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Kennedy in 2011, s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
Place of Birth: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Date of Birth: October 3, 1984
Ethnicity: * father – African-Canadian * mother – Ashkenazi Jewish
Jessica Parker Kennedy is a Canadian actress. Her roles include the series Kaya , Smallville , Soul , Valemont , The Troop , The Secret Circle , 90210 , Black Sails , I Love Bekka & Lucy , Colony , Tales , The Flash , and The Old Man ; the films 50/50 , In Time , The Perfect Guy , Gemini (2017), Cam (2018), Deep Murder , Business Ethics , See for Me , and Good Bad Things ; and the made-for-tv movies Santa Baby , and its sequel, Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe ; Another Cinderella Story , Desperate Hours: An Amber Alert , Collision Earth , Behemoth , Nearlyweds , and Under the Christmas Sky .
Jessica was born to a black father and a white, Ashkenazi Jewish mother. She was raised Jewish. Jessica is married to Israeli-American actor, environmental activist, and musician Ronen Rubinstein , with whom she has a son.
On her Jewish wedding ceremony, Jessica has stated :
I was raised with religious beliefs and Ronen, who was born in Israel, wasn’t but his Jewish DNA is much higher than mine so culturally it was super important to us. Our rabbi was also my rabbi when I was a teenager. I always said: ‘One day when I get married, I hope Rabbi Howard will be my rabbi.’ He lives in America now so I called him and asked him.
I was raised with religious beliefs and Ronen, who was born in Israel, wasn’t but his Jewish DNA is much higher than mine so culturally it was super important to us. Our rabbi was also my rabbi when I was a teenager. I always said: ‘One day when I get married, I hope Rabbi Howard will be my rabbi.’ He lives in America now so I called him and asked him.
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