Jessalyn Sarah Gilsig is a Canadian actress.
She is best known for her roles as Lauren Davis in Boston Public, Gina Russo in Nip/Tuck, Terri Schuester in Glee, and Siggy Haraldson in Vikings.
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Jessalyn Gilsig was born on November 30, 1971, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to Claire and Toby Gilsig. Her mother was a writer and translator, and her father was an engineer. She is of Jewish descent.
At the age of 12, she received her first acting role in the National Film Board of Canada movie Masquerade. She attended at McGill University in Montreal in 1989 after finishing high school.
There, she pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and graduated in 1993. She then continued her acting education at the Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University.
Two years after her undergraduate degree, she moved to New York City where she appeared in several off-Broadway plays.
