Jessica Ann Rothenberg (born May 28, 1987), better known as Jessica Rothe (/rɒθ/), is an American actress. She is best known for her role in the MTV comedy series Mary + Jane (2016) and for her lead role as Tree Gelbman in the comedy slasher film Happy Death Day (2017) and its 2019 sequel. She has also appeared in the films La La Land (2016), Forever My Girl (2018) and Valley Girl (2020). In 2020, Rothe began appearing in the Prime Video science fiction drama series Utopia. Rothe was born in Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Susan and Steve Rothenberg. Rothe's father is Jewish. Her grandmother, Colleen Rothenberg, was a theatre actress who belonged to the Congregation Shomrei Torah synagogue in Santa Rosa, California. In February 2019, Rothe announced that she was engaged to actor Eric Flem. Rothe took ballet classes when she was age 8. As a youth she attended summer theater camps in Kansas City. Rothe graduated from Boston University in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts, and during that time she learned to play the violin, tap dance, and make pottery.
