Jessica Szohr, who played Gossip Girl‘s Vanessa Abrams, has been part of The Orville since 2019. She previously worked on Somebody Help Me, Complications, Kingdom, Shameless, The Brightest Star and Two Night Stand, among others.
Two years after going Instagram official with former NHL player Brad Richardson in 2019, the pair welcomed their first child, Bowie Ella, on January 11, 2021. They announced their engagement in May 2022 before they officially exchanged vows at the Pine Canyon in Flagstaff, Ariz., in August 2024.
In 2022, Szohr launched the Gossip Girl rewatch podcast, “XOXO With Jessica Szohr.”