Jessica Capshaw
- Actress
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Jessica Capshaw was born in Columbia, Missouri, the daughter of actress
Kate Capshaw (née Kathleen Sue Nail) and
salesman Robert Capshaw. Her parents were both students at the
University of Missouri. The family moved to New York to pursue Kate's
modeling career. Her parents divorced when she was three and Jessica
got drawn into her mother's new world. Kate married director
Steven Spielberg when Jessica was 15.
Among her three parents, she is one of 10 biological and adopted
siblings. Jessica graduated from Brown University in 1998 with an
English degree. She then attended acting classes at the Royal Academy
of Dramatic Arts in London. From there, she got her first acting role
on TV's Merci les filles (1999).
