Jane Levy

Real Name :  Jane Colburn Levy
Born            :  December 29, 1989 Los Angeles County, California, United States
Occupation  :  Actress

Personal Life

Jane Colburn Levy born December 29, 1989 is an American actress from Los Angeles County, California. She is best known for her current role as Tessa Altman on the ABC comedy series Suburgatory. She made her TV debut on Showtime's Shameless, and is due to appear in two movies in 2012, Fun Size and Nobody Walks. She has been named by critics as one of the breakout stars of 2011, and Forbes named her on their list of 30 under 30 who are "reinventing the world" (a list of the brightest stars of the future).

She was born in Los Angeles County, the daughter of Mary, an artist, and Lester Levy, a musician. She grew up in Marin County, Northern California, where she attended high school. While at school she was on the hip hop dancing team and was captain of the soccer team, and appeared in community theatre productions of Annie and the Wizard of Oz. She describes herself at school as being a "floater", someone who got along with everyone. While at school she visited England for five months. She attended Goucher College for a semester before transferring to the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York.