Portrait of Jessalyn Gilsig

Acting

Jessalyn Gilsig

Career

Active from 1990 to 2021, busiest in 2007 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
15
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score52/100
Highest rated
Poster for Big Shot
Big Shot
GoodWatch score75/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

    2010 · Won

    Glee

    Source: Wikidata

Characters

6

The characters Jessalyn Gilsig played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 42 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jessalyn Gilsig Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.6, average 2.5
  • Uncanny
    1.6, average 2.5
  • Showbiz
    0.4, average 1.2
  • Biographical
    0.2, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Fast-Paced Action 2
  • Classic Adaptation 2
  • High School Drama 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Contemporary Setting 2
  • Family-Friendly 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

50
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles · average score 68
Lioness
Lioness (2023)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as FBI Director Francine Wexler

1923
1923 (2022)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Beverly Strafford

Big Shot
Big Shot (2021)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Holly Barrett

Spree
Spree (2020)
GoodWatch score 57

as Andrea

2010s

13 titles · average score 60
Grand Hotel
Grand Hotel (2019)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Roxanne

Cognitive
Cognitive (2019)

as Reverend Wynn

The Sweetheart
The Sweetheart (2018)
GoodWatch score 48

as Samantha

Chicago Med
Chicago Med (2015)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Ainsley Towne

Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
Vikings: Athelstan's Journal (2015)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Siggy (archive footage)

Angels and Ornaments
Angels and Ornaments (2014)
GoodWatch score 64

as Corrine Nelson

Vikings
Vikings (2013)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Siggy Haraldson

Somewhere Slow
Somewhere Slow (2013)
GoodWatch score 47

as Anna Thompson

Smart Cookies
Smart Cookies (2012)
GoodWatch score 53

as Julie

Scandal
Scandal (2012)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Vanessa Moss

Harry's Law
Harry's Law (2011)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Brianna Marsh

About Fifty
About Fifty (2011)
GoodWatch score 29

as Jessica

2000s

20 titles · average score 57
Glee
Glee (2009)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Terri del Monico

The Good Wife
The Good Wife (2009)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Janie Ludwig

XIII
XIII (2008)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show · as Kim Rowland

Flood
Flood (2007)
GoodWatch score 43

as Sam Morrison

Destination: Infestation
Destination: Infestation (2007)
GoodWatch score 27

as Dr. Carrie Ross

Heroes
Heroes (2006)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Meredith Gordon

Prison Break
Prison Break (2005)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Lisa Burrows / Lisa Rix

See This Movie
See This Movie (2004)
GoodWatch score 47

as Annie Nicole

CSI: NY
CSI: NY (2004)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Jordan Gates

Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck (2003)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Gina Russo

Haunted
Haunted (2002)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Elise Martin

Boston Public
Boston Public (2000)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show · as Lauren Davis

1990s

12 titles · average score 67
A Cooler Climate
A Cooler Climate (1999)
GoodWatch score 57

as Callie

Quest for Camelot
Quest for Camelot (1998)
GoodWatch score 55

as Kayley (voice)

Seven Days
Seven Days (1998)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show

The Horse Whisperer
The Horse Whisperer (1998)
GoodWatch score 68

as Annie's Assistant Lucy

To Have & to Hold
To Have & to Hold (1998)

TV show

The Practice
The Practice (1997)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as A.D.A. Jennifer Liner

The Sentinel
The Sentinel (1996)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as RJ Shannon

Viper
Viper (1994)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Alyssa

Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels (1992)

TV show · as Folia

Young Robin Hood
Young Robin Hood (1991)

TV show · as Gertrude of Griswald

The Little Flying Bears
The Little Flying Bears (1990)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Tina (voice)

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Angela Burquette

1980s

1 title · average score 61
Jacknife
Jacknife (1989)
GoodWatch score 61

as His Girlfriend