Jessica Duclos was born and raised in Quebec City, Canada. She obtained a Bachelor’s degree in International Business from University Laval in Quebec. She made her move to New York City to pursue an acting career and studied further at the prestigious Lee Strasberg Film and Theatre Institute. She made her film debut as ‘The Canadian Waitress’ in Antoine Manceaux’s film The Day All Women Loved Me, which won best screenplay at the Paris Film Festival. She acted in a number of other films, also Film Festival award winners. Some of these achievements were in Run It (Directed by Evangelos Giovanis), Shore Thing (Directed by Anthony Lovari) and Rising Sun (Directed by Hakki Subentekin). The actress has also performed in a few Off-Broadway plays including Sidetracked and Tiger both directed by Sanja Bestic and landed a National Commercial as the face of Slotomania.
Jessica launched Belle Bandit Productions LLC in 2014 to start creating her own projects as a platform to promote herself. She is making her directorial debut in her first produced film "Split Second".
Still residing in New York City, Jessica is fluent in French, English and Spanish. While fine tuning her acting skills, she is currently working on finishing another short film "This Isn't Valparaiso" in which she stars as the lead, produced, directed and sings on the soundtrack. She continues to grow as a multitalented artist, utilizing her skill sets to the fullest acting in numerous Independent Films, Television, Theater Productions, and Music Videos.
She's eager to have an International career, working in different countries, being challenged by different languages and accents and always learning from her craft.