Jessica is an award winning actress and playwright of Puerto Rican descent.

She is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she received her B.F.A in Acting with a focus on the Strasberg Method Acting. Her indie film, Millie and the Lords, won her the Best Film and Best Actress Award at The People’s Film Festival and the Viva Latino Film Festival as well as an Award for Film Excellence from the International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival.  It was also featured at the Georgia Latino Film Festival, Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, Rochester Latino Film Festival and was most recently on HBO Latino.

She has performed as a lead actress in plays such as Water by the Spoonful at the Red Monkey Theatre Company, Platanos and Collard Greens at The Producers Club, Nickeled and Dimed at Blackfriars Theater, and she has worked with the Rochester Shakespeare Players in Upstate New York. She is a huge Shakespeare fan and recently performed in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and The Tempest. 

Her original play Elvira-The Immigration Play was an official selection of the 2019 Strawberry One Act Theatre Festival (Nominated for Best Play), and the 2015 NYC Fringe Festival (voted one of 7 most promising plays). She is a member of SAG-AFTRA, the Off Broadway Alliance, and the United Federation of Teachers.

​She is represented by Emerging Talent Agency, LLC and her website is www.jessicacarmona.com. 
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