Alycia Kaback is excited to present Jessica Polsky for the VIP Talent Connect Summit Today, December 10th 2011.  Here, Jessica posses with Ryan Colby and President of Kaback Models Talent Services Goldie Rocha.  Jessica is an amazing actress, who followed her heart and chose a career that is more difficult, but found true success and fulfillment.

Here is Jessica’s story: Austin, Texas native Jessica Polsky grew up with her sights set on Broadway, and began her triple-threat training while still in diapers. After a childhood steeped in stage and studying, Jessica graduated from the University of Arizona’s prestigious Performing Arts Department on full scholarship, magna cum laude. A semester studying abroad in Florence, Italy during her four years of college allowed her to add a degree in Italian on to her credentials, and she graduated with a BA in Italian, as well, also magna cum laude.

Her subsequent move to New York to begin her professional career was met with almost instant success as Jessica was booked solid for music videos, commercials, short films, and of course: musicals. She spent almost 4 consecutive years touring between one show and another, most notably: West Side Story, Sophisticated Ladies and Grease. During these first years Jessica also spent a fair amount of time “on the other side of the table” assisting some of the business’s most well-known directors and choreographers, and even directing some, herself.

After all this touring she also worked consistently on NYC-based projects, taking part in the much talked about stage version of the film Jeffrey at Lincoln Center with Bryan Batt, an off-Broadway revival of Pirates of Penzance, and much more. Then came the call from the major TV network in Italy: they had caught wind that there was a young American actress around, fluent in Italian and with the right “look” for the Italian market, and they offered her the starring role on the hot, new prime-time sitcom, Camera Cafè. Jessica accepted this offer and the rest, as they say, is history… Camera Cafè was an explosive hit, like nothing Italian television had seen for years, and created a fanatical following that can only be compared to that of Friends, Seinfeld, or Grey’s Anatomy. Jessica’s character, which they left named “Jessica”, was one of the lead elements of the cast for the first 3 seasons of this sitcom set among the disgruntled employees of a corporate office.

The show’s stellar popularity took Jessica right along with it: the first season she won the Italian Emmy Award for Best Lead Actress of the Television Season, and has been one of the most in-demand, young, A-list celebrities in the country ever since. The critics and viewing public love her rare mix of beauty and sexiness, but without ever taking herself too seriously. She is lauded for her charm, true comic timing and humor, and that she can be a bombshell while still a little bit goofy, and a whole lot talented. Her many years of formal acting training mean she also brings a rare versatility to her body of work and potential and has a range spanning from slapstick to Shakespearian drama. She has moved on and up within the industry in Italy and has starred, as either live host or lead actress, in a steady stream of highly visible and successful projects dedicated to her. Some of those are: Festivalbar, an annual televised concert series on prime-time network TV for which Jessica was the backstage correspondent, interviewing huge-name international music stars; “Sputnik”, a new SNL-inspired sketch comedy show of which Jessica was the host and star; “Robbie Williams Live in Berlin”, a primetime special on the world-famous pop star that Jessica hosted, including an exclusive interview with Williams, which she conducted.  Most recently she has been busy filming Piloti (“Pilots”): an original sitcom which takes place in an airplane based on the daily lives and adventures of the crew, and Jessica stars in it as the adorable but bumbling stewardess: “Josephine”.  Piloti is now on the air daily (RAI network TV) for its third consecutive, hit, primetime network season. All this is in addition to her presence in uncountable network dramas, mini-series, films, and much more.

Additionally, Jessica is a favorite of the press and of all corners of the industry. She can be seen constantly featured in cameos on every genre of TV project, as a special guest on talk shows, in magazines, on the radio, on the red carpet, in large-scale celebrity endorsement ad campaigns, and as a participant in promotional and charity events. She has recently moved her operational base back to NYC and is busy carefully expanding the same success she has established internationally to her presence in the American market.

Jessica Polsky is at VIP Talent Connect today with Alycia Kaback to help other young people who want to follow this exciting career path. Read more on young models and actors who get started with Alycia Kaback.