Jessica D. Stone

Jessica D. Stone is an American actress whose roles include Young Brenda Chenowith in the acclaimed HBO series, '' Six Feet Under'', created by Alan Ball,Urquhart, Jeremy (18 February 2024)
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on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2025. for portraying an alien child, Narra in a guest role in ''Star Trek: Enterprise'',Epsicokhan, Jamahl (24 April 2002). "Star Trek Enterprise: 'Detained' (Review)". ''Jamahl Epsicokhan Reviews''. Retrieved 25 April 2025. and for voicing the titular character, Stanley Griff in the 2001 Playhouse Disney animated series, ''Stanley''."Jessica D. Stone (visual voices guide)"
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''Anime News Network''. Retrieved 25 April 2025."Stanley—Educational".
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'. 49. Indiana University, Triangle Publications: 150. 2001 0 February 2010 She has worked extensively in anime and video games, namely '' Hellsing Ultimate'', providing the voice of Young Walter C. Dornez,Chapman, Jacob (31 October 2014)
"Hellsing Ultimate: Blu-Ray 9-10 - Set 3 (Review)"
''Anime News Network''. Retrieved 23 April 2025. an OVA which was awarded Best Vocal Ensemble by the Behind the Voice Actors (BTVA) Awards in 2012,"BTVA Anime Dub Awards 2012"
''Behind the Voice Actors''. Retrieved 13 April 2025. as well as Makoto in the Capcom ''Street Fighter'' franchise.

Her work has been further seen in Los Angeles repertory theatre. In 2008, she starred as Clarisse McClellan in Ray Bradbury's Pandemonium Theatre Company production of ''Fahrenheit 451'', directed by Alan Neal Hubbs and performed at the Fremont Centre Theatre.Stoudt, Charlotte; Nichols, David C. (4 July 2008)
" 'Fahrenheit 451' burns in flashes"
''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved 25 April 2025. In 2012, she portrayed Penny Pingleton in the period musical ''Hairspray'' at the High Street Arts Center in Moorpark,Ginell, Cary (13 January 2012)
"Play review 'Hairspray' dances through area: A comparison of dueling productions"
''Moorpark Acorn''. Retrieved 25 April 2025. for which she won Outstanding Featured Performance by the Annual Four Star Theater Alliance Awards in January 2013.High Street's 'Hairspray' captures 11 honors"
''Moorpark Acorn''. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2025. She was cast as Honey, a major supporting character in the play, ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' in the Ojai Art Center 2015 production,Zahringer, Sami (6 February 2015)
"Total War: An insightful, glowing review of Ojai ACT's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' "
''Ojai Valley News''. Retrieved 23 April 2025. where she won her second Four Star Theater Alliance award for Outstanding Featured Performance in January 2016.
''VC Reporter''. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2025. She continues to work in animation and splits her time as an acting coach at the Vibe Performing Arts School, teaching acting, voice over, and musical theatre.

Early life

Born to Suzy Illson and Bill Stone in Valencia, California, (later relocating to Santa Clarita and Agua Dulce)"News Release: Lilly Announces LillyforLife(TM) Achievement Award Winners"
''Lilly.com'' / ''COMTEX News Network'' / ''PR Newswire''. 12 September 2006. Retrieved 25 April 2025.Stone, Jessica D. "About Jessica (Nobody normal ever made history)." ''Jessica D. Stone (Official Blog)''. Retrieved 25 April 2025. as a young child at 9 years old, she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, participating in the American Walk for Diabetes in Santa Clarita, California at 13 (even "when we're ''against'' it ot for it" she said of the irony in an interview with ''The Signal''),Lowrey, Brandon (22 September 2003)
"Taking it Step by Step: Hundreds of walkers come out for diabetes fundraiser; young diabetics stay strong despite harsh realities of disease"
'' The Signal'': 1, 3. volunteering her time at diabetes camps during the summer, programs which were established to help teens build peer groups and manage their symptoms through educational resources. "I spent three days in the hospital t one point" she recalled, "and I learned how to give myself shots. Then I went back to a normal life. Well, kind of."

On 6 September 2006 at an Indianapolis awards banquet held by Eli Lilly and Company, she was rewarded a LillyforLife Achievement Award in the Young Champion category for her contributions to the diabetic community. Although she had appeared in commercial work for television as a toddler as her older brother had been a working child actor at the time, Stone first expressed her interest in professional acting when she was about four when her brother announced to his family that he was retiring from the business."VIBE Student Spotlight (Jessica Stone)"
''Santa Clarita Magazine''. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2025. She received musical training at the Vibe Performing Arts School in Santa Clarita, juggled work on sets with schoolwork, and was home schooled for most of her high school education.'' R.O.D the TV: Vol. 6'' (USA). Audio commentary by Taliesin Jaffe, Jessica (J.D.) Stone, Megan Taylor Harvey and Rachel Hirschfeld, Studio ORPHEE / Aniplex Inc. / Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc., 2005. In the summertime, she honed her skills at teen drama camps in Santa Clarita and North Hollywood, particularly the Canyon Theatre Guild S.T.A.R.S. workshopsClark, Margie Anne (18 July 2003)
"Teens explore what dreams may come in Bard's comedy (A Midsummer Night's Dream)"
'' The Signal'': 15. and the Showdown Theatre Academy/Showdown Stage Company's Theatre Camps taught by Cindy Marcus and Flip Kobler, where they staged a number of original productions, notably ''Nottingham: A Totally Teen Musical'', premiering at the Repertory East Playhouse in August 2005 and re-opening at The Hub Theatre in Noho in 2007,Buttelman, Michele E. (14 August 2005)
"Last Chance for 'Nottingham'
'' The Signal'': 2Buttelman, Michele E. (9 July 2007)
"SCV Trio Has a Passion for Playwriting"
''The Santa Clarita Valley Signal''. Retrieved 29 April 2025. and ''Brother's Grimm Out of Order'', also at the Repertory East Playhouse in December 2005.Buttelman, Michele E. (4 December 2005)
"SCV Principals on Stage"
'' The Signal'': 2. She graduated from College of the Canyons in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Arts and Performing Arts.Stone, Jessica D
"Jessica D. Stone: Backstage Profile"
''Backstage''. Retrieved 23 April 2025.

