Jessica Tuck

Jessica Tuck
Born	(1963-02-19) February 19, 1963 (age 62) New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	Yale University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1988–present
Spouse	Robert Koseff (m. 2002)
Children	1

Jessica Tuck (born February 19, 1963) ^[1] is an American actress, best known for her performances on television as Megan Gordon Harrison on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live , Gillian Gray in the CBS drama series Judging Amy, and as Nan Flanagan on the HBO series True Blood .

Personal life

Tuck was born in New York City. She graduated from Yale University with a BS in Psychology in 1986. ^[2] She and her husband, Robert Koseff, have a daughter, Samara Barnes Hallam Koseff. ^[2]

Career

Tuck made her television debut as Megan Gordon Harrison on the ABC daytime soap opera, One Life to Live . She was a regular cast member from 1988 to 1992. She reprised the role in spirit form in 1993, 1999, 2004, and 2012. ^[3] Tuck was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1992 for her role on One Life to Live, but lost the award to her onscreen mother Erika Slezak. ^[2] In 1990 she also was nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Female Newcomer: Daytime for the same role. After leaving daytime television, Tuck played Nicole Brown Simpson in The O.J. Simpson Story (1995) and had a leading role in the Olsen twins' straight-to-video movie Billboard Dad (1998).

From 1999 to 2005, Tuck co-starred opposite Amy Brenneman in the CBS drama series, Judging Amy as Gillian Gray. The series ended after six seasons. She later appeared in a number of films, most notable are Secretary (2002) and Super 8 (2011). She also appeared on High School Musical 2 , High School Musical 3 and Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure as Darby Evans, the mother of Ryan (Lucas Grabeel) and Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale). In 2008, Tuck was cast in the HBO series True Blood as Nan Flanagan, a vampire who is the spokesperson and 'face' of vampires for the American Vampire League. In season 4, she was promoted to a series regular. ^[4] She appeared in the series from 2008 to 2011 and made a guest appearance in 2014, in the final season.

During her career, Tuck has made over 50 guest appearances on television shows, including Murder, She Wrote , Seinfeld , NYPD Blue , The Nanny , CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , Grey's Anatomy , Boston Legal , Castle , Private Practice , Revenge , Drop Dead Diva , and Scandal . Tuck also had the recurring roles on Murder One , Sunset Beach , Saving Grace , Days of Our Lives , Grimm , and Twisted . ^{[5] [6]}

