Alisha Boe

Boe was born in Oslo, Norway, on 6 March 1997, the daughter of a Norwegian mother from Trondheim and a Somali father.^[1][2] Her parents later divorced and her mother, Vibeke, got remarried to an American man; Boe moved to Los Angeles with her mother and stepfather at the age of seven.^[3] She attended Ivy Academia and El Camino Real High School,^{[citation needed]} getting involved in the drama program at the latter. After graduation, she pursued acting, later becoming the first actress of Somali descent to have a leading role in an American film since Iman.^[4]

Boe made her acting debut in 2008, when she landed a role of a young Lisa Swan in the horror film Amusement.^[5] A year later, she appeared in the film He's On My Mind, and in the 2012 horror film Paranormal Activity 4. In 2014, she guest-starred in Modern Family and two episodes of Extant.^[6][7][8]

In November 2014, she joined the cast of NBC's soap opera Days of Our Lives in the recurring role of Daphne.^[9] From 2017 to 2020, she portrayed the role of Jessica Davis in the Netflix original drama series 13 Reasons Why.^[10]

In January 2021, Boe joined the cast of Jesse Eisenberg's feature film directorial debut When You Finish Saving the World.^[11]

• Alisha Boe at IMDb