Career

1999–2003: Theatre, indie films and television

Stone made her debut as a lead in fringe and repertory theatre in Christopher Sergel's dramatic adaptation of the Harper Lee classic of racial tensions set in the backdrop of 1930s Alabama, ''To Kill a Mockingbird'', playing Scout Finch with Leslie Marshall portraying her adult version. The play was directed by Roxanne Barker, presented by the National American Shakespeare Company and staged at the Knightsbridge Theatre in Pasadena, California during the 2000-2001 fall season. "Both tone and Marshallare adequate actors," noted critic Dany Margolies in a scathing review for ''Backstage'', "but it becomes apparent within a few moments that they, and nearly everyone onstage, has been asked to 'indicate' all thoughts and feelings and activities to the audience" opposed to conveying emotions, panning the direction for poor decisions. "Barker could trust her actors and her audience more in the acting department," he concluded.Margolies, Dany (21 February 2001)
"To Kill a Mockingbird (Review)"
''Backstage''. Archived on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2025.

As for screen credits, while she had a guest appearance on ''Knots Landing: Back to the Culd-de-Sac'' as Molly Whittaker in 1997, a supporting part as Alicia Geiger (the adopted daughter of Dr. Jeffrey Geiger played by Mandy Patinkin), diagnosed with a fatal heart murmur in the final season of ''Chicago Hope'' on CBS in 1999; and was featured as Chrissy, Ruthie Camden (Mackenzie Rosman)'s school friend who plagiarizes her story for a class competition in Season 4, Episode 20: "Liar, Liar" in 2000,"Episode 20: Liar, Liar." Credits. ''7th Heaven''. Directed by Paul Snider, Spelling Television / CBS Paramount Network Television / The WB, 2000. one of her first major acting gigs was when she was 11, in a recurring role as Young Brenda Chenowith (the adult version portrayed by Rachel Griffiths) in '' Six Feet Under''. Stone marked her debut (her hair dyed brown) in Episode 5 of Season 1, written by Alan Ball and directed by Kathy Bates, which aired on 1 July 2001 on the HBO network."Episode 5: An Open Book." Credits. ''Six Feet Under''. Directed by Kathy Bates, The Greenblatt / Janollari Studio / HBO Entertainment, 2001. She would go on to appear in Episode 6, scripted by Christian Taylor and directed by Rodrigo Garcia, and reprised her role in Season 2, Episode 11, written by Rick Cleveland and directed by Miguel Arteta, which aired on 12 May 2002."Episode 11: The Liar and the Whore." Credits. ''Six Feet Under''. Directed by Miguel Arteta, The Greenblatt / Janollari Studio / HBO Entertainment, 2002. As a troubled woman, the show delves into glimpses of Brenda's past and how she was mistreated by her parents in childhood, who were "successful analysts," yet sexually open with their children.

In Season 1, Episode 6: "The Room", as it is revealed through a flashback set in the mid to late seventies, Brenda was an exceptionally intelligent girl with "brilliant" yet "unusual verbal skills" which she demonstrated through her elementary school poems. "The prince was so handsome," she wrote in one work, "he was like a prison girls had to escape from. Many tried. And none succeeded." Because of her oddity and her moods which were considered "uncontrollable," she made visits to the psychologist, Gareth Feinberg. There, he would meet with Brenda at the psychology department of San Francisco State University roughly twice a week, eventually turning her into a subject of interest to advance his career, conducting "extensive" sessions on the girl, which he later used as a source for a book, ''Charlotte Light and Dark'', an instant bestseller, yet a reminder of trauma under patriarchy for the adult Brenda."Episode 6: The Room." ''Six Feet Under''. Directed by Rodrigo Garcia, The Greenblatt / Janollari Studio / HBO Entertainment, 2001.

In his book, Dr. Feinberg (using the alias "Charlotte" for Brenda) observed that at age 7, she had already been reading Thomas Hardy and Ayn Rand, namely ''Atlas Shrugged'', a novel Brenda said was "kinda pointless for such a big fat book." She displayed an obsessive habit of mirroring the doctor's physical movements during some sessions, and he even found her once occupying his desk with his pipe in her mouth, reading his old files when he worked at Hempstead Hospital, a psychiatric institution. Brenda expressed interest in being admitted there, telling Dr. Feinberg she was well aware of what kind of hospital it was. "It would be like summer camp," and after taunting the doctor, she attempted to vomit by gagging on his pipe, to which he picked her up and moved her to the sofa. "If you ever touch me again, my brother's gonna eat your weiner ic" she was quoted. Dr. Feinberg believed these occurrences were "typical" of Brenda. In time, he allowed her to be admitted to Hempstead where she made friends with a disturbed boy who self-harmed and experienced suicide ideation, "Stephen." Dr. Feinberg would come to regret allowing the relationship to take place for the children refused their group therapy sessions and spent "virtually all their free time together," engaging in a game with literary references to masturbation; this "potentially healthy friendship," according to Dr. Feinberg's book, "was rapidly becoming an obsession." When he told Brenda he wished to move her from Ward E to Ward C in order to separate the children, she responded by "barking like a mad dog," bruising her hands by banging them on the desk.

