Jessica Toltzis is an LA and New York based actor. She holds an MFA in Acting from the UCLA School of Theater, Film, & Television. Her short film Georgeanne.MOV, which she wrote and starred in, won Best Micro Mockumentary at the 2020 Portland Comedy Film Festival. Some of her favorite theater performances include #21507 in Where the Lovelight Gleams in LA (winner of The Paula Vogel Prize and semi-finalist for The Relentless Award from The American Playwriting Foundation), Touchstone in As You Like It at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and Penelope Pennywise in Urinetown the Musical (Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award, Best Supporting Actress). Jessica trained at The British American Drama Academy (BADA, full scholarship), The Moscow Art Theatre, The National Theater Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, and at Upright Citizens Brigade. She is a sketch comedian and has created many characters. Jessica is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA.