Jessica Blank

Jessica Blank (born in New Haven, Connecticut), is an American actress, writer, and director who works in film, television, and theater. Blank grew up in New Haven and Washington, D.C., and attended Macalester College and the University of Minnesota. In 2001, she married the actor and playwright Erik Jensen. and they frequently collaborate professionally, primarily as writing partners for theater, film and television.

As an actress, Jessica appeared regularly in CBS' "Made in Jersey". She has also appeared on "Blue Bloods", "Elementary", "The Following", "The Mentalist", HBO’s "High Maintenance", "Bored to Death", "Rescue Me", "Law and Order: Criminal Intent", "The Bronx Is Burning", and several more. In film, she has appeared in The Namesake, The Exonerated, and You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You, (prod. Spike Lee) and over a dozen indies including "Creative Control" (Grand Jury Prize, SXSW 2015) and "On the Road With Judas" (Sundance). She has acted in theaters throughout New York City.

Blank and Jensen co-wrote The Exonerated, a play based on interviews they conducted with more than 40 exonerated death row inmates. In spring 2002, they co-directed The Exonerated at The Actors' Gang Theater. That production was nominated for five Ovation Awards and three NAACP Awards, won the Ovation for Best World Premiere Play, and has toured universities nationally. Bob Balaban's production of The Exonerated ran for more than 600 performances off-Broadway; toured nationally; was made into a movie for Court TV starring Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Delroy Lindo, Aidan Quinn, and Susan Sarandon; and was produced internationally in Dublin, Edinburgh, London, Japan, Mexico, and Italy. The Exonerated won Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, Fringe First, and Herald Angel Awards. It has also received awards from Amnesty International, the American Bar Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Death Penalty Focus. The Exonerated has been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese. Their book, Living Justice, about the making of "The Exonerated" was published by Simon and Schuster.

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