Jessica Danielle Stone is an American actress whose roles include Young Brenda Chenowith in the acclaimed HBO series, Six Feet Under, created by Alan Ball,Urquhart, Jeremy (18 February 2024). "Every Main Character from 'Six Feet Under,' Ranked". Collider. Retrieved 25 April 2025.Stone, Jessica D. "Jessica D. Stone: Now Casting". Now Casting. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2025. Narra in Star Trek: Enterprise,Epsicokhan, Jamahl (24 April 2002). "Star Trek Enterprise: 'Detained' (Review)". Jamahl Epsicokhan Reviews. Retrieved 25 April 2025. and the voice of Stanley Griff in the 2001 Playhouse Disney animated series, Stanley."Jessica D. Stone (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot - or collage of screenshots - of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved 25 April 2025.Jessica D. STONE. Anime News Network. Retrieved 25 April 2025."Stanley—Educational". TV Guide. 49. Indiana University, Triangle Publications: 150. 2001 [10 February 2010]. She has worked extensively in anime and video games, namely Hellsing Ultimate, providing the voice of Young Walter C. Dornez,Chapman, Jacob (31 October 2014). "Hellsing Ultimate: Blu-Ray 9-10 - Set 3 (Review)". Anime News Network. Retrieved 23 April 2025. as well as Makoto in the Capcom Street Fighter franchise.
Her work has been further seen in Los Angeles repertory theatre. In 2008, she starred as Clarisse McClellan in Ray Bradbury's Pandemonium Theatre Company production of Fahrenheit 451, directed by Alan Neal Hubbs and performed at the Fremont Centre Theatre.Stoudt, Charlotte; Nichols, David C. (4 July 2008). " 'Fahrenheit 451' burns in flashes". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 April 2025. In 2012, she portrayed Penny Pingleton in the period musical Hairspray at the High Street Arts Center in Moorpark,Ginell, Cary (13 January 2012). "Play review 'Hairspray' dances through area: A comparison of dueling productions". Moorpark Acorn. Retrieved 25 April 2025. for which she won Outstanding Featured Performance by the Annual Four Star Theater Alliance Awards in January 2013.High Street's 'Hairspray' captures 11 honors". Moorpark Acorn. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2025. She was cast as Honey, a major supporting character in the play, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in the Ojai Art Center 2015 production,Zahringer, Sami (6 February 2015). "Total War: An insightful, glowing review of Ojai ACT's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' ". Ojai Valley News. Retrieved 23 April 2025. where she won her second Four Star Theater Alliance award for Outstanding Featured Performance in January 2016."Four Star Theater Awards (2015 Season)". VC Reporter. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2025. She continues to work in animation and splits her time as an acting coach at the Vibe Performing Arts School, teaching acting, voice over, and musical theatre."Vibe Performing Arts: Vibe Stars". Vibe Performing Arts. Retrieved 23 April 2025."Summer Fun Time at Vibe!". Santa Clarita Magazine. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2025."Good Vibes with Performing Arts". Santa Clarita Magazine. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2025."Good Vibes with Performing Arts Virtually/In Person or BOTH!". Santa Clarita Magazine. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
Early life Stone was born to Suzy Illson and Bill Stone in Valencia, California"California Births: The Birth of Jessica Stone". California Birth Index. Retrieved 3 May 2025. (later relocating to Santa Clarita and Agua Dulce)."News Release: Lilly Announces LillyforLife(TM) Achievement Award Winners". Lilly.com / COMTEX News Network / PR Newswire. 12 September 2006. Retrieved 25 April 2025.Stone, Jessica D. "About Jessica (Nobody normal ever made history)." Jessica D. Stone (Official Blog). Retrieved 25 April 2025. When she was 9 years old, she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and participated in the American Walk for Diabetes in Santa Clarita, California in 2003.Lowrey, Brandon (22 September 2003). "Taking it Step by Step: Hundreds of walkers come out for diabetes fundraiser; young diabetics stay strong despite harsh realities of disease". The Santa Clarita Valley Signal: 1, 3. She also volunteered her time at diabetes camps during the summer, programs which were established to help teens build peer groups and manage their symptoms through educational resources."ADA Camp: Igniting Change, Endless Possibilities". American Diabetes Association. Retrieved 26 April 2025. "I spent three days in the hospital [at one point]," she recalled, "and I learned how to give myself shots. Then I went back to a normal life. Well, kind of." On September 6, 2006 at an Indianapolis awards banquet held by Eli Lilly and Company, she was granted a LillyforLife Achievement Award in the Young Champion category for her contributions to the diabetic community.
