Jessica Erin Sylvia was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts on March 14, 1986 to Stacey Burke and Daniel Sylvia. As the oldest of three children, she naturally possesses leadership qualities and determination. Beginning in grade school, Jess demonstrated a raw talent for stage performance. At the age of ten, she attended New Bedford Ballet and landed a supporting role in "Beauty and the Beast." She continued to pursue theater as well, making that her extracurricular focus. While attending the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Jess performed in a number of women's studies plays and then directed/narrated "The Vagina Monologues." In 2007 she transferred to the University of Rhode Island to complete a concentrated biotechnology program. Jess had plans to relocate to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of film acting at the end of the program in 2008; however, New England had one more project in store for her before she could go. Jess spent the summer of 2008 working on her first feature film "27 Down." Immediately after they wrapped she moved to LA. Since then, Jess scored a starring role in the zombie thriller "Phase Two," played Leslie/Cha Cha in the theater production "Backstage Grease," is hostess for Hollywood Buzz TV, and co-starred in SyFy's original film "Mothman." In the near future Jess will be teaming up with actor/director/producer Matt Thompson to perform in his original screenplays "Bloodline" and "No Strings." Jess is also well-known for her modeling, with appearances in Playboy, Spike TV, Adea Italian Lingerie, and Berrydog Swimwear.
In Point Pleasant, land of the legend The Mothman, a group of seven teenage friends accidentally kills the boy Jamie (Alex Hardee) in a prank by the river and they decide to cover up the incident. Ten years later, the journalist of the Washington Weekly Katharine Grant, who was one of the seven teenagers, is assigned by her editor to return to her hometown to prepare a matter about the 10th Mothman Festival. She meets with the other six friends that have stayed in the town and sooner they are murdered one by one by The Mothman. Katherine and her former boyfriend Derek seek help with old blind man Frank Waverly that has been luring The Mothman for many years trying to save their lives from the punishment of the entity.