Jessica Ambuehl

Jessica Ambuehl is a Midwest born and raised awardwinning performer with decades of experience on both sides of the camera Her resume boasts over 250 acting projects from commercials TV and films to industrials voice overs and modeling with the assistance of agents in multiple markets across the nation Her recent performance as a grieving mother in the short film Dolly has received special accolades in multiple local and international festivals And her versatility shines through her various roles such as a news reporter in the feature Becoming with Toby Kebbell as a selfmedicated divorcee and mother in Gregs Going to Rehab with Jim Beaver as a station producer with Mykelti Williamson in Get Ross Clay as an offherrocker protective mother in Spanks with David Faustino as the Goddess Isis in the family feature Shakespeares Mummy as a spunky southern woman in The Baker Brothers as a trianglescheming beauty consultant in The Racket as a faithbased store owner in the TV show Solomons Porch and as Susan Carver in her supporting role in The Peanut Man Jessicas work spans across other storytelling platforms from being the spokesperson of Commerce Bank to the automated voice of TMobile calls to doing satire news for The Onion with over halfamillion views to representing national brands on screenin print for Splenda ACE Hardware Goodwill United Airlines Rigid Marriott Energizer ZIWI Klogs and Right Guard to name a few She is a large supporter of her local media industry and serves on several boards including Film in MO Continuity and St Louis Filmworks She teaches The Business Side of Acting workshops mentors acting students for Reflect the Dream Acting School in LA and produces and speaks at production workshops across the state of Missouri Jessica has over 100 productions working behind the camera under her belt representing companies and nonprofits such as NBC Universal Hayden5 GQ Amazon HGTV and Turner Entertainment across multiple countries She earned a Masters Degree in Public Relations and Marketing in 2002 and incorporated her earlierdeveloped skills as an event producer and graphic designer into her work in the filmTV industry in producing directing casting location scoutingmanaging second assistant directing catering and wardrobe styling But one of her favorite story forms and passions for over fifteen years is providing pro bono photojournalism for nonprofits around the world mostly in developing nations through her company Under The Tree Designs giving her the honor of capturing life through her lens in developing nations Jessica uses imagery to connect the world through human experiences by evoking emotions in the audience to desire to learn more value differences discover beauty in brokenness and expose them to a world they didnt know existed but can no longer deny