Upon learning that Stephen was relocated to another hospital, Brenda's mental state took a turn for the worse. Dr. Feinberg arrived at the conclusion that Brenda was unusually dependent on her younger brother, "Adam" (his real name: Billy), which she "transferred ..to Stephen" in a dual performance of unusual "psychological drama." Thus, Brenda "became divergent ..without tephento play his part." She filled both roles in his absence, pushing Dr. Feinberg in manipulative games. "I'd never dealt with a psyche," wrote Feinberg, "as stubborn and resistant as Charlotte's." Years later, Brenda experiences vivid illusions when under significant stress, writing a revealing novel as she learns of her fiancé, Nate's fatal diagnosis with a brain disorder, arteriovenous malformation and deals with her brother, Billy's psychiatric institutionalization.

The same year, Stone appeared in a lead role as Dustine "Dusty" Murphy, a precociously snarky, neglected 7-year-old living with her stepmother in a rundown trailer park, in the indie LGBT black comedy, ''Play Dead'', written and directed by Jeff Jenkins. Dustine shares an odd yet close relationship with her gay teenage babysitter, Dale (played by Nathan Bexton) who she is aware is openly homosexual, yet identifies him incorrectly as a lesbian (unable to distinguish the difference due to her age). While tasked with supervising her, Dale (along with Dustine) are roped into the chaos of a vehicle accident (an explosion caused by a tossed cigarette), perpetuated by none other than Violet (Diva Zappa), Dale's lesbian friend, which results in the death of Raymond (Jason Hall), a young straight man and captain of his high school's wrestling team who Dale is strongly attracted to. Partly persuaded by Dustine's blunt sass, Violet convinces Dale and Dustine to help her dispose of the corpse, the consequences of which are disastrous and darkly humorous.

The film enjoyed its festival circuit throughout the year, being submitted in January for competition at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah (reportedly, Stone promoted the film by attending every showing), was screened at the New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival in May,"Play Dead (2001)"
'' TCM''. Retrieved 25 April 2025. as well as Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival in July 2002, shown at the Music Box which Stone attended. The film was originally shot in 1998 to 1999 when she was 8-years-old after a failed audition for ''Spy Kids'' where she was told she was too small for what the filmmakers were looking for, as she revealed in an interview with the ''Chicago Sun-Times''. When asked about her opinion of the film, she was quoted: "Whatever you do, don't go out at night to find a dead body."Stamets, Bill (26 July 2002)
"Gay/lesbian film fest 'Reeling' with diversity"
''Chicago Sun-Times'': 32. Retrieved 10 May 2025 – via NewsBank. Reviews were generally unfavorable. Writing for ''Film Threat'', Mariko McDonald was mixed. "There are extremely funny moments," she wrote, "and some great performances (Nathan Bexton is worth watching along with Sheri Rose ic but Jessica Stone steals the screen as the morbidly sweet Dustine)," noting that only the first half held her interest. In a negative review, Scott Foundas of ''Variety'' said the film was a "mercifully short pic hichmakes decent use of a generally strong, game cast but ultimately fails to sustain its own momentum or to overcome the essential unsavoriness icof its primary comic device." Ted Shen of ''Chicago Reader'' called the film "tasteless lunacy," summing up his thoughts with: "The film's only saving graces are Bexton as the earnest loser and Stone as the testy but savvy kid."

She landed the lead as the voice of Stanley Griff, a 6-year-old boy with a unique interest in learning about animals, in the Disney animated series, ''Stanley'' co-starring Charles Shaughnessy as his best friend (a talking goldfish), Dennis, which had its premiere on the Playhouse Disney block in September 2001. As an interactive, educational show produced by ''Doug'' creator Jim Jinkins and based on a children's book series of the same name, it had "quickly risen to become Disney Channel's highest rated series with two to five-year-olds," reported a Disney press release, and was renewed for two more seasons. She would reprise the role in the Disney Online game, ''Playhouse Disney Preschool Time Online'', released to public libraries in the summer of 2006 and marketed to investors at the American Library Association (ALA) Conference in New Orleans in June."Disney Online To Offer Public Libraries Free Access To Playhouse Disney Preschool Time Online™"
''The Walt Disney Company''. 26 June 2006. Retrieved 26 April 2025.

Additionally, she appeared as Sydney in the short film, ''Wheels Locked'', directed by Dave Bergeson, which "explores that moment when we are asked to confront or conform" in the unwelcoming space of a hospital waiting room, its shooting location being the hospital at March Air Force Base in Redlands, California, which was left abandoned. The story follows Garth (played by Sean Howse), his leg in a cast, as he becomes fixated on a stranger, Nancy (played by Natalie Dolishny), who has been left in a state of tetraplegia following an accident. She is verbally harassed by a rude little girl, Sydney who is carelessly left unsupervised by her mother, and is further berated by her condescending nurse, Marion (played by Kristin Rudrüd), leaving Garth frustrated on what to do.''Wheels Locked''
Directed by Dave Bergeson. Performances by Sean Howse, Natalie Dolishny, Kristin Rudrüd and Jessica Stone. Co-Dependent Productions, 2001. The feature was submitted to the Best Shorts Competition,"The Best Shorts Competition Announces Latest Winners!"
''FilmFestivals.com''. Retrieved 29 April 2025. was screened at the Fargo Film Festival in 2001Lind, Bob (5 May 2002). "Neighbors: Moorhead grad busy making movies". ''Neighbors, The Forum''. Retrieved 29 April 2025. and the Rhode Island International Film Festival in 2002,
''film-festival.org'' / ''Rhode Island International Film Festival''. Retrieved 28 April 2025. the Granada Theater in Dallas, Texas in November 2004, and was awarded Best of the Fest at the Rochester International Film Festival."Poppy Jasper Schedule (The Granada Theater Screenings)"
''Gilroy Dispatch''. 11 November 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2025.

