Jessica Leigh Stroup is an American actress and comedian, best known for her role as Erin Silver on 90210. She is regarded as a scream queen for starring in the horror films Prom Night, Vampire Bats, Left in Darkness, and The Hills Have Eyes 2. She currently stars in The Fol...
The Hills Have Eyes 2, Prom Night, Ted, This Christmas, The Informers, Pray for Morning, Left in Darkness, Vampire Bats, Homecoming, School for Scoundrels, Broken, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Southern Comfort, Youth
TV Shows
The Following, 90210, Iron Fist, Marcy
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Dazzling blue eyes
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I'm such a tomboy - I was raised in the South - and I also really wanted to work in New York, being so different from California, though it was a freezing-cold winter.
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I love getting to work with the stunt coordinator. It's like choreography, like a dance.
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When I was 15, I got a job at the first Hollister that opened up.
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Circuit training is a great way to go. Keeping the reps high and the weight low, you'll tone your muscles without bulking up.
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I was raised in a strict Southern household in Lexington, South Carolina, and I remember sneaking off to watch Pet Sematary (1989) as a kid. After seeing those animals reincarnate, I screamed and couldn't sleep for weeks, but watched it again and again.
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On set, I have a lot of coffee... so I try to chug water before going for that next cup.
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I'm Southern, but I need to be out making my own money, and impacting the world outside of my house.
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For meals, I'm big into quinoa or rocket salad with a protein like shrimp of chicken added to it.
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When you don't feel healthy, stop the excuses and do something. Just go outside, walk, breathe. Life's too short to fall into a rut. You are in charge of you - treat yourself well, and it'll show.
Women rule men's lives - every decision a man makes is based on a woman.
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I was in, like, nine schools by ninth grade, so I moved a ton of times when I was younger.
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I'm just a huge fan of smells, first of all. I have a bit of an obsession with smells.
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If you watch 90210 (2008), you see my hair changing every episode - I've chopped it off, and I've kept it long. I've done it all to my hair on that show.
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I was raised by boys. I can hold my own, I can fight, and I love horror movies - simply for the scare factor and the surrealism.
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Hair on a guy is something that attracts me first; if you've got a good head of hair, and you're able to style yourself in a way that's presentable, I think that's really important.
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I was a part of that Beanie Babies generation. I had, like, 400 of them... OK, maybe not that many, but I had a lot of little stuffed animals that I liked to make talk. I was a big dork, and I still am.
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She is of English and some Scots-Irish (Northern Irish) ancestry, with more distant German (the origin of her surname) and Welsh roots.
She originally auditioned for the role of "Annie" in 90210 (2008), but believes she wasn't Midwestern enough. Jessica was driving home from the grocery store, when she found out she got the part of "Silver". She was so excited that she almost got pulled over.
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Is a fan of the Clemson Tigers.
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Best friends with actress Brittany Snow. The two frequently audition together, and both starred in Prom Night (2008).
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Her mother is a former, "Miss North Carolina", and suggested to Jessica that she should take up modeling.
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As well as starring in horror movies, she is a huge horror movie fan. Some of her favorites include The Shining (1980), Poltergeist (1982) and Pet Sematary (1989).