Jess trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, London. She works internationally as a voice and dialect coach and in 2019 Intersticia is supporting Jess’s work with the Bell Shakespeare Company.
Jess has worked on other major international productions including: Matilda the Musical in both London and Australia for The Royal Shakespeare Company, Alice in Wonderland, Sweet Charity, You Never Can Tell and Pygmalion for The Shaw Festival Theatre (Canada); A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Battle of Waterloo for Sydney Theatre Company; Les Misérables for Cameron Mackintosh and Michael Cassel; The Sound of Music for John Frost and The Really Useful Group; and Made in Dagenham the Musical for the Adelphi Theatre in London. Her film credits include dialect assistance on Hacksaw Ridge.
Jess has been studying for her Masters in Speech Therapy and is currently working in Canberra.
Interview with Jess at Bell Shakespeare