Jessy Schram

Jessy Schram is the American actress who portrays Cinderella and Ashley Boyd on ABC's Once Upon a Time.

Biography
Jessica "Jessy" Schram was born in the Chicago suburb of Skokie, Illinois to printing company owners Kristie and John Schram. She has a sister, Nicole, and a brother, Jonathan. At the early age of ten she signed with a talent agency in Chicago and spent her years modeling and acting in commercials. Her theatrical debut came at age twelve playing Kirsten in a American Girl Musical Revue production. The experience sparked a passion to be a performer.

As a teenager, she attended Buffalo Grove High School and took a dip as a singer with gig performances with blues band Joan Baby at Hard Rock Chicago, but acting always came first for her. Jessy cites her great-grandfather as the main inspiration behind her desire to be an actor as she was greatly entertained with stories of his time in Chicago's silent film industry.

After being fresh out of high school in 2004, she moved to Los Angeles after grabbing a spot on the Hallmark Channel's Jane Doe. She is best known for her series regular role on TNT science-fiction show Falling Skies and has guest starred in over a dozen television shows such as Veronica Mars, Life, House, Ghost Whisperer and The Mentalist. Jessy was cast as a series lead in ABC's 2012 fall series Last Resort for thirteen episodes.

Off camera, she's deeply involved with charitable organizations Corazon de Vida​ that sponsors orphanages in Tijuana, Mexico as well as the Los Angeles-based Project Angel Food. Jessy is also a singer-song writer and a big fan of the Jazz Fest, which she attends if her schedule permits it.

Trivia

 * Once worked as a security guard in a music store.
 * Does yoga regularly as part of a body exercise.