Jessica Sarah Flaum (June 12, 1998) is an American actress. She portrayed a younger version of Laura Dern in Jennifer Fox's The Tale (2016). She also played the lead in Strictly Liminal (2014), a short film featured in Court Metrage at the Cannes Film Festival.Early Life:Flaum was born in Ann Arbor Michigan to Morris Flaum, a physician and Debra Flaum an accountant. She has two older step-siblings and 2 nieces and 1 nephew.She moved to Houston in 2000 and then to Belvedere California in 2002. She attended public school in Tiburon from kindergarten through middle school. She will graduate from Redwood High School in spring of 2016.Career:Flaum started her acting career in school plays and short films in the Bay Area. Her 2014 short film, Strictly Liminal was accepted at the Short Film Corner of the Cannes Film Festival. In 2015, Flaum was cast in the independent feature film, The Tale, as a young Jenny played as an adult by Laura Dern in the movie.