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Jessica Capshaw is an actress best known for her roles on THE PRACTICE and global hit GREY'S ANATOMY as ‘Dr. Arizona Robbins’, a role spanning over 10 years.

Capshaw graduated from Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles in 1994. She then enrolled at Brown University, where she appeared in productions of Arcadia and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She graduated in 1998 with a B.A. in English. During summers, she attended classes at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London, where she appeared as Puck in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Capshaw currently recurs as 'CJ Albright' on Disney+/Hulu's TELL ME LIES and co-hosts Dear Media Network podcast WE RIDE AT DAWN (ISH) alongside her fellow GREY’S ANATOMY alum and BFF’s Camilla Luddington. She also stars as 'Blythe Hart' opposite Chris O'Donnell in ABC's 9-1-1: NASHVILLE, renewed for a second season. Her other Television credits include: THE L WORD, BONES, BLIND TRUST, HEAD CASE, ONE ANGRY JUROR, and the TNT miniseries INTO THE WEST with Keri Russell, Josh Brolin, and Skeet Ulrich. 

Capshaw had a minor role in the drama THE LOCUSTS, co-starring her mother, at age nineteen. She subsequently had a role in Adam Rifkin's independent film DENIAL. In the 2001 slasher film VALENTINE, Capshaw played ‘Dorothy Wheeler’. She then had a lead role in Edward Burns' THE GROOMSMEN. Other film credits include THE LOVE LETTER, KILLING CINDERELLA, BIG TIME, THE MESMERIST, MINORITY REPORT, VIEW FROM THE TOP, and THE HERO OF COLOR CITY, an animated children's film she lent her voice to.

She co-starred in the ensemble Netflix holiday comedy HOLIDATE with a star-studded cast including Emma Roberts, Kristen Chenoweth. She also appeared in dramatic coming-of-age film DEAR ZOE with Sadie Sink (STRANGER THINGS) and in indie comedy INFLUENCED, which world-premiered at the Miami Jewish Film Festival in January 2026.

Jessica currently resides on the East Coast with her four children, and is the daughter of renowned actress Kate Capshaw and adopted daughter of Steven Spielberg. The family spends their weekends at equestrian competitions, fishing and connecting with nature.