Jes Washington
www.JesWashington.com
Jes Washington
Height 5'5" Eyes: Brown Hair: Dark Brown
Jeswashington.com washingtonjessica522@gmail.com
THEATER
Who Will Sing For Lena?* Lena Baker (TLP) Mosesian Center for the Arts
Various Eastern US Theaters
Three Sisters Irina/Anfisa Harvard University Arts
Clybourne Park* Francine/Lena The Longwood Players
Love of the Nightingale Procne OTP Fringe Theatre
SANKOFA Various Roles Bates College Schaeffer T
heatre
Neighborly Do's and Don'ts Psycho Neighbor Bates College Schaeffer Theatre
PODCAST
Greater Boston* Isabelle Powell Dir. A. Danner & J.Van Dreason
What the Frequency Lillian Dir. J. Olivia
FILMS
MAAT Lead Dir. Jennifer Zemke
Beat Him To It Supporting Dir. Sebastian
Uprising Lead Dir. Jennifer Zemke
Even Supporting Dir. Chima Anidobe
Half the History Supporting Dir. Jennifer Burton
TRAINING
Actors Studio
Drama School (MFA)
-Susan Aston (Acting; Head of Acting)
-Craig Bacon/Robert Serrell/Corinna May (Voice and Speech)
-Michael Billingsley/David Frank (Movement)
-Bill Coco (Theatre History)
-Ron Piretti (Stage Combat)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
The Barrow Group Apprenticeship Program
Harvard University Stanislavski Intensive
Bates College Modern Dance Company
SKILLS
Spoken word, writing,
public speaking, sports, film editing, Dance (Ballroom, West African, Modern, Jazz,
Contemporary, plus more)
*=Award/Nomination Received
JES WASHINGTON is a New York City-based actress, dancer, and writer born and raised in Memphis,
TN. Theater credits include: Lena in Who Will Sing For Lena?, a one-woman show, which she has
performed along the East Coast and beyond. Awards for this role include: three Best Lead Actress in
Drama awards, People's Choice, Best Overall Production, and winner of the AACT National Festival
2019. Other roles include: Procne in Love of the Nightingale and Francine/Lena in Clybourne Park,
with an EMACT nomination as Best Supporting Actress in a Drama. Independent film credits include:
Riley (lead) in the feature Uprising, Ealey (lead) in the action short MAAT, Jasmine in Even, and Young
Belinda Royale in Half the History: The Belinda Royale Story. Voiceover credits include: Isabelle Powell
in Greater Boston, with a nomination for Best Supporting Actress in Audio Drama, and Lillian in What's
the Frequency.
