Jessica is an actress known for her roles in Crazy Rich Asians and Xiao Ning (Heart of Darkness). She was born in Germany to a German mother and Italian father. She grew up in Ghana and finished her schooling in Hong Kong. Jessica earned her Bachelor Honours degree in Musical Theatre from Lasalle College of the Arts (Singapore). Jessica first started her path of performing arts in dance at the age of four at the Mandy Fouracre Dance Academy. As she got older she continued to pursue dance by expanding from ballet to tap, jazz, contemporary, and hip hop. Since her school days, Jessica also had a big passion for film making and acting on camera and on stage. She has appeared in student films and commercial shoots in Singapore.