During the same period, Stone lent her voice to Marcie in the ABC holiday special, ''A Charlie Brown Valentine'', which ''Variety'' noted was largely faithful to Charles M. Schultz's universe, full of "prophetic wisdom imparted by elementary school kids" and "for the most part, he new voice talentmanages to keep the integrity of the characters intact." She also guest starred as Narra, Dennis Christopher's daughter in Season 1, Episode 21 of '' Star Trek:Enterprise'', directed by David Livingston and broadcast on UPN in April 2002.DeCandido, Keith R. A. (11 April 2022)
Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: 'Detained' "
''Tor.com''. Archived fro
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on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2025. In the episode, a Suliban named Danik, played by Christopher, raises his daughter, Narra in an internment camp reserved for their species (classified as inferior minorities), guarded by their enemies, the Tandaran, and whose wife is separated from him in another facility. Christopher has stated of his appearance on the show: "It was great to work with a child (Jessica D. Stone). .. heaspect of a father in this concentration camp ..was a real nuanced role, a lot more nuanced than I had in ''Deep Space Nine''." As the actors for the Suliban were required to wear intricate prosthetics and makeup applications: "Most of what you had to portray emotionally, we had to do with our voices," he said. "That's why the child that I worked with did such a great job, because we couldn't rely on our faces very much, our facial expressions, through all the latex."

According to critic Jamahl Epsicokhan, he noted in a fair assessment that "the writers have done a fairly interesting thing by tying eneralizing culturesall back into the Suliban ace who aren't all simply 'bad guys' but are a nomadic people with a subset of Cabal operatives waging the temporal cold war." Reviewer Keith R. A. DeCandido expressed similar observations, receiving the episode with mixed views, stating that the segment "is an allegory for the detaining of Japanese-Americans in the U.S. during World War II, an allegory that Archer spells out when discussing the detention center with T'Pol, specifically mentioning Manzanar. ..And yet, I found myself disappointed in a lot of he story Part of it is that the metaphor was sledgehammered a little too heavily." He further opinionated that due to the writers spending so much time in having the audience become "invested in the plight of the Suliban," especially Sajen (played by Christopher Shea), Danik and Narra (played by Stone), he felt cheated by the episode's ending when it decided not to confirm if any of the escapees survived after their climatic prison break. The episode has received further criticism in media studies, particularly Stephen Hong Sohn's essay published in ''Science Fiction Criticism: An Anthology of Essential Writings'' where he noted that a major Asian character (played by Linda Park) has no role in the Suliban episode given its obvious parallels to racism of Japanese Americans, instead being a representation "of the white male hero" in the character of Archer, not to mention, none of the Sulibans were cast with minority actors. ''Star Trek'', he pointed out, has included "minority cast members ho while plentiful, do not receive as much screen time."

She then appeared in a major supporting role as Whimsy, a little girl whose uncle is accidentally killed in a hit-and-run accident by the hero in the experimental, black and white fantasy short film, ''The Migration of Clouds'', directed by Patrick Scott in his debut while he was studying filmmaking at the California Institute for the Arts, and which was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2002.Sullivan, Patrick (2 January 2002)
"TC native has film in famed Sundance - Patrick Scott's 'The Migration of Clouds' has gotten positive response at L.A.-area screenings"
''Traverse City Record-Eagle''. Retrieved 28 April 2025. Tim Merrill reviewing for ''Film Threat'' complained that the short feature was too long (clocking in at nearly 40 minutes), though called the cinematography "visionary" considering that it was shot on a DV camera. Attempting to make sense of the plot, he said: "t hassomething to do with a young man ean Levreaulttold he has only three days to live, then heads out into the desert and becomes 'The Wizard of Oz' meets 'The Little Prince' meets whatever goes on in the addled skulls of Cheech and/or Chong." Despite Merrill's mixed review, "audiences have reacted positively to screenings of the film around Los Angeles," according to ''Traverse City Record-Eagle''.

She would go on to be featured in ''The Butterfingers Angel, Mary & Joseph, Herod the Nut, & The Slaughter of 12 Hit Carols in a Pear Tree'', directed by Michael Kosik at the Santa Clarita Repertory Theatre in November 2002. In a review for '' The Signal'', Michele E. Buttelman called the production "poignant," highlighting Stone as Donkey, Rachel Hirschfeld as Cow, and Ian McQuown as Sheep as the direction took "maximum advantage" of the revenue's space.Buttelman, Michele E. (29 November 2002)
"Holiday Spirit! Music, Fun and the Christmas story at SCRT"
'' The Signal'': 77, 89. Craig Duswalt, the artistic producing director, commented: " he play is made up ofthree very talented kids that round out this very talented cast."

She expanded her voice acting into anime, lending her voice to Midori the Racoon dog in the New Generation Pictures English dub of ''Angel Tales'', ADR directed by Reiko Matsuo and produced by Jonathan Klein, and the orphan angel from the "Abandoned Factory," Dai in ''Haibane Renmei'' (or, ''Grey Feather Federation''), a surreal, slice-of-life fantasy based on the manga by Yoshitoshi Abe. Produced by Reiko Matsuo and adapted by Jonathan Klein and Taliesin Jaffe, the series was released on DVD by Geneon USA in 2003. ''Anime News Networks Zac Bertschy called the English dub a "marvel," citing the excellent sound quality, though criticized the "poor acting and line delivery on a few of the children ctors (without naming names). Theron Martin labeled the dub "an excellent effort by all involved," adding: "Though the English cast members aren't always perfect matches for the original Japanese performers, each is an ideal fit for her role and on-the-money with the performances. ..The well-written script changes nothing more than it has to, allowing the dialogue to consistently sound natural."

