Real world article
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(written from a Production point of view)
Jess Bush (born 26 March 1992; age 32) is an Australian actor, model, and visual artist who plays Christine Chapel in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Their performance in the series' first season earned them a 2022 Saturn Award nomination in the category "Best Supporting Actress in a streaming series".
Career[]
Bush rose to fame at age 19 as a contestant in the talent show Australia's Next Top Model, which was followed by a successful career in modeling.
In 2017, Bush appeared in two episodes of the long-running Australian soap opera Home and Away, followed by a small part in an episode of the drama series The Secret Daughter. In 2019, they appeared in a recurring role in four episodes of the soccer drama series Playing for Keeps and in 2020, an episode of crime drama series Halifax: Retribution.
Bush's part in Strange New Worlds is their first role outside Australia.
Star Trek appearances[]
Appearances as Christine Chapel[]
- SNW:
- "Strange New Worlds"
- "Children of the Comet"
- "Ghosts of Illyria"
- "Memento Mori"
- "Spock Amok"
- "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach"
- "The Serene Squall"
- "The Elysian Kingdom"
- "All Those Who Wander"
- "A Quality of Mercy"
- "The Broken Circle"
- "Ad Astra per Aspera"
- "Among the Lotus Eaters"
- "Charades"
- "Lost in Translation"
- "Those Old Scientists"
- "Under the Cloak of War"
- "Subspace Rhapsody"
- "Hegemony"
| Star Trek: Strange New Worlds regular cast |
|---|
| Jess Bush • Christina Chong • Celia Rose Gooding • Bruce Horak • Anson Mount • Melissa Navia • Babs Olusanmokun • Ethan Peck • Rebecca Romijn |
External links[]
- OneJessa.com – official website
- Jess Bush at Instagram
- Jess Bush at X (formerly Twitter)
- Jess Bush at the Internet Movie Database