Jessica Paré (born December 5, 1980) is a Canadian actress and singer
known for her co-starring roles on the AMC series Mad Men and the CBS
series SEAL Team. She has also appeared in the films Stardom (2000),
Lost and Delirious (2001), Wicker Park (2004), Suck (2009), Hot Tub
Time Machine (2010), and Brooklyn (2015).Paré was born in Montreal,
Quebec, the daughter of Anthony Paré, former chair of the Education
department at McGill University, and Louise Mercier, a conference
interpreter. She grew up in the Montreal neighbourhood of
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce with three brothers. She speaks both English and
French.Paré's father was an actor and drama teacher who toured with a
theatre company, and her mother acted in amateur productions; her
uncle Paul was a comedian with the sketch comedy troupe Radio Free
Vestibule. Paré would watch her father at rehearsals as a child and
became interested in acting while helping him learn his lines for a
production of The Tempest.Relatives include great-grandfather Al Paré
and great-great-uncles Noah and Henry Timmins. 18th-century Irish
dramatist, fiction writer, essayist and actress Elizabeth Griffith is
also an ancestor of Paré through her son, politician Richard
Griffith.
known for her co-starring roles on the AMC series Mad Men and the CBS
series SEAL Team. She has also appeared in the films Stardom (2000),
Lost and Delirious (2001), Wicker Park (2004), Suck (2009), Hot Tub
Time Machine (2010), and Brooklyn (2015).Paré was born in Montreal,
Quebec, the daughter of Anthony Paré, former chair of the Education
department at McGill University, and Louise Mercier, a conference
interpreter. She grew up in the Montreal neighbourhood of
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce with three brothers. She speaks both English and
French.Paré's father was an actor and drama teacher who toured with a
theatre company, and her mother acted in amateur productions; her
uncle Paul was a comedian with the sketch comedy troupe Radio Free
Vestibule. Paré would watch her father at rehearsals as a child and
became interested in acting while helping him learn his lines for a
production of The Tempest.Relatives include great-grandfather Al Paré
and great-great-uncles Noah and Henry Timmins. 18th-century Irish
dramatist, fiction writer, essayist and actress Elizabeth Griffith is
also an ancestor of Paré through her son, politician Richard
Griffith.
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