in 2003. She has appeared in many television and film roles, but is best known for her role as Vanessa Abrams on the CW’s hit teen series. Gossip Girl which has been described by New York Magazine as one of the greatest teen shows of all time. We take a look at Szohr’s rise to power, recent endeavors, and facts about his family life.
Jessica Szohr Bio (Ethnicity)
Jessica Karen Szohr was born on March 31, 1985 in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. With dark skin and light eyes, a first look at Szohr would immediately have them wondering about his roots. The actress is of mixed ethnicity; African-American on her father’s side and Hungarian on her mother’s.
Young Szohr was very active and from the age of 6 became interested in modeling. She was later featured in a print ad for Kohl’s department store. Her first national campaign came when she was 10 for Quaker Oats. Szohr would go on to perform field modeling gigs for the likes of Mountain Dew, Crate & Barrel, JanSport, Sears and Jockey.
Jessica Szohr attended Menomonee Falls High School and was very active both in and out of school. She played football and was on the cheerleading team. She was also involved in school politics and had a role on the student council. Outside of school, Szohr has proven his business savvy. She joined forces with a friend to start a cleaning business and made money cleaning her teachers’ houses.
Jessica was equally good with her academics and managed to graduate from high school a semester early. She was 17 years old. Her next step was to move to Los Angeles with her mother to resume pursuing her childhood dream of becoming an actress.
She made her professional debut in a 2003 episode of the television series, My Wife and Children. The same year, she made her film debut in Uncle nino. In the next few years, Szohr managed to land bits on TV shows like; Drake & Josh, What I Love About You, Joan of Arcadia, and It’s So Raven
Jessica Szohr got her first regular television role in 2007 in What About Brian and then CSI: Miami. Later that same year, she landed the role of Vanessa Abrams on Gossip Girl, which gave her the breakthrough she so deserved.
The show’s immediate success opened doors for high profile roles for Szohr. She started scoring movie parts and would go on to star in movies like Fired Up!, Piranha 3D, Love, Marriage, Marriage, I Don’t Know How She Does It, Tower Heist, Hirokin, Art Machine, and Bite. love. Since Gossip Girl ended in 2012, Jessica Szohr has started doing more. She appeared in pop star Taylor Swift’s music video for 22 years.
She has had roles in TV shows such as Complications, Kingdom, Twin Peaks, and Shameless. His movies have also come to include The Internship, Ted 2 and more.
Net value
Jessica Szohr’s career is another proof of how much hard work and consistency can pay off in a place like Hollywood. From cleaning houses to earn money to walking the red carpet with some of the biggest stars in the world, Szohr has come a long way. His net worth has been estimated at $4 million.
Parents and family life
The names of Jessica Szohr’s parents have never been made public. It is, however, known that her surname ‘Szohr’, which is a Hungarian given name pronounced ‘zor’, is her mother’s maiden name. His preference for his mother’s maiden name over his father’s name could mean that his mother was more involved in his life than his father.
Although details about his parents are scarce in the public space, it has emerged that Szohr is the eldest child in his family and has four siblings including three sisters named Megan, Daniele and Sadie and a brother named Nick. Artistic genes run deep in Szohr’s family as she’s not the only one who can entertain. One of his sisters is said to be good at drawing while another plays piano and guitar. His brother Nick is very good with the drums.
Jessica Szohr has been in a romantic couple, but hasn’t started building her own family yet. In 2015, she began dating Scotty McKnight, the former New York Jets catcher whose career was cut short by a knee injury. Prior to Scotty, Szohr had romanticized big names like Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, England actors Raji Gavron and Ed Westwick – his co-star on Gossip Girl.
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