Jessica Ambuehl
Acting
Biography
Jessica Ambuehl is a Midwest born and raised award-winning performer with decades of experience on both sides of the camera. Her resume boasts over 250 acting projects from commercials, TV, and films to industrials, voice overs, and modeling with the assistance of agents in multiple markets across the nation. Her recent performance as a grieving mother in the short film "Dolly" has received special accolades in multiple local and international festivals. And, her versatility shines through her various roles such as a news reporter in the feature "Becoming" with Toby Kebbell, as a self-medicated divorcee and mother in "Greg's Going to Rehab" with Jim Beaver, as a station producer with Mykelti Williamson in "Get Ross Clay," as an off-her-rocker protective mother in "Spanks" with David Faustino, as the Goddess Isis in the family feature "Shakespeare's Mummy," as a spunky southern woman in "The Baker Brothers," as a triangle-scheming beauty consultant in "The Racket," as a faith-based store owner in the TV show "Solomon's Porch," and as Susan Carver in her supporting role in "The Peanut Man." Jessica's work spans across other storytelling platforms from being the spokesperson of Commerce Bank to the automated voice of T-Mobile calls to doing satire news for The Onion with over half-a-million views to representing national brands on screen/in print for Splenda, ACE Hardware, Goodwill, United Airlines, Rigid, Marriott, Energizer, ZIWI, Klogs, and Right Guard to name a few. She is a large supporter of her local media industry and serves on several boards, including Film in MO, Continuity, and St. Louis Filmworks. She teaches The Business Side of Acting workshops, mentors acting students for Reflect the Dream Acting School in L.A., and produces and speaks at production workshops across the state of Missouri. Jessica has over 100 productions working behind the camera under her belt, representing companies and nonprofits such as NBC Universal, Hayden5, GQ, Amazon, HGTV, and Turner Entertainment across multiple countries. She earned a Master's Degree in Public Relations and Marketing in 2002 and incorporated her earlier-developed skills as an event producer and graphic designer into her work in the film/TV industry in producing, directing, casting, location scouting/managing, second assistant directing, catering, and wardrobe styling. But, one of her favorite story forms and passions for over fifteen years is providing pro bono photojournalism for nonprofits around the world (mostly in developing nations) through her company Under The Tree Designs . . . giving her the honor of capturing life through her lens in developing nations. Jessica uses imagery to connect the world through human experiences by evoking emotions in the audience to desire to learn more, value differences, discover beauty in brokenness, and expose them to a world they didn't know existed but can no longer deny.
Known For
When teen magician Max crosses paths with the sinister Jester on Halloween night, she must outsmart a supernatural killer whose magic is all too real and whose tricks always end up in blood.
The Jester 2
Photographers Brooke Konrad and Tanner Behlman travel to rural, abandoned buildings to capture the inherent beauty of long-forgotten locations, but far from forgotten are the traumatic memories that surface in Brooke when they meet The Man Upstairs, an unsuspecting squatter. As tensions and uncertainties arise, Brooke must determine if this mysterious stranger will provide her the closure she so desperately seeks or let the fears of the past consume her.
Black Mold
The incredible true story of Ernst Cahn, a beloved Jewish ice cream parlor owner who in 1941 was targeted, arrested, and tortured by the infamous "Butcher of Lyon" Klaus Barbie. The choices Cahn made sparked a series of events that led to over 300,000 Dutch citizens going on strike and shutting down Amsterdam for three days, in what became the largest anti-Nazi protest in history.
The Ice Cream Man
An anthology film and friendship tale that takes place in St. Louis in the late 1980s during the height of the AIDS crisis. The story follows a man who has just found out one of his friends is HIV positive — a death sentence that, back then, usually meant the person had about twelve months to live. The main character goes on a game show in order to raise money for a car to drive his friend to Mexico where he can receive a popular, but later proven ineffective, treatment for the virus.
Million Dollar Razzle Dazzle
Trapped in Freedom, Wisconsin, a death-obsessed young woman reexamines her small-town life when she meets a writer from the big city.
Freedom, Wisconsin
A backwoods team of Missouri kids race to solve a 100 year old mystery and save their friends in this family friendly action adventure. Chased deep into ancient caves they must escape treasure hunters hot on their trail or be lost forever.
Lost Treasure of Jesse James
After a mummy hand appears in a frat party pizza, four kids must chase it down, escape the mob and an ancient sect but most of all learn to forgive each other if they're going to stop an Egyptian zombie apocalypse . . . then deliver pizza.
Shakespeare's Mummy
A young musician struggles to keep his life and band together as he comes to grips with the inevitable loss of his lifelong friend and mentor.
Green Frog Cafe
A female attorney who works at a family law firm, and is also a ballroom dancer, is handed a case where a happily married Christian couple is all of a sudden getting a divorce. The husband doesn't want his wife to leave and his family to split up, and he doesn't know why she is leaving as she won't give him a reason. The attorney tries to figure out what is happening and why, with the end goal of hoping to save the marriage. This movie has a message for a married man, a married woman, and a single person regardless if your age is 20 or 60. It also shares the gospel and has a message on the power of Christ! The movie also presents an analogy of how ballroom dance is a picture of marriage.
Take Time to Dance
Ella (Jackie Manker) returns to her mom's summer cottage in Centralia, Illinois and connects with a younger jazz musician Tyler (Cody Heuer) at her stepfather's wake. On a date, she runs into an ex-boyfriend (played by baseball great Adam Wainwright). To round out the love triangle, her mother Naomi (Sandy Sparks) has another man in mind -- age-appropriate Dr. Gordon (Bill Finkbiner).
The Older Woman and the Younger Man
A woman finds her peaceful home invaded when hitmen pursue a mysterious visitor and missing diamonds.
Deadly Visitor
Alan and Eddy Baker are always getting into some kind of trouble. On a hot summer morning in rural Alabama, they decide to take it to the next level; armed robbery. The only problem is they have absolutely no idea what they're doing.
The Baker Brothers
Following the sudden death of his best friend, Sammy must take his last words to heart and endure the pain along the way to discover more about his friend than even he knew himself.