Additionally, Stone portrayed Louisa von Trapp (alternating with Kia Atsales) in the Canyon Theatre Guild's ''The Sound of Music'', directed by TimBen Boydston which ran from May through June 2003. Margie Anne Clark of '' The Signal'' observed that on opening night, "the cast and crew took on their respective demanding roles with grace and style," considering that comparisons to the 1965 Julie Andrews film couldn't be avoided. In later performances, she noted, the actors "evolved comfortably into their roles," highlighting the child actors as "a talented troupe of young people."Clark, Margie Anne (13 June 2003)
"Dances With Nuns: Timeless tale of the musical von Trapp family in popular 'The Sound of Music' at CTG"
'' The Signal'': 44, 47-48. In October 2003, she appeared as Miss Mistletoe in the opening sequence of the low-budget fantasy Christmas holiday film, ''A Light in the Forest: The Legend of Holly Boy'', directed by John Carol Beuchler and loosely adapted from the 1988 children's book by Frank Latino.

2004–2009: Anime dubs and musical revivals

When she was 14, Stone was cast in New Generation Pictures' English adaptation of '' R.O.D the TV'', created by Hideyuki Kurata, directed by Koji Masunari for J.C. Staff and ADR directed by Taliesin Jaffe with Jonathan Klein serving as producer.R.O.D -The TV-"
''Anime News Network''. Retrieved 25 April 2025. In the show, Stone plays an English 12-year-old boy, Junior (a.k.a. Special Agent J), who works as a field agent and trained gunslinger assassin, inheriting the supernatural power of intangibility (or, a "phasing" ability) from his missing mother. "Expected to grow up quickly" from the time of his birth, Junior is taken in and hired by the (fictional) espionage organization/intelligence agency, the British Library Special Operations Unit to utilize his ability in order to "infiltrate locations." Orphaned, he is raised (and groomed) by the head of the Library, Joker (voiced by JB Blanc) and his secretary, Wendy Earhart (voiced by Siobhan Flynn) for a sinister agenda that only becomes clear in the second half of the season. During a mission to retrieve a rare book that was stolen from the Library, he encounters and accidentally befriends a young girl who can manipulate paper, Anita King. "Psychologically underdeveloped ndoften nadequate inexpressing his emotions" due to an isolated social upbringing, Anita helps him to come out of his shell through her "honest and blunt personality." Though the English dub was received favorably by Way Jeng for his online publication, ''Mania'', he expressed that he was less impressed with Stone's vocal performance, saying that she didn't especially stand out and was "satisfactory with no exceptional strengths or weaknesses." In another review judging the later episodes, his opinion was more or less the same: " unior soundssomewhere between fair and good;" though the sadness he experienced in emotional scenes wasn't quite as "pronounced ..there's some very good work towards the end of olume 7" Despite some criticisms, the series was given a Dub of the Year honor by ''Dub Reviews Anime Dub Recognition (ADR) Awards in early 2005.Abersold, Dale (8 March 2005)
"Anime Dub Recognition (ADR) Awards, The Best of 2004: Dub of the Year - R.O.D. the TV"
''Dub Review''. Retrieved 25 April 2025.

At 16, Stone appeared as Little Sally in the Actors' Repertory Theatre of Simi's revival of ''Urinetown'', directed by Greg Zerkle and which opened at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center in June 2006."When you're in town, make time to see 'Urinetown' "
''Moorpark Acorn''. 2 June 2006. Retrieved 26 April 2025. Rita Moran, reviewing the show for the ''Ventura County Star'', named Little Sally "a determined truth-teller" and that "young Jessica Stone more than holds her own" as her character was "firmly planted in reality." The same year, she provided the English voice for Shoukichi Hitotsubashi, the moody younger brother of the ''kami'' heroine, Yurie in Hideyuki Kurata and Koji Masunari's ''Kamichu!'', animated by Bésame Mucho (Brain's Base) and ADR directed by Patrick Seitz for New Generation Pictures. An urban fantasy and slice-of-life limited series, ''Anime News Network'' has identified the show as "a different take on the ordinary-kid-gains-extraordinary-powers concept." The overall dub was positively received with ''ANN'' proposing that New Generation Pictures deserved "some sort of award for fidelity. Everything—performances, casting, scripting—manages to capture perfectly the original's quiet charm," adding that the cast pulled their weight, nailed their lines and channeled "the essence of their characters."

In the summer of 2007, Stone played Parker in the ensemble production of Carter W. Lewis' play, ''Picasso Does My Maps'', which was directed by Lisa Guzman, produced by the Vox Humana Company and staged at the Pico Playhouse. The ''Los Angeles Times'' named the production "ambitious," which was balanced by " reeable grit." A supporting role in the story, the "gruff Hank" (played by Chas Mitchell) develops a unique relationship "with Parker ..an eerily perspicacious orphan." It was noted that the writing was weighed down, often venturing into "gawky" territory, although, the cast overall "address he play'squirky symbolism with droll, light-fingered gravity — and reel us in by doing so." Finally: "Mitchell's sage and Stone's urchin avoid overstatement" as Hank and Parker.Nichols, David. C. (29 June 2007)
"Exploring what is 'normal' exactly (Picasso Does My Maps Review)"
''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved 25 April 2025.

