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She played one of the leads in the cult sitcom “Election.” Jessica Campbell passed away on December 29, 2020, at the young age of 38. The cause of her death is under investigation. The family says that Jessica had been complaining of congestion and felt that she had a cold, but they do not believe that she was COVID-19. The actress did not return from the bathroom and when her aunt went to look for her, she found her lifeless.

“It broke my heart to hear the news. Working with her was a pleasure. All my love to her family,” said  Reese Witherspoon , one of her co-stars in the film, while the male lead, Matthew Broderick , also expressed his to weigh. “When I think of Jessica, I remember a shy, incredibly sweet, very pink-cheeked teenager who liked to argue with me what was best to order in a restaurant. She was much loved and a very good actress. Heartbreaking news. My condolences to his son and the rest of his family. 

Born on October 30, 1982 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jessica Campbell  began her career as an actress very early, at the age of ten, when she appeared in the telefilm For the Children’s Sake .

At seventeen, he would take part in his most remembered film, Election , by Alexander Payne , where he played Tammy Metzler, sister of a popular injured soccer player, who, like him, is running for student elections, to take votes away from the dedicated senior Tracy (Witherspoon).

His work earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best New Performance. Election received rave reviews but failed at the box office.

After the film, he took part in some other title, such as Object Safety , together with Glenn Close . After starring in Stephanie Meurer’s Junk, which had no impact, Jessica Campbell retired from acting to pursue homeopathic medicine.

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