{{Short description|British actress and model}} {{Infobox person | name = Jessica Allain | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|2|17|df=y}} | birth_place = London, England | other_names = Jessica Williams | alma_mater = | occupation = Actress and Model | years_active = 2015–present }}
'''Jessica R. Williams''' or '''Jessica Allain''' (born 17 February 1997) is an English actress and model. She starred in the slasher film ''Thriller'' (2018). Her other films include ''The Laundromat'' (2019), ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' (2022), and ''Fear'' (2023).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.themediaeye.com/News/28cfeb36-ae99-423b-9571-aedd00b3436c|title=Rising Stars: Jessica Allain|website=The Media Eye|date=25 July 2022|accessdate=23 August 2022}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08m84jj|title=Kat B, Jessica Allain, Rude Kid and Franz Drameh|website=BBC Radio London|date=21 August 2020|accessdate=23 August 2022}}</ref> She is known for her role on television in the Peacock series ''The Continental'' (2023).
==Early life== Allain is from London. She was born to a Saint Lucian father and a Barbadian mother. She attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.backstage.com/u/jessicarwilliams/|title=Jessica Williams|website=Backstage|accessdate=23 August 2022}}</ref> She began her career in modeling when she was sixteen.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://stylecaster.com/the-laundromat-jessica-allain-interview/|title=Jessica Allain Doesn't Think Money Should Be A Taboo Subject: EXCLUSIVE|journal=StyleCaster|first=Aramide|last=Tinubu|date=14 October 2019|accessdate=23 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://flaunt.com/content/jessica-allain-fresh-on-the-block|title=Jessica Allain: "Fresh on the Block"|journal=Flaunt Magazine|first=Britta|last=Cameron|date=18 October 2019|accessdate=23 August 2022}}</ref>
==Career== Initially credited as Jessica Williams, she made her television and feature film debut in 2015 with minor roles in an episode of the Sky One sitcom ''Yonderland'' and the films ''Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation'' and ''Eddie the Eagle''. She also appeared in the "Catch Me If You Can" music video by Walking on Cars. Allain landed her first leading role as Lisa Walker in the 2018 slasher film ''Thriller''. The following year, she played Simone in Steven Soderbergh's comedy-drama film ''The Laundromat'' about the Panama Papers. She had a small role in the independent superhero film ''Archenemy''.
In 2022, Allain played Catherine in the ninth installment of the ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' franchise on Netflix. Allain appeared in the horror film ''Fear'' and the miniseries ''The Continental: From the World of John Wick'', a three-part John Wick spin-off released on Peacock and Amazon Prime.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/john-wick-origin-series-the-continental-cast-hubert-point-du-jour-jessica-allain-mishel-prada-1234858500/|title='The Continental': Hubert Point-Du-Jour, Jessica Allain, Mishel Prada Among Five Cast In Starz's 'John Wick' Prequel Series|work=Deadline Hollywood|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=19 October 2021|accessdate=19 October 2021}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | rowspan="3" | 2015 | ''I Know'' | Jessica | Short film |- | ''Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation'' | Stewardess | |- | ''Eddie the Eagle'' | British Olympian | |- | rowspan="2" | 2018 | ''The Honor List'' | Head Morrisette | |- | ''Thriller'' | Lisa Walker | |- | rowspan="2" | 2019 | ''CIROC: What Men Want'' | Diana | Short film |- | ''The Laundromat'' | Simone | |- | rowspan="2" | 2020 | ''Two Eyes'' | Alasen | |- | ''Archenemy'' | Melissa | |- | 2022 | ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' | Catherine | |- | rowspan="2" | 2023 | ''Fear'' | Meg | |- | ''The Perfect Knight'' | Alie | Short film |- |{{TBA}} |''Bando Stone and the New World'' | | |- |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2015 | ''Yonderland'' | Girl | Episode: "Careful What You Wish For" |- | 2023 | ''The Continental: From the World of John Wick'' | Lou | Miniseries |- |}
===Music videos=== *''Catch Me If You Can'' (2015), Walking on Cars * ''Let Me Go'' (2023), Daniel Caesar
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|6973777}} * [https://www.independenttalent.com/actors/jessica-allain/ Jessica Allain] at Independent Talent
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