Violett Beane

Violett Beane (born May 18, 1996) is an American film and television actress, best known for her role as Jesse Chambers Wells / Jesse Quick in The CW's The Flash.[1] Early life Beane was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. At ten years old, she moved to Austin, Texas, where she grew up and which she continues to call home. After moving to Austin, Beane fell in love with performing and took theatre all throughout middle and high school. Though Beane always felt like she was meant to perform in some way, it was not until her senior year of high school that she turned her focus towards pursuing acting professionally.[2] Career In 2015, Beane landed a recurring role in season 2 of HBO series, The Leftovers. Beane played Taylor Truitt, a local girl in Jarden, Texas, who went missing along with two other girls. Following The Leftovers, Beane was cast in The CW's hit superhero drama The Flash as Jesse Chambers Wells (nicknamed "Jesse Quick"), the daughter of Earth-2 Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh).[3] Jesse is a bright college student who gets caught in the battle between The Flash (Barry Allen) and Zoom.[4] In the Flash comics, Jesse Quick is a speedster who becomes the partner of Wally West (currently played on The Flash by Keiynan Lonsdale). Beane returned as Jesse in season 3 of the show.[5] Beane is set to recur in the Fox medical drama series The Resident as Lily, a cancer patient under the care of Dr. Conrad Hawkins (Matt Czuchry) and Dr. Devon Pravesh (Manish Dayal). Abandoned by her fiancé and far from home, Lily inspires the hospital staff to be protective and emotionally involved in her outcome. The course of her treatment by famous oncologist, Dr. Lane Hunter (Melina Kanakaredes) is a crucial key to the thriller arc of the season.[6] On May 24, 2017, Beane was cast as Markie Cameron in the Blumhouse supernatural thriller film Truth or Dare.[7] The film was released in theaters on April 13, 2018.[8] Beane's film credits include the indie horror film Flay, Slash, and the documentary Tower, which focuses on the University of Texas at Austin shooting in 1966, which was the first mass school shooting in the United States. In Tower, Beane portrays Claire Wilson, who was eight months pregnant during the shooting and lost her unborn baby and boyfriend that day. Tower is executive produced by Luke Wilson and Meredith Vieira.