Jessica Parker Kennedy

Jessica Parker Kennedy is a Canadian actress born on October 3, 1984. She is known for her roles in various television series such as The Secret Circle, Black Sails, The Flash, Smallville, Undercovers, Kaya, and Colony. Kennedy was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to an African father and a Jewish European mother of Italian and Russian descent. She was raised Jewish and has always sought to find community among people of color due to the lack of diversity in her childhood surroundings. In addition to her television work, Kennedy has also appeared in the film Another Cinderella Story and portrayed the supervillain Plastique in Smallville.