Jes Davis is from the Bay Area, California. Her love of performing came at an early age, though she didn't pursue acting with a serious passion until she was in high school. While in school, she attended theatre courses and auditioned for the schools productions. She has been cast in original theatre pieces as well as the classic 'Romeo+Juliet.' In addition to her theatre work, she is also active in pursuing independent, short and feature film roles. Her first starring role came at age 19 in a film called, 'The Virgin of The Candles'(2009). From there she went on to film such projects as, 'Jefftown,(2017)' 'Taste (2016)' and most recently 'Léa' (2017.) She is working on "The Gridlock Theory" a film where she plays a criminally insane assassin. She also filmed seasons 2-5 of Orange is the New Black, as one of the inmates.