---
name: "Jes Macallan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jes-macallan"
fi1m_id: "jes-macallan"
imdb_id: "nm2860033"
tmdb_id: 984780
wikidata_id: "Q6185685"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "9 August 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T22:55:26.133924+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jes Macallan

## Identity

Jes Macallan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jes-macallan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jes-macallan
- **IMDb ID:** nm2860033
- **TMDB ID:** 984780
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6185685
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes_Macallan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6185685, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2860033/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/984780

Director. Born 9 August 1982 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 9 August 1982, Sarasota, Florida, USA
- **Also known as:** Τζέσικα Λι Λισέφσκι, Τζες Μακάλαν
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes_Macallan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6185685, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2860033/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/984780

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*All American*](https://film.one/tv/all-american.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jes Macallan is an American actress and television director. She is best known for playing Josslyn Carver in the ABC series *Mistresses* (2013–2016) and Ava Sharpe in *DC's Legends of Tomorrow* (2016–2022). She has also appeared in guest roles on series including *Grey's Anatomy*, *Shameless*, *NCIS: Los Angeles*, *Red Band Society* and *Tracker*.

Macallan began directing with the short film *Self, E* (2019), which she wrote, produced and directed. She has since directed episodes of *DC's Legends of Tomorrow*, *All Rise*, *All American: Homecoming* and *Found*, as well as multiple episodes of *All American* (from 2022). She graduated from the Warner Bros. Television Directors Workshop in 2019. She previously studied dance and holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Florida.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *All American* (2018), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/all-american.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *California Scenario* (2026), as Kelly
- *Tracker* (2024), series, as Detective Willa Simms
- *The Company You Keep* (2023), series, as Martha Pope
- *All American* (2018), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/all-american.md)
- *An Uncommon Grace* (2017), as Grace Conner
- *Married by Christmas* (2016), as Carrie Tate
- *Thirst* (2016), as Claire Taylor
- *Relationship Status* (2016), series, as Grace
- *DC's Legends of Tomorrow* (2016), series, as Ava Sharpe · Director
- *Kiss Me* (2015), as Erica
- *Red Band Society* (2014), series, as Ashley Cole
- *The Mentor* (2014), as Elizabeth May
- *Mistresses* (2013), series, as Josslyn Carver
- *Femme Fatales* (2011), series, as Susan Voight
- *Shameless* (2011), series, as Tammy — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *Behaving Badly* (2009), as Cocktail Waitress
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, as Megan Stevens
- *Hired Gun* (2009), as American Newscaster #2
- *Ocean's 7-11* (2008), as Dustee
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Hillary — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)

## Gallery

- ![Jes Macallan (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/3846545/gallery-3dcea3208ae2.jpg) Jes Macallan (2022) — Imayfan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/JesMacallan2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jes Macallan at GalaxyCon Columbus in 2022](https://film.one/media/person/3846545/gallery-68756237158a.jpg) Jes Macallan at GalaxyCon Columbus in 2022 — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Jes_Macallan_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Columbus_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jes Macallan](https://film.one/media/person/3846545/gallery-dc46fce0b470.jpg) Jes Macallan — Evelynwaugh, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Jess_Macallan_crop.jpg/1280px-Jess_Macallan_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jes Macallan](https://film.one/media/person/3846545/gallery-185969f752c1.jpg) Jes Macallan — Image via TMDB
- ![Jes Macallan](https://film.one/media/person/3846545/gallery-b66237dc4f96.jpg) Jes Macallan — Image via TMDB
- ![Jes Macallan](https://film.one/media/person/3846545/gallery-c46cf3fa93ee.jpg) Jes Macallan — Image via TMDB
- ![Jes Macallan](https://film.one/media/person/3846545/gallery-1e898f14d4c1.jpg) Jes Macallan — Image via TMDB
- ![Jes Macallan](https://film.one/media/person/3846545/gallery-5aa270a8cbac.jpg) Jes Macallan — Image via TMDB

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