Jessica Clement is a Canadian actor. She is best known for her roles in the films

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(2023), Longing (upcoming film),

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(2023), and as the lead, Carly, in Night Blooms (2021). Notable television credits include

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(2017-2019) as Tina Funk, V.C. Andrews' Heaven TV mini-series (2019) as the titular character's sister, Fanny, and most recently in

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(2023) as Harper.

Early life

Clement was born and raised in

Burlington, Ontario Burlington is a city in the Regional Municipality of Halton at the northwestern end of Lake Ontario in Ontario, Canada. Along with Milton to the north, it forms the western end of the Greater Toronto Area and is also part of the Hamilton met ...

, Canada (outside

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). She started training for her acting career at the age of 7 in the Theatre Aquarius summer intensive, when she played young Cosette in their production of

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. After graduating from

Aldershot School Aldershot School is a grade 7–12 school located in Burlington, Ontario. Although the current school building was constructed in 1959-1960, the original Aldershot School was built in 1870, making the name the oldest in continual use for an educ ...

, she first attended

York University York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,0 ...

, and left when her studies were interrupted by filming obligations. She later attended the

University of Guelph , mottoeng = "to learn the reasons of realities" , established = May 8, 1964 ()As constituents: OAC: (1874) Macdonald Institute: (1903) OVC: (1922) , type = Public university , chancellor ...

, and again chose to leave school when career opportunities arose.

Career

Film

Television

Clement played the role of Tina, teenage daughter of protagonist parents Noah and Anna, on the Canadian crime drama "

" around 2019.

Stage

HamOnt Acting Studio

During the

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, Clement began collaborating with Nathan Fleet, director of the Hamilton Film Festival and the associated Hamilton School of Media Arts. Fleet provided the umbrella for Clement for create HamOnt Acting Studio where she provides a variety of classes and private coaching to help actors not only hone their performance skills, but also to acquire necessary knowledge about the industry, such as set etiquette, self-tape auditions, and getting an agent. She also co-writes/co-directs/co-produces/co-edits short films that screen at the Hamilton Film Festival, showcasing talent from HamOnt Acting Studio.

References

External links

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HamOnt Acting Studio
founded by Jessica Clement {{DEFAULTSORT:Clement, Jessica Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Actors from Burlington, Ontario Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Actresses from Ontario