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Jess McLeod

Jess McLeod

Actor · Born January 25, 1997 (29) · Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Jess McLeod (born 25 January 1997) is a Canadian actor and writer who played Janae Mathews on the teen television drama One of Us Is Lying and Bernie Simon in the 2023 slasher film It's a Wonderful Knife. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jess McLeod, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 25, 1997 (29)
From
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Works as
Actor
Titles
27 on MovieCove · 42 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 15% in 30 days

What are Jess McLeod's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 17th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 30th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
32%
Bonds
29%
Survival
19%
Morality
14%
Power
5%
Society
2%
Family bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 7 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 4 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 6 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 5 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.

Ally
2 of 3
Hero
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Melancholic
5
Absurd
3
Hopeful
3
Thrilling
3
Other
10

How their films linger

Unsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jess McLeod's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 22 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jess McLeod's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

42 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma(2026)

    as Tracy

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Our Effed Up World(2026)

    as Finn

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Normal(2025)

    as Alex

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Akashi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Shelby

  • She's Nonbinary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer · as Max

  • DTF? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Writer

  • Inside You There Are Two Wolves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director · Writer

  • Sight Unseen(2024)

    Show 1 episode · as Jewel Corson

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • It's a Wonderful Knife(2023)

    as Bernie Simon

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Irrational(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Olivia Ellison

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Magic Trick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • Alert(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Annie Werble

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • A Little Vacation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Executive Producer · Writer · as Jess

  • The Unforgivable(2021)

    as Hannah Whelan

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Invasion(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Sabine

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • One of Us Is Lying(2021)

    Show 16 episodes · as Janae Matthews

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Debris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · as Kathleen

  • The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother's Hunt for Justice(2021)

    as Sara Gilbert

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Andie the Great(2021)

    as Penny

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Shall We Play?(2020)

    as Jess

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • All-in Madonna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Actor

  • Everything's Great! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Charlie

  • Let's Not Talk About It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Ophelia Farclas

  • Boundaries(2018)

    as True

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • The Hollow Child(2017)

    as Samantha

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Hollow in the Land(2017)

    as Freya

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Everfall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Eva Saint

  • Death Note(2017)

    as Teenage Girl

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Haters Back Off!(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Chrissy

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • Van Helsing(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Shelley

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • Zoo(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Maddie

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • The Christmas Consultant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Anna Fletcher

  • Stonados(2013)

    as Megan

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Eve of Destruction(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · as Ruby Dameron

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • Margraue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Student

  • R.L. Stine's the Haunting Hour(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Bonnie · as Erica

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Christmas in Canaan(2009)

    as Young Sarah

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Mr. Troop Mom(2008)

    as Paulina

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Storm in the Heartland(2009)

    as Young Liz

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Scary Movie 4(2006)

    as Little Girl

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Fetching Cody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Rose

  • She's Nonbinary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

Career shape

Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 42 titles, 41 of them dated from 2005 to 2026; peak year 2017.

Biggest box office

Normal (2025)

$6.1M worldwide

Highest rated

Normal (2025)

Midcredits 56th

Film career

20052026

Peak 2017 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting39 of 42: 37 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score29thDirecting4 of 42: 0 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting5 of 42: 0 only writing, 5 with another roleProducing2 of 42: 0 only producing, 2 with another roleEditing1 of 42: 0 only editing, 1 with another role

42 titles, 5 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

2000s5 · acting2010s15 · acting2020s21 · 19 acting · 4 crew

Billing

usually 9th · top billed in 8% of 12 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Jess McLeod's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 19th percentile, the median of all 17; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 29th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

29thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

17thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 27 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th13

Shape of the crowd

20 of their 27 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed20

Most divisive · actor

Andie the Great (2021)

82nd percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Unforgivable (2021)

Midcredits 83rd · 77% liked

Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 35. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jess McLeod's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 78 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 28 · mildMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 70 · intenseMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 50 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 53 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Jess McLeod work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jess McLeod's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Katharine Isabelle shares the most, 3.

Actors