In 2001, Tuck founded Spark Off Rose, a storytelling event based in Los Angeles. She currently serves as its executive producer/director.^{[ citation needed ]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Video Girlfriend	Debbie	Short film
1989	Who Shot Pat?	Tish
1993	Rising Sun	Senator Morton's Aide
1994	Mr. Write	Nicole Barnes
	Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love	Gaylord Medford
1995	Batman Forever	Female Newscaster
1998	Billboard Dad	Brooke Anders
	The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars	Chris (voice)
1999	The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
1999	Angels, Baby!	Lori
2001	The Want	Jill
2002	Secretary	Tricia O'Connor
	Another Life	Woman	Short film
2007	Wild Hogs	Family Mom
	High School Musical 2	Darby Evans
2008	High School Musical 3: Senior Year
2010	Public Relations	Stella
2011	Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure	Darby Evans
	Super 8	Mrs. Kaznyk
2012	Model Minority	Angie Tanaka
2014	Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn	Nerwin (voice)
2016	Honeyglue	Janet
2018	Smallfoot	Additional voices
2019	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988–1993, 1999, 2004, 2012	One Life to Live	Megan Gordon Harrison	Series regular (1988–93)
1991	A Woman Named Jackie	Lorraine Murrey	Episode: "The Bouvier Years"
1992	Home Improvement	Leslie	Episode: "Heavy Meddle"
	Flying Blind	Diandra Barash	Episode: "Prelude to a Brisket"
	Dream On	Skyler	Episode: "To the Moon, Alex!"
	Picket Fences	K.C.	Episode: "The Snake Lady"
	Murder, She Wrote	Sally Wilson	Episode: "The Classic Murder"
1993	Lifepod	Claire St. John	Television film
	Cutters	Mary Louise	Episode: "Harry's Best Friend"
	Dave's World		Episode: "The Great Mandala of Life"
	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Toni Taylor	Episode: "I've Got a Crush on You"
	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr	Annie Cavendish	Episode: "Showdown"
1994	Diagnosis: Murder	Susan Levin	Episode: "Reunion with Murder"
	Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love	Gaylord	Television film
	Fortune Hunter	Tricia Chamberlain	Episode: "Millennium"
1995	Seinfeld	Bonnie	Episode: "The Label Maker"
	The O. J. Simpson Story	Nicole Brown Simpson	Television film
	The George Wendt Show	Tina	Episode: "A Need for Seed"
	Murder One	D.D.A. Martine Booth	Episode: "Chapter Eight"
1996	Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom	Dr. Brody (voice)	Video game
	NYPD Blue	Farrell McLeary	Episode: "Girl Talk"
	The Last Frontier	Kate	6 episodes
	Murder One	Laura Crimmins	6 episodes
1997	Life's Work	Diane Webster	Episode: "Harassment"
	Party of Five	Lori	Episode: "Life's Too Short"
	The Advocate's Devil	Jennifer Dawling	Television film
	The Visitor	Lawson	Episode: "Remember"
	Profit	Carol McKenna / Kelly Hunt	Episode: "Security"
1998	ER	Dr. Hemmings	Episode: "Family Practice"
	The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon	Marie Gorman	Television film
	A Wing and a Prayer	LaVaughn	Television film
	The Nanny	C.C.'s Replacement	Episode: "The Pre-Nup"
	Sunset Beach	Diane Wood	15 episodes
	The Secret Lives of Men		Episode: "The Long Goodbye"
1999	Cupid	Joanne	Episode: "Bachelorette Party"
	Millennium	Alice Severin	Episode: "The Sound of Snow"
	Partners	Lucy	TV pilot
1999–2005	Judging Amy	Gillian Gray	Series regular, 138 episodes
2000	The Outer Limits	Linda Andrews	Episode: "Seeds of Destruction"
2004	Strong Medicine	Rachel	Episode: "Omissions"
2005	Mrs. Harris	Wife #1	Television film
	Surface	Sylvia Barnett (uncredited)	Episode: "1.1"
	Everwood	Bonnie	Episode: "Connect Four"
2006	In Justice	Greta	Episode: "Golden Boy"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Sally West	Episode: "The Unusual Suspect"
	Grey's Anatomy	Shannon's Mom	Episode: "Time Has Come Today"
	Criminal Minds	Dr. Sarah Harris	Episode: "Sex, Birth, Death"
2007	A Decent Proposal	Tia McLealand	Television film
	The Last Day of Summer	Mary Malloy	Television film
	High School Musical 2	Mrs. Darby Evans	Television film
	Boston Legal	Attorney Sheila Zale	Episode: "Do Tell"
	October Road	Caroline Garrett	Episode: "Deck the Howls"
	Saving Grace	Paige Hanadarko	Episodes: "Yeehaw, Geepaw", "Taco, Tulips, Duck and Spices"
2008	Rules of Engagement	Mrs. Westlin	Episode: "Buyer's Remorse"
