Jessica is a writer and performer from Johannesburg based in London. Her debut play ‘Klippies’ was nominated for four OFFIES including Most Promising Playwright and revived at the Young Vic for the 2021 Genesis Prize.  Her play ‘Thread’ was long-listed for the 2024 Women’s Prize. She is a Royal Court Writers and a Bush Theatre Emerging Writers alumni. Her work is published by Methuen, Oberon and Nick Hern and she is a contributing writer on the Letters to the Earth anthology published by William Collins.

Jessica is the co-writer of ELVIS EVOLUTION, a multi-million-pound immersive live show blending cutting-edge digital technology with theatre and running at the Excel Waterfront in London 2025/26.