Jessalyn Gilsig

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Summary

Jessalyn Gilsig is a Canadian actress known for Boston Public, Nip/Tuck, Glee, Vikings, and Big Shot. She has often played complicated or morally flawed women, and has said audiences can judge women characters more harshly than male antiheroes. In a discussion of #MeToo and workplace harassment, she described the film industry as a place where women faced harassment and objectification, and said changing power and representation were improving workplace culture. No public statements on race-focused advocacy, partisan campaigning, or LGBTQ advocacy are on record.