Although she had appeared in commercial work for television as a toddler as her older brother had been a working child actor at the time, Stone first expressed her interest in professional acting when she 4 when her brother announced to his family that he was retiring from the business.Runkel, Bob (30 October 2020). "Jumping Into the Great Big Book of Everything with Jessica D. Stone". The DJ Bob Show. Retrieved 26 April 2025."VIBE Student Spotlight (Jessica Stone)". Santa Clarita Magazine. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2025. She received musical training at the Vibe Performing Arts School in Santa Clarita,"A-List Agents Discover Talent at VIBE! Voted 'Best Acting Studio' in SCV". Santa Clarita Magazine. 24 February 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2025. juggled work on sets with schoolwork, and was home schooled for most of her high school education.R.O.D the TV: Vol. 6 (USA). Audio commentary by Taliesin Jaffe, Jessica (J.D.) Stone, Megan Taylor Harvey and Rachel Hirschfeld, Studio ORPHEE / Aniplex Inc. / Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc., 2005. During the summer, she honed her skills at teen drama camps in Santa Clarita and North Hollywood, including the Canyon Theatre Guild S.T.A.R.S. workshopsClark, Margie Anne (18 July 2003). "Teens explore what dreams may come in Bard's comedy (A Midsummer Night's Dream)". The Santa Clarita Valley Signal: 15. and the Showdown Theatre Academy/Showdown Stage Company's Theatre Camps taught by Cindy Marcus and Flip Kobler. Showdown staged a number of original productions, notably Nottingham: A Totally Teen Musical, which premiered at the Repertory East Playhouse in August 2005 and re-opened at The Hub Theatre in Noho in 2007,Buttelman, Michele E. (14 August 2005). "Last Chance for 'Nottingham' . The Santa Clarita Valley Signal: 2"Nottingham at R.E.P". The Santa Clarita Valley Signal: 6. 9 August 2005.Buttelman, Michele E. (9 July 2007). "SCV Trio Has a Passion for Playwriting". The Santa Clarita Valley Signal. Retrieved 29 April 2025. and Brother's Grimm Out of Order, also at the Repertory East Playhouse in December 2005.Buttelman, Michele E. (4 December 2005). "SCV Principals on Stage". The Santa Clarita Valley Signal: 2. She graduated from College of the Canyons in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Arts and Performing Arts.Stone, Jessica D. "Jessica D. Stone: Backstage Profile". Backstage. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
Career
1999–2003: Theatre, indie films and television Stone made her debut in repertory theatre in Christopher Sergel's dramatic adaptation of the Harper Lee classic of racial tensions set in the backdrop of 1930s Alabama, To Kill a Mockingbird, playing Scout Finch with Leslie Marshall portraying her adult version. The play was directed by Roxanne Barker, presented by the National American Shakespeare Company and staged at the Knightsbridge Theatre in Pasadena, California during the 2000-2001 fall season."Knightsbridge Theatre Unfurls Three New Productions This Fall". Playbill. 10 October 2000. Retrieved 26 April 2025. The play was received poorly by critic Dany Margolies in a scathing review for Backstage, noting the cast indicated their characters' emotions, and panned the overall direction. "Barker could trust her actors and her audience more in the acting department," he concluded.Margolies, Dany (21 February 2001). "To Kill a Mockingbird (Review)". Backstage. Archived on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
She had a guest appearance on Knots Landing: Back to the Culd-de-Sac as Molly Whittaker in 1997,"Jessica Stone to Appear in Knots Landing Reunion". Vibe-rations. 1 (27). 1997. a supporting part as Alicia Geiger (the adopted daughter of Dr. Jeffrey Geiger played by Mandy Patinkin), diagnosed with a fatal heart murmur in the final season of Chicago Hope on CBS in 1999,"Chicago Hope". TV Guide. 48. Triangle Publications: 212. 2000."The Sentinel TV Times: Chicago Hope". The Hanford Sentinel: 39. 12 February 2000. and was featured as Chrissy, Ruthie Camden (Mackenzie Rosman)'s school friend who plagiarizes her story for a class competition in Season 4, Episode 20: "Liar, Liar" in 2000."Episode 20: Liar, Liar." Credits. 7th Heaven. Directed by Paul Snider, Spelling Television / CBS Paramount Network Television / The WB, 2000."National Nielsen Viewership (May 8–14)". Los Angeles Times. 17 May 2000. Retrieved 27 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com. At 11, she was cast in a recurring role as Young Brenda Chenowith (the adult version portrayed by Rachel Griffiths) in Six Feet Under.Deziel, S. (14 June 2004). "Crazy Brenda and a baby". Maclean's (117). p. 60. Her debut appearance was in Episode 5 of Season 1, written by Alan Ball and directed by Kathy Bates, which aired on 1 July 2001 on the HBO network."Episode 5: An Open Book." Credits. Six Feet Under. Directed by Kathy Bates, The Greenblatt / Janollari Studio / HBO Entertainment, 2001.Downey, Kevin (11 July 2001). "NASCAR roars, and NBC can thank Fox". Media Life Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 October 2006. Retrieved 24 April 2025."Who's News: Bates is expected to direct more episodes of Six Feet Under". The Napa Valley Register: 30. 1 December 2001. She would go on to appear in Episode 6, scripted by Christian Taylor and directed by Rodrigo Garcia,Downey, Kevin (8 July 2001). "Fox trots again, up from nowhere". Media Life Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2025. and reprised her role in Season 2, Episode 11, written by Rick Cleveland and directed by Miguel Arteta, which aired on 12 May 2002.Jasik, Mike (22 May 2002). "There are finales, and, yes, finales". Media Life Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2025."Episode 11: The Liar and the Whore." Credits. Six Feet Under. Directed by Miguel Arteta, The Greenblatt / Janollari Studio / HBO Entertainment, 2002. As a troubled woman, the show delves into glimpses of Brenda's past and how she was mistreated by her parents in childhood who were sexually open with their children."Episode 6: The Room." Six Feet Under. Directed by Rodrigo Garcia, The Greenblatt / Janollari Studio / HBO Entertainment, 2001.