Jessie Jones

Jessie Jones co-authored the laugh-out-loud comedies Dearly Beloved, Christmas Belles, The Red Velvet Cake War, Always a Bridesmaid and the perennial-audience favorite, The Sweet Delilah Swim Club and many others. Jessie’s first play, Dearly Departed, which she also co-authored, had its premiere at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, followed by an off-Broadway production at Second Stage in New York City. She also co-authored the feature film Kingdom Come and the screen adaptation of Dearly Departed, which was released by Fox Searchlight Films. Her short stories have been published in literary journals, and she has written for television sitcoms as well as an animated series for Walt Disney Productions. As an actor, Jessie has appeared onstage in New York and in regional theatres as well as in television and film.