Biography
Jeryl Prescott is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Jacqui in the television series The Walking Dead (2010–2012, 2016) and as Madame Xanadu in Swamp Thing (2019). She has also appeared in films including The Skeleton Key (2005), The Birth of a Nation (2016) and High Flying Bird (2019), and in series such as Ray Donovan, 9-1-1 and Ahsoka (2023).
Prescott was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Hartsville, South Carolina. She holds a BS from Clemson University, an MA from North Carolina A&T State University and a PhD in American literature from the University of South Florida. In 2015 she wrote, directed and starred in the film Stand Down Soldier.
