Jessica may refer to:
Given name
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Jessica (given name)
Jessica (originally Iessica, also Jesica, Jesika, Jessicah, Jessika, or Jessikah) is a female given name.
The oldest written record of the name with its current spelling is found as the name of the Shakespearean character Jessica, from the play ...
, includes a list of people and fictional characters with this name
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Jessica Folcker
Jessica Elisabeth Angelique Folcker (born 9 July 1975), known professionally as Jessica, is a Swedish singer. Her debut album ''Jessica'' in 1998 used her mononym, whereas follow up album ''Dino'' credited Jessica Folker. Her following albums ''P ...
, a Swedish singer known by the mononym Jessica
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Jessica Jung
Jessica Jung (born Jessica Sooyoun Jung; April 18, 1989), also known by the mononym Jessica, is a South Korean-American singer, songwriter, actress, author, fashion designer and businesswoman known for her work as a former member of South Kor ...
, a Korean-American singer known by the mononym Jessica, former member of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation
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Jessica (''The Merchant of Venice''), a character in Shakespeare's play
Animals
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''Jessica'' (spider), a genus of spiders
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Catocala jessica
''Catocala jessica'', the Jessica underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Henry Edwards in 1877. It was described in the United States from Arizona through Colorado to Illinois and California.
The wingsp ...
'', a moth of the Noctuidae superfamily, described from Arizona through Colorado to Illinois and California
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Perrona jessica
''Perrona jessica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 28 mm, its diameter 9 mm.
(Original description) The shell is acuminately fusiform, shi ...
'', a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
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''Jessika'' (opera), 1905 opera by Josef Bohuslav Foerster
Albums
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''Jessica'' (Gerald Wilson album), 1983
*''Jessica'' (
sv), 1998 debut album by Swedish singer
Jessica Folcker
Jessica Elisabeth Angelique Folcker (born 9 July 1975), known professionally as Jessica, is a Swedish singer. Her debut album ''Jessica'' in 1998 used her mononym, whereas follow up album ''Dino'' credited Jessica Folker. Her following albums ''P ...
Songs
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"Jessica" (instrumental), a 1973 song by the Allman Brothers Band
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"Jessica" (Elliot Minor song), a 2007 song by English band Elliot Minor
* "Jessica", a 2001 single by Dir En Grey from the album ''
Kisō
is the third studio album by Japanese heavy metal band Dir En Grey
Dir En Grey (stylized as DIR EN GREY and previously as Dir en grey) is a Japanese Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in February 1997 and currently signed to Firewal ...
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* "Jessica", a song by
Adam Green
* "Jessica", a song by
Down with Webster
Down With Webster is a Canadian rap rock band from The Beaches area of Toronto who signed with Universal Motown in April 2009.
Down with Webster was originally formed for a middle school talent show. The band released their first official EP, '' ...
* "Jessica", a song by Herbie Hancock originally on the album ''
Fat Albert Rotunda
''Fat Albert Rotunda'' is the eighth album by jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock, released in 1969. It was Hancock's first release for Warner Bros. Records after his departure from Blue Note Records. The music was originally done for the TV special ...
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* "Jessica", a song by Major Lazer featuring Ezra Koenig on the Major Lazer album ''
Free the Universe
''Free the Universe'' is the second full-length studio album released by Major Lazer, collaborative music group headed by record producer Diplo. The album was released on April 16, 2013, and features appearances by Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig, D ...
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* "Jessica", a song by The Beau Brummels on the album ''
Bradley's Barn
''Bradley's Barn'' is the fifth studio album by American rock group The Beau Brummels. Released in October 1968, it contains the singles "Long Walking Down to Misery" and "Cherokee Girl." The album has received critical acclaim as an early examp ...
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* "Jessica", a song by Seals and Crofts on the album ''
Diamond Girl''
* "Jessica", a song by Israeli band
Ethnix
Ethnix ( he, אתניקס, stylized as Xאתני, ) is an Israeli pop-rock band, founded in 1984 as Moskva ( he, מוסקבה, - "Moscow") by vocalist Zeev Nechama and keyboardist Tamir Kalinski. Their music is a mix of oriental and Western melodi ...
and Yevgeni Shapovalov
* "Jessica", a song by
Avi Buffalo
Avi Buffalo (born Avigdor Benyamin Zahner-Isenberg, November 5, 1990) is an American musician, songwriter, and producer.
Career
Avi Buffalo's self-titled debut album was released on April 27, 2010, and was given positive reviews by ''The A.V. Clu ...
on their self-titled debut album
* "Jessica", a song by
Regina Spektor
Regina Ilyinichna Spektor (russian: Регинa Ильинична Спектор, ; born February 18, 1980) is a Russian–born American singer, songwriter, and pianist.
After self-releasing her first three records and gaining popularity in ...
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
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''Jessica'' (film), a 1962 film with Maurice Chevalier and Angie Dickinson
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''Jessica'' (miniseries), based on the 1998 novel
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''Jessica'' (novel), by Bryce Courtenay 1998
* ''Jessica'', a 2004 Australian film directed by
Peter Andrikidis
Peter Andrikidis is an Australian film and television director, and producer.
Early life and education
Andrikidis went to the Sydney high school Drummoyne Boys High School in the mid-1970s, where he made a small film called "Nemesis".
He grad ...
and starring
Natasha Wanganeen
Natasha Wanganeen is an Aboriginal Australian actress. She is known for her starring role in the 2002 feature film '' Rabbit Proof Fence'', aged 15, and numerous television roles. Her debut film as co-writer and co-producer is the 2022 short fi ...
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''Jessica'' (painting), an 1890 painting by Dennis Miller Bunker
Other uses
* Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas, an initiative of the
European Investment Bank
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the European Union's investment bank and is owned by the EU Member States. It is one of the largest supranational lenders in the world. The EIB finances and invests both through equity and debt solutions ...
* , an oil tanker that spilled 568 tons of oil off the coast of the Galapagos Islands
See also
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Baby Jessica case
The "Baby Jessica" case was a highly publicized custody battle in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the early 1990s between Jan and Roberta DeBoer, the couple who attempted to adopt the child, and her biological parents, Daniel Schmidt and Cara Clausen. In ...
, a well-publicized custody battle in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the early 1990s
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Jessica's Law
Jessica's Law is the informal name given to a 2005 Florida law, as well as laws in several other states, designed to protect potential victims and reduce a sexual offender's ability to re-offend. A version of Jessica's Law, known as the Jessica ...
, a Florida law to punish child predators
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Iscah
Iscah ( ''Yīskā''; gr, Ἰεσχά) is the daughter of Haran and the niece of Abraham in the Book of Genesis. The passage in which Iscah is mentioned is extremely brief. As a result rabbinical scholars have developed theories to explain it, t ...
, daughter of Haran in the Bible (Genesis 11:27, 29), speculated to be the source of the name 'Jessica'
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Jessicka
Jessicka Addams (born Jessica Fodera on October 23, 1975) is an American visual artist and retired musician. Best known by her stage name Jessicka, she was the frontwoman for the alternative rock band Jack Off Jill, and later for the noise-po ...
(born 1975), American musician
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