Jessica Steinrock Explained

Jessica Steinrock is an American intimacy coordinator.

Education

Steinrock earned a bachelor's degree in advertising from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, graduating in 2014.[1] [2] She went on to receive a master’s degree in theater at the school, graduating in 2017.[3] Her focus was on consent in improvisational theater.[4] [5] She also completed a PhD from the University of Illinois, graduating in 2020.

Career

Steinrock's interest in intimacy coordination came from her background in improv comedy, where she was sometimes touched or talked about in ways she found uncomfortable. Her first work as an intimacy coordinator was for an orgy scene in the TNT show Claws.

Steinrock is the chief executive of Intimacy Directors and Coordinators, which was founded in 2019.[6] [7] The organization is "the leading training and accreditation organization in the field," according to The New York Times. In this role, Steinrock participated in a working group for the Screen Actors Guild to update the group's safety standards for intimate scenes.

Steinrock's work in television has included TNT's Animal Kingdom,[8] Netflix’s Never Have I Ever, Hulu's Little Fires Everywhere, HBO's ,[9] and Showtime's Yellowjackets. She also worked on the set of 2021 film Moxie.

Steinrock is on SAG-AFTRA's intimacy coordinator registry.[10]

Online presence

In April 2022, Steinrock started a TikTok account. Her content includes education about her job, including answering questions and showing modesty garments, and breakdowns of sexual scenes in popular television shows and films. By August 2022, she had accumulated 400,000 followers and 9.2 million likes; by 2023, this had increased to 40 million likes.

Personal life

Steinrock is based in Chicago. She met her husband, Zev, a fight director and an associate theater professor at the University of Illinois, through her work as an intimacy coordinator.

References

  1. Web site: Burton . Jamie . 2022-08-08 . Intimacy Coordinators a 'Must' for Film and TV Sex Scenes, Says TikTok Star . 2023-11-20 . Newsweek . en.
  2. Web site: 2021-02-15 . Choreographing an Illusion . 2023-11-20 . University of Illinois . en-US.
  3. News: Harlan . Jennifer . 2023-03-02 . When Clothes Fly Off, This Intimacy Coordinator Steps In . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-11-19 . 0362-4331.
  4. Web site: Chubb . Hannah . 2023-05-25 . Ever Wondered What It's Like Coordinating On-Screen Sex Scenes? We Asked a Pro. . 2023-11-20 . Cosmopolitan . en-US.
  5. Web site: Seda . Mariana . » Lights, Camera, Consent: How Alumna Jessica Steinrock is Rewriting the Rules for Intimacy Onscreen and Onstage . 2023-11-20 . University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Fine & Applied Arts . en-US.
  6. News: Serjeant . Jill . 2019-10-16 . Wanted: Intimacy coordinators. Hollywood's fastest growing job . en-GB . Reuters . 2023-11-20.
  7. Web site: Brown . Jeffrey . Davenport . Anne Azzi . Thoet . Alison . 2023-06-07 . How intimacy coordinators ensure safety on theater and film sets . 2023-11-20 . PBS NewsHour . en-us.
  8. Web site: Mather . Katie . 2022-12-06 . Intimacy coordinator shares how she helps actors look naked on TV: 'A unique career' . 2023-11-20 . Yahoo News . en-US.
  9. Web site: Cohen . Jessica . 2022-08-12 . Intimacy Coordinators Are Essential on TV and Film Sets, and This TikToker's One of Them . 2023-11-20 . NowThis News . en.
  10. Web site: Intimacy Coordinator Registry & Pre-Registry Lists . 2023-11-20 . www.sagaftra.org.

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