Jessica Szohr

Jessica Karen Szohr (born March 31, 1985 in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin) is an American model of Hungarian and African-American descent. She is best known for playing Vanessa Abrams in Gossip Girl. Szohr (pronounced "Zee-oh-ar") was discovered at age seventeen where she began working as a Kohl's Department Store model. She graduated from Menomonee Falls High School in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Szohr has also modeled for Crate and Barrel, Mountain Dew, Sears, Quaker Oats, Jockey, JanSport, and Seventeen, where she received a full page ad for Claire's Boutique. Aside from her notable character Vanessa Abrams, her second most notable performance is acting in the video "Over You" by Daughtry. Szohr has had appearances in many TV shows including: Somebody Help Me, CSI: Miami, Gossip Girl, What About Brian, House at the End of the Drive, The Reading Room, That's So Raven, Joan of Arcadia, Drake & Josh, What I Like About You, Uncle Nino, and My Wife And Kids.