Jessica Capshaw (born August 9 1976) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her role as attorney Jamie Stringer on the ABC legal drama The Practice