In 2008, she was cast in Alan Neal Hubbs' stage adaptation of Ray Bradbury's dystopian narrative, ''Fahrenheit 451'', produced by Bradbury's Pandemonium Theatre Company, which he formed to challenge "the myth that science fiction was unstageable ic" The play premiered at the Fremont Centre Theatre in April, which was scheduled to close in May, was extended through June though ran until August and was re-staged in October through November (being extended once more through December). The production was generally well-received with the production being extended at least three times before its re-opening with most of the original cast returning. Stone played the supporting role of 17-year-old Clarisse McClellen, "a freethinking wood nymph of a girl" (as described by ''Pasadena Weekly'') with David Polcyn interpreting the lead, fireman Guy Montag who is challenged by Clarisse's rebellious worldview"Smoldering ideas (Fahrenheit 451 Review)"
''Pasadena Weekly''. 20 May 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2025. (Montag was alternated by David Mauer and Lee Holmes in the extended run). According to Roses Prichard, one of the cast members in an interview with the ''Los Angeles Journal'', she said that Stone was "like an angel, ..another of Alan ubbs brilliant casting finds" as she had read for the part at an open casting call. Bradbury directed Hubbs to "find a young girl who could be believably innocent, intelligent, bold, alluring, provocative, and endearing all at the same time."

''American Chronicle'' reported that during the opening weekend, the audience "remained utterly silent throughout the entire well-acted and thought-provoking play," which was attended by Bradbury. Journalist Joyce Schwarz, writing for ''Hollywood2020'' argued in a glowing review that "Stone is an errant fairy godchild to Montag and shares her wings of wonder to a world beyond, where books are read not burned. Her Tinkerbelle icinnocence is countered by the cunning of a cougar as she plays the maverick wild child whose house is full of lights not just neon reflections." In a more critical review, the ''Los Angeles Times'' emphasized Stone as the "helium-voiced" Clarisse and her chemistry with Mauer whose "certainties start to erode" when he befriends her, though criticized the play in other aspects, believing that the technical features and directing "doesn't quite pull it all off." Jennie Webb reviewing for ''Backstage'' was fair, saying that "the cast seems to relish n the story even when it gets a bit overindulgent. Jessica D. Stone as the girl who asks why, Stephen Robert Wollenberg as her grandfather, and Tanya Mounsey as Montag's glazed wife are particularly enjoyable."

In December that year, she played Imogene Herdman, a sister in a family made up of "a sextet of unholy terrors" in the traditional holiday, "regional favorite" play, ''The Best Christmas Pageant Ever'', based on the vintage novel of the same name, adapted for the stage by Barbara Robinson and directed by Vicki Conrad at the Knightsbridge Theatre. As critic David C. Nichols writing for the ''Los Angeles Times'' outlined, the Herdmans "muscle themselves into starring roles ndsmoke cigars in the bathroom" among other dramatic displays of mischief in an otherwise "bit unkempt" production, failing to be "particularly polished or profound." However, he also said of the "multi-age cast" that the ensemble "could not be more eager or rambunctious. Adam Duglolecki and Jessica Stone's oldest bullies spearhead an avid herd of Herdmans, and the would-be 'Sister Act' nuns led by Julie Sanchez are very funny."Nichols, David C. (18 December 2008)
"Review: 'The Best Christmas Pageant Ever' @ Knightsbridge Theatre"
''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved 25 April 2025.

She was cast in a guest role as a teenage girl in a coma with severe alcohol poisoning in the series finale of '' ER'' on NBC, which aired in April 2009, the arc of which was inspired by a true event that the series' producer experienced with his young niece, who died of the same cause. She also interpreted the historical figure, Helen Keller alongside Marilyn Zaslow as her teacher, Anne Sullivan in William Gibson's ''The Miracle Worker'', directed by Rachel Manheimer, which opened in October and ran through mid November 2009 at the High Street Arts Center. The actresses were partly chosen for their proficiency in sign language as L.J. Stevens, the play's producer, had revealed to the ''VC Reporter''. "It's amazing that Keller was a real person who overcame these odds," he commented. The play was "blessed with two women who make the central roles sing," argued Rita Moran for ''Ventura County Star''. Stone, she believed, was able "to convey the child's inner strength along with her outward stubbornness" which "are eloquently mirrored in her face and actions" while Zaslow was tough in the role," performing "in multiple physical frays ith her co-starthat are convincingly fierce encounters."Moran, Rita (23 October 2009)
"Miracle Workers: With fierce intensity, actresses bring Helen Keller's story to life (Review)"
''Ventura County Star''. Archived fro
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on 2 November 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2025. The production would go on to win honors at the Annual Four Star Theater Alliance Awards, including Outstanding Featured Performance for Kimberly Peters (as Kate Keller, Helen's mother) and Outstanding Sound Design.

