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Jessica Wallenfels (sometimes credited as Jessica Wallenfells) is an American choreographer, movement director, artistic director, educator, and former actress. She is artistic director of Many Hats Collaboration, a non-profit organization in Portland, Oregon[1].
As an actress, she was best known for working with David Lynch, playing Harriet Hayward in Twin Peaks (1990), appearing in the acclaimed Pilot Episode and Episode 8, the second season premiere, both feature-length episodes two of only a handful directed by Lynch himself. She also appeared in the movies Dogfight(1991), Born to Love You(1999), and String Theory(2004).
In 2010, she staged a production in Portland, Oregon of a rock opera/story ballet of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks called "Find me Beside You".[2]
As a movement director, she worked on Charles Grant's Matter(2020), a theatre piece and short video inspired by Black Lives Matter, at the Portland Playhouse.[3][4]
