Jessi Cruickshank

Jessi Cruickshank
Jessi Cruickshank
	Cruickshank at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Jessica Shaia Cruickshank; July 17, 1982 (age 41); Calgary, Alberta
Occupation	Television personality
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Evan Gatica (m. 2014)

Jessica Shaia "Jessi" Cruickshank (born July 17, 1982) is a

Dan Levy. She also hosted Canada's Smartest Person and The Goods on CBC

.

Early life

Cruickshank was born in

Vancouver, British Columbia. Her mother is Joyce Resin who once hosted a CBC show called Alive: The Picture of Health. She has an older sister named Amanda Grace, who works as a reporter and anchor for KING-TV in Seattle. Cruickshank was part of a school's all-male improv comedy group alongside actor Seth Rogen right before becoming a television personality, putting her comedic skills in use while reporting or interviewing celebrities. She also graduated from University of Toronto with a degree in English and Drama

.

Career

Cruickshank's first acting role was in a Christmas commercial for

YTV

for a show called Weird On Wheels along with Mackay Taggart.

Days on MTV

Previously, Cruickshank was one of the original seven co-hosts of

MTV Live, which was then hosted by fellow MTV hosts Daryn Jones, Nicole Holness

and Paul "The Intern" Lemieux until its cancellation in 2012.

Interviews with celebrities

Cruickshank has interviewed an array of high-profile people from the pop culture spectrum including the cast of The Hills, The City and the movie Twilight, along with Adam Lambert, Taylor Lautner, Backstreet Boys, Ryan Reynolds, Bill Gates, Zac Efron, Jamie Foxx, Whitney Port, Lauren Conrad and Bradley Cooper.

Other work

Cruickshank is now living in

MuchMusic in Canada.She was a co host on the CBC show The Goods. She also hosted the reunion special of the reality TV show Jerseylicious

.

Philanthropy

She is still actively involved with the organization

Free The Children

events. Cruickshank is also a public speaker, where she can regularly be found all across the country speaking on her experiences, while inspiring others to be the best versions of themselves.

Filmography

Cruickshank played Kristin in

MuchMusic on July 16, 2010, and in the United States on TeenNick. She was also in the direct-to-video

movie Virtuality that came out in 2010.

See also

The After Show

Canada's Smartest Person http://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/hosts/

References

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