Jessica Carlson (born 1993) is an American actress from New York City, known for her role as Rebecca the monkey girl in the Universal's .
Besides Cirque du Freak, Carlson has been in "Wonder of the World" and Blue Dress, The Life Before Her Eyes, Goyta, the Law & Order episode "Angelgrove", and The Big C episode "Blue-Eyed Iris". She played Laurie in an equity production of Brighton Beach Memoirs at the Emelin theater in Larchmont. Carlson also played Liesel Meminger in a "movie trailer" for the novel The Book Thief at the Teen Book Video Awards.[1]
For her role in Cirque du Freak, Carlson won Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film at the 2010 Young Artist Awards.
She attended Wesleyan University and The New School.