2010–present

Stone would go on to portray artist Cyndi Lauper in David Daniels' directorial production of the musical, ''The Wedding Singer'', based on the film of the same name, adapted for the stage by Tim Herlihy, presented by the Actors' Repertory Theatre of Simi and which played at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center from February through March 2010.Ginell, Cary (12 March 2010)
" '80s live on in movie-turned-musical: Predictable love story still fun to watch (The Wedding Singer Review)"
''Simi Valley Acorn''. Retrieved 27 April 2025. She was also cast as a minor supporting character, Rachel, one of the high school students who creates a "general atmosphere of hostility" for the protagonist, in Azazel Jacobs' coming-of-age directorial debut, ''Terri'',Kermode, Jennie (2 February 2012). "Terri: A refreshingly intelligent film with skillfully drawn characters (Review)". ''Eye for Film''. Retrieved 27 April 2025. which was filmed in twenty-three days in June 2010 and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2011."Terri"
''Sundance Institute''. Archived fro
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She auditioned at an open casting call for new-time director Thomas Moore's short feature, ''Razor'', winning the lead part, Nicole over 155 other auditions. Moore is a native of Newfoundland, Canada and relocated to Los Angeles to study filmmaking at the Los Angeles City College, graduating in 2011. While a student there, he wrote the script and completed principal photography for ''Razor'' in 2010, editing it down into a tight fifteen minutes, the narrative which focuses on a teenager whose father is in prison. Unable to cope with the stress, she seeks refuge in a church, but with the intention of hanging herself from the rafters. That is, until the night janitor encounters her in the premeditated act and attempts to convince her that her choice is the wrong choice, telling her that he might have been acquainted with her father while he himself was detained. The story was, in part, inspired by Moore's own experiences while he lived in Avondale where he worked as a teacher. One of his students there had taken her own life. "She was in my classroom that June when school ended," he recalled in an interview with the Canadian journal, ''The Telegram'', "and when we came back in September they were taking her body out of the harbour." Only after her death did events come to light: her foster father had been sexually abusing her. He would utilize the experience as well for a self-published book, ''Angels Crying'' with the goal of raising awareness.Lillian Simmons (2 July 2012)
"Newfoundland author, filmmaker seeking help with project"
''The Telegram (St. John's)''. Retrieved 28 April 2025.

Stone made her debut with the Kentwood Players Theatre Company in their production of Thomas Meehan's '' Annie'', portraying Jane, the Ensemble (as part of the Servants), and Star-To-Be (the solo verse in the number "N.Y.C."). The musical was directed by Susan Goldman Weisbarth with music direction by Bill Wolfe and choreography by Victoria Miller, which was staged at the Westchester Playhouse in Los Angeles during the winter 2010 season."Program for 'Annie' "
''Kentwood Players''. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2025. From March to April 2011, she originated the role of Greta in Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus' play, ''Some Sweet Day'', a dramatic, science fiction rom-com, which premiered at the Knightsbridge Theatre in Pasadena. The production was co-written by Kobler and Marcus, where Marcus also directed and Kobler interpreted the male lead, a scientific inventor, Ken who builds a machine and travels back in time to convince his younger self to repeat a lost opportunity with a girl he desires. Greta, though young, is his "goofy" best friend and her personality often clashes with her "would-be psychic," hippie mother, Stormy (played by Anadel Baughn)."Some Sweet Day by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus: Play Excerpt"
''Dramatic Publishing''. Retrieved 25 April 2025. While a theatre review for ''LA Weekly'' praised Marcus' direction and conscious casting, the production was judged poorly for "suffer ngfrom wildly broad acting and shouting delivery. The rapid-fire repartee feels contrived and the jokes are pedestrian, with exchanges such as 'Mom, you are not psychic!' " — uttered by Stone. Critic Michele E. Buttelman of ''The Signal'' was more positive, calling the performances "strong" and that Stone was "brilliant" as Greta playing opposite her stage mother, Baughn.

She reunited with ADR director Taliesin Jaffe for the New Generation Pictures English dub of '' Hellsing Ultimate'', a rebooted adaptation of the manga, filling the role of a teenage Walter. Jacob Chapman of ''Anime News Network'' offered a mixed review of the final two episodes, though still expressed that the English-language track "continues to maintain its long-standing cast, with the addition of Liam O' Brien and Jessica Stone as young and younger Walter, doing excellent approximations of Ralph Lister's dignified butler performance."

Stone was featured as Penny Pingleton, Tracy Turnblad's bubbly best friend raised by an overbearing mother, in the musical ''Hairspray'', staged in January 2012 at the High Street Arts Center in Moorpark, directed by Shawn W. Lanz and choreographed by Arryck Adams. Cary Ginell, writing for ''Moorpark Acorn'' praised the cast, naming the performances as "superlative" with Stone's Penny being highlighted as "perky" opposite Tosh Hall as a "slick Seaweed." A highly positive review by ''StageSceneLA'' underscored the "terrifically energetic choreography" as well as Stone whose Penny "is a piquant pixie with a voice twice her size" alongside "Tosh Hall homakes for a terrific Seaweed Stubs, the object of Penny's affection." High Street's company of ''Hairspray'', along with the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center's ''Hairspray'' were invited to perform "You Can't Stop the Beat", sharing the stage at the Four Star Theater Alliance Awards, televised locally from Simi Valley on January 22, 2012, one of many cross-marketing techniques mutually agreed upon by both companies. At the Annual Four Star Theater Alliance Awards for Ventura County's local stage productions, which held its ceremony at the High Street Arts Center on January 19, 2013, High Street's revival of ''Hairspray'' was nominated for and won several awards, including Outstanding Featured Performance by Stone. In June, she portrayed the "giggly" Zaneeta Shinn in ''The Music Man''Ginell, Cary (1 June 2012)
"Singing, acting outstanding in 'Music Man' "
''Moorpark Acorn''. Retrieved 25 April 2025. and in August, she appeared in ''Rex Bravo, the Whistling Cowboy: Showdown at the Bombay Corral'', directed by Miles and Rick Pratt, playing the "dimwitted" Sheilah, daughter of business tycoon Victoria Fox (performed by Sandy Pratt) — both productions opening at the High Street Arts Center. The latter show was received as a melodramatic musical that boasted "broad acting" where the cast thrust "themselves into the goofiness with wild abandon."Carpenter, Sally (31 August 2012)
"The West goes wildly funny in Moorpark (Rex Bravo Review)"
''Moorpark Acorn''. Retrieved 25 April 2025.

She appeared in the spring 2014 season of the Kentwood Players' production of ''Fiddler on the Roof'' as Russian Jewish daughter, Chava, which was directed by Harold Dershimer with musical direction by Catherine Rahm and choreography by Isabella Olivas, and played at the Westchester Playhouse."Fiddler on the Roof Program"
''Kentwood Players''. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2025. ''Daily Breeze'' was mixed on the show, arguing that the direction was hit or miss, questioning the actors' safety in various scenes where they were "tightly cramm d" However, the music direction was called attention to, writing that though the cast may "not avethe best singing voices currently on Los Angeles stages," the harmonies sounded acceptable as a group. The performances of the daughters were highlighted, elaborating that "Jessica D. Stone seems to understand the weight on third daughter Chava, as she moves furthest from tradition, marrying a cossack. But because these women are so good onstage, radleyMiller evye, the fatherdoes his best work opposite them, particularly with Stone." She provided the voice of Makoto in Capcom's ''Ultra Street Fighter IV'', released in August 2014. Brad Gallaway of ''Game Critics'' said the title was "an upgrade" from its predecessor, ''Super Street Fighter IV'', though he received the English dub negatively, arguing that the casting was "absolutely horrible" compared to the game's Japanese counterpart.

She was also cast as the spacey, emotionally unstable alcoholic Honey in the Ojai Art Center Theater's production of Edward Albee's ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'', directed by Tom Eubanks, which opened in January and played through February 2015. In an interview with ''Ojai ACTs producer Vivien Latham, Stone confessed that she "wasn't that familiar with the play or the role" when she walked into the audition; however, "after I read he script I really wanted to do it. I've done a lot of musicals recently, and the idea of this our-characterplay was really exciting. Honey is so unlike me. She really is! It was a huge challenge, because I have to play completely out of character. I've never played a drunk before, so that was interesting." She starred alongside Sean Rio Flynn as her husband, Nick where they promoted the play in a radio interview on ''Tom & Sandy 805'', broadcast on KVTA (1590 AM).

Sami Zahringer of ''Ojai Valley News'' praised the overall production as "straight-up voyeurism n a good way as well as Stone's performance against a solid cast, writing: "Honey, sickly and scatter-brained, waifish and wailing, is played with dizzy relish by the talented Jessica D. Stone. hough used in brandy for most of the play," it is later revealed in Act II that she suffered a "hysterical pregnancy," which was truly the only reason why Nick married her as he was manipulated into the relationship. He singled out Stone's ability to tap into Honey's moments of distress "when she realizes Nick's betrayal to truly heart-breaking effect." Matt McGee, writing for ''VC Reporter'', was overwhelmingly positive, observing that "four talented actors bearing impressive professional résumés" couldn't have been better selected for director Eubanks' interpretation of an already well-known classic amongst playwrights and theatregoers. "And yet, to this cast's credit, no single talent hovers above the others, as each delivers individual and sharply honed strengths. .. ndeach proves to be part actor, part daredevil in pulling he script's emotional acrobaticsoff." He noted that "Jessica Stone has all the quiet, Midwestern sweetness and naiveté of Honey," portraying her alcoholic side believably as well as the facade she has used to claim for "herself a prize husband." During the Annual Four Star Theater Alliance Awards ceremony on 10 January 2016 at the High Streets Arts Center, Stone won in the Actress category for Outstanding Featured Performance where the play was also awarded Outstanding Overall Production. Later, she starred as Nora Helmer in ''Nora'' by the Santa Paula Theater Center, which was performed in October. The play is a reinterpretation of ''A Doll's House'' penned by Ingmar Bergman (where he had edited down Henrik Ibsen's original work)."New Take On 'House': Santa Paula Theater Center's production of 'Nora.' "
''Ventura County Star''. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2025.

Stone tried her hand at directing a children's musical production, ''Cindy: A Cinderella Tale'', produced by the Vibe Performing Arts School and staged in Santa Clarita in June 2018,"Day Camps at VIBE! - Musical Production: 'CINDY' - A Cinderella Tale"
''Santa Clarita Magazine'': 47. June 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2025. and portrayed the three-part role of the ill-fated Louise and her mother, Betty Lerman, and Eve Allabout, a sketchy assistant to Broadway diva-prima donna Ginger Del Marco, in the Off-Broadway camp cult classic, ''Ruthless!''. The musical revival was directed by Alta Abbot, produced by Sherman Wayne and Martha Hunter, and choreographed by Victoria Miller at the Theatre Palisades' Pierson Playhouse in Palisades, California from November through December 2019. In a largely negative review for the "Stage Page" column of ''Culver City News'', critic Sherri Barrett pointed out that the choreography was obviously simplistic in order "to make up for the apparent lack of movement skills by cast members who struggled with many of the numbers on opening night." However, she hoped the cast would "overcome the pitfalls I witnessed" as the show continued its run.Barret, Sherri (2 November 2019). "Review: Over-the-Top Dark Humor Misses the Mark in RUTHLESS! THE MUSICAL at Theatre Palisades." ''Culver City News''. Retrieved 25 April 2025. Jennika Ingram, writing for the ''Palisadian-Post'' was more forgiving, noting: "The audience reactions for the performances were lively ..while Jessica D. Stone showed talent, navigating the role of the untalented Louise and powering through as the unappreciated Eve."

Personal life

When a seven-year-old child was struck in a hit-and-run accident in Los Angeles in 2009, requiring extensive surgery and post-operative therapy, Stone was one of many voice actors who participated in a charity event, auctioning autographs of anime memorabilia in order to raise funds for the boy's family. Prior to her show, ''Ragtime'' opening at the Westchester Playhouse in 2013, her father had unexpectedly died; in the program, she dedicated her performance to him in his memory.Kallas, Anne (1 October 2016)
"Arthritis ride participants stop in Ventura"
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