Jessica Karen Szohr (born March 31, 1985) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Vanessa Abrams on Gossip Girl. Szohr (pronounced "Zoar") was discovered at age 17, when she began working as a Kohl's Department Store model. She is best known for her role of Vanessa Abrams in The CW Teen Drama television series Gossip Girl. She became an additional series regular in the series first season after the fourteenth episode The Blair Bitch Project. The series third season premiered September 14 2009.
She has appeared in small roles in films such as Somebody Help Me, The Reading Room and Fired Up. It was announced Jessica had signed on for Dimension Films Piranha 3-D as Kelly. The film which began filming in June 2009 is set to be released April 16 2010.
She has appeared in small roles in films such as Somebody Help Me, The Reading Room and Fired Up. It was announced Jessica had signed on for Dimension Films Piranha 3-D as Kelly. The film which began filming in June 2009 is set to be released April 16 2010.