Jessica Matten Biography – 5 Interesting Facts You Need to Know
Jessica Matten was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Her birth date is November 30, 1985. Jessica is of Canadian nationality and Ukrainian-Chinese origins. She developed interest in modeling in her early years and started pulling that off at the age of six. At this tender age, Jessica performed alongside her mum, Theresa Ducharme at the Korea’s International Drum Festival in Seoul. She also did a modeling internship at UK’s Elle Magazine.
Matten attended the University of Alberta and graduated with a B.Sc. degree in Human Ecology. She subsequently enrolled at the Shoreline Studio’s Vancouver Acting School. To further brush up her modeling talent, Jessica completed a night program at Central Saint Martin’s & London College of Fashion.
After her education, Jessica Matten kicked off her career with modeling but later extended it to acting, dropping the former in subsequent years. As a model, she became the face of some commercials such as Smart Pet Brands, Nature Valley, and Nintendo Wii’s EA Sports Active: More Workouts.
In 2010, Jessica Matten made her debut movie appearance in the short fantasy drama Pigs, starring in a minor role of an unnamed woman. Another minor role as Jana in the short adventure-comedy movie, Eddie’s Stereotype followed the same year. In 2011, she appeared in Footsteps into Gangland as Asian girl 2.
Jessica’s breakthrough role came about in 2012 when she was cast as Delia in the award-winning short action film, A Red Girl’s Reasoning. The movie earned Jessica a considerable cult following in North America and some other parts of the globe.
Jessica Matten’s other popular movies and TV series include Best Day Ever: Aiden Kesler (1994-2011), Robot Love (2013), Blackstone (2015), Mohawk Girls (2016), and Sleepwalk (2017), among others.
