---
name: "Jessica McManus"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jessica-mcmanus"
fi1m_id: "jessica-mcmanus"
imdb_id: "nm3127056"
tmdb_id: 105306
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:02:25.049439+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."
---

# Jessica McManus

## Identity

Jessica McManus

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jessica-mcmanus
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jessica-mcmanus
- **IMDb ID:** nm3127056
- **TMDB ID:** 105306
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3127056/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/105306

Actor. Born in Rochester, Minnesota.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3127056/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/105306

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*A Serious Man*](https://film.one/film/a-serious-man.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Jessica McManus is an American actress. She is known for playing Sarah Gopnik in the Coen brothers' film *A Serious Man* (2009).

McManus, then a recent high-school graduate from Rochester, Minnesota, secured the role after attending an open casting call in 2008. She had previously appeared only in school plays. She also appeared as herself in the short film *Becoming Serious* (2010) and at the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2010), where she was credited as a winner.

*Sources: imdb.com, interviewmagazine.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Serious Man* (2009), Fi1m 84, as Sarah Gopnik — [page](https://film.one/film/a-serious-man.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *A Serious Man* (2009), as Sarah Gopnik — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/a-serious-man.md)

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