Jessica Paré

Jessica Paré (born December 5, 1982) is a Canadian film and television actress. Paré was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the daughter of Anthony Paré, the head 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 and has three brothers. Paré is bilingual, speaking both English and French. Her family is Catholic. Paré's parents were both actors; her father was a drama teacher and toured with a theatre company.