2008–11, 2014	True Blood	Nan Flanagan	Series regular, 22 episodes
2009	Big Love	Patty O'Hare	Episode: "Block Party"
	Ghost Whisperer	Marlene Hathaway	Episode: "Body of Water"
	Cold Case	Charlotte Butler	Episode: "The Long Blue Line", "Into the Blue"
	FlashForward	Agent Levy	Episode: "Believe"
2009–10	Saving Grace	Paige Hanadarko	5 episodes
2010	FlashForward	Agent Levy	Episode: "Revelation Zero (Part 1)"
	Twentysixmiles	Keri Kincaid	6 episodes
	Rex Is Not Your Lawyer	Senator Elizabeth Craig	Episode: "Pilot"
	In Plain Sight	Cindy Anderson	Episode: "WitSec Stepmother"
	Lie to Me	Deputy Warden Lamb	Episode: "Delinquent"
	Days of Our Lives	Madeline Peterson Woods	25 episodes
	The Defenders	Susan Harper	Episode: "Nevada v. Sen. Harper"
	Men of a Certain Age	Bonnie	Episode: "If I Could, I Surely Would", "Cold Calls"
2011	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior	Amy Wheeler	Episode: "One Shot Kill"
	Body of Proof	Alexandra Loeb	Episode: "Hunting Party"
	Castle	Joy McHugh	Episode: "Eye of the Beholder"
	Private Practice	Rosie Graham	Episode: "If I Hadn't Forgotten..."
2012	Bones	Warden Ianthe Bartzokis	Episode: "The Prisoner in the Pipe"
	Breakout Kings	Candice Barrett	Episode: "Ain't Love (50) Grand?"
	Grimm	Catherine Schade	4 episodes
	Prodigy Bully	Mrs. Collins	Television film
	Naughty or Nice	Debbie O'Brien	Television film
2013	Switched at Birth	Merkie	Episode: "The Door to Freedom"
	Bad Samaritans	Mrs. Parker	Episode: "Middle School Detention"
	Revenge	Allison Stoddard	Episodes: "Identity", "Engagement"
	Rizzoli & Isles	Dr. Victoria Nolan	Episode: "No One Mourns the Wicked"
2013–14	Twisted	Gloria Crane	4 episodes
2014	Drop Dead Diva	Kathy Jenkins	Episodes: "Truth & Consequences", "Soulmates?"
2013–14	Hart of Dixie	Dorrie Thibodaux	Episodes: "Family Tradition", "Together Again"
2014	Scandal	Senator Stephanie Vaughn	Episode: "Randy, Red, Superfreak and Julia"
	Scorpion	Rebecca (Cabe Gallo's ex-wife)	Episode: "Rogue Element"
2015	The Whispers	First Lady Hailey Winters	Episode: "X Marks the Spot"
	Proof	Debra	Episode: "Reborn"
	CSI: Cyber	Dr. Giana Luca	Episode: "Hack E.R."
	NCIS: New Orleans	Sheila Fontaine	Episode: "Darkest Hour"
2016	The Night Shift	Linda	Episode: "By Dawn's Early Light"
	Major Crimes	Mrs. Cushing	Episode: "Family Law"
	Diagnosis Delicious	Beverly Beckingham	Television film
2017	Snowfall	Jeanette Miller	Original pilot
2017–19	General Hospital	Cassandra Pierce	Series guest
2018	Disjointed	Ms. Harris	2 episodes
	Designated Survivor	Senator Crowl	Episodes: "Target", "Run"
	Liza on Demand	Marcia	Episode: "Popular"
	Suits	Carrie	Episode: "Revenue Per Square Foot"
2019	Lethal Weapon	Anna Strong	Episode: "There Will Be Bud"
	Black-ish	Dr. Cole	Episode: "Wilds of Valley Glen"
2019–2020	Good Trouble	Libby Wilson	3 episodes
2020	Upload	Viv	5 Episodes
	The Resident	Becky Copple	Episode: "The Flea"
	Little Fires Everywhere	Caroline Ellis	Mini-series
	9-1-1	Dr. Royce	Episode: "The One That Got Away"
	NCIS	Gloria Caplinger	Episode: "The Arizona"
2021	B Positive	Dr. Goodson	Episode: "Open Heart Surgery"
2022	Law & Order	Clara Newhall	Episode: "Fault Lines"
2022–2024	For All Mankind	Christine Francis	13 episodes
2024	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Lillian Andrews	Episode: "Excavation"

References

1. Today’s famous birthdays list for February 19, 2023 includes celebrities Millie Bobby Brown, Victoria Justice
2. "Jessica Tuck - Biography". TV Guide. Archived from the original on November 4, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
3. "Brandon Buddy, Susan Batten and Jessica Tuck Return To One Life To." Soaps.com . November 10, 2011. Archived from the original on April 13, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
4. Stanhope, Kate (November 23, 2010). "True Blood Promotes Jessica Tuck; Adds Three New Actresses". TV Guide . Archived from the original on November 27, 2010. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
5. Gonzalez, Sandra (February 9, 2012). "'True Blood' alum headed to 'Grimm'". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on May 7, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
6. Goldberg, Lesley (April 22, 2013). "ABC Family's 'Twisted' Adds 'True Blood,' 'Chuck' Vets". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2014.

External links

• Jessica Tuck at IMDb