Hey, everybody. We're back with Trashy Breakups. My name is Stacey. Hey friends, I'm Alicia.

Excited to be back with a Trashy Breakup today. Our Wednesday feed drop? We have a good one today.

We have a much requested one today. Yep. Technically not a Trashy divorce per se.

It's a little adjacent, but we're gonna say you say me today using a little Lionel Richie song to talk about Jessica Lang.

Actress extraordinaire. Actress extraordinaire, artist extraordinaire. She's had an extraordinary life that is such a tremendous blend of her own creativity and female autonomy. She's a badass. Let's talk about her.

Jessica Phyllis Lane was born April 20th, 1949 in Cloquet, Minnesota.

Third of four kids. Cloquet. Cloquet. Friends, if we are not pronouncing cities correctly, please let us know.

I looked up the pronunciation on the internet. It's probably right. C-L-O-Q-E-T, but locals may say it a different way.

I mean, it's like Alabama and Talladega, Talladega. If you're local, you're gonna say it one way or not if you're not.

Yep. Anyway, Cloquet is what the internet has verified for me, Minnesota.

Jessica's the third of four kids. As a kid, her family moves around a lot. Her dad changes jobs a bunch.

This is also added to dad's alcoholism and volatility, so not great. Not a great childhood.

The thing that really bugs Jessica, she's always the new kid in school because they move so frequently.

So she begins her sort of creative escape through reading and drawing, which is great.

She will find she loves the novel gone with the wind. She reads it a lot, then she sees the movie wholly cat.

She begins re-enacting her favorite scenes back in her bedroom, escapes through acting.

This is her first escape through acting, but I don't think it's gonna, it definitely won't be the last.

Jessica, in an effort to please dad, excellent student. In 1963, she will attend Detroit Lakes High School.

She doesn't really participate in many school activities. She's still really focused on art and reading and her grades.

And she is convinced in her junior year to try out for the school play called Love Rides the Rails.

She's cast in the lead role. And oh boy, all that practice in her bedroom is paid off.

And she realizes she really likes acting.

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