About
I trained at Rose Bruford college and have been working as an actress since. Please see Spotlight link for credits & reel. https://www.spotlight.com/5817-5644-5978
I founded film co. Creative Lions in 2019, with Kiriem Bello and Tolu Stedford we have produced three short films and a music video, of which I directed all but one.
We're currently developing my short dark comedy Ambition into a feature. It was shortlisted for the Eastern Edge Film Fund (part of Film London’s London Calling) and was a finalist in screenwriting film festivals in Austin and Kansas, it was also officially selected for Cannes Latitude Film Festival. Most recently ambition was shortlisted for Film The House competition and she attended the awards ceremony at the House of Commons.
I have been writing and performing comedy since 2014, starting with short film Liz & Richard (which I also co-directed and produced and subsequently discovered it’s a good idea to have a TEAM rather than try to do everything yourself!)
Recently I have been working on characters in webseries: Namaste with Clementine Day (& friends) which is featured on the British Comedy Guide. And I play Bex in Over It which I co-wrote with Gabriella Parsons, directed by Ita FitzGerald. The pilot can be found on Amazon Prime.
Other comedy acting (but not writing) credits include In Flight (short film on Amazon Prime), School Gates (digital series) and The Morning After Etiquette (short, selected for BAFTA Cymru recognised: Carmarthen Bay Film Festival).
Other writing credits include: (short) Liz & Richard; (comedy pilot) Over It (which is also currently playing on Amazon Prime) and (short) Ambition.
Other directing credits include two short films: Liz & Richard and Do You Care as well as various sketches and guest episodes of the successful web series Sorry, Not Interested by Sam Plommer.
E-learning
See which ScreenSkills e-learning Jess Collett has completed to improve their skills and knowledge.
Experience
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Director
Company Director of The Creative Lions. Baba (short): director, co-writer, co-producer Sweet Lies (MV): director, co-producer Good China (short): director, co-producer Anonymous: co-producer, 1st AD
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Freelance Actress/VO Artist
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Freelance Producer
Watching (short), production assistant Dead Cat (feature), assistant producer
Education and training
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Coronavirus basic awareness on production training
ScreenSkills Funded
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BA (Hons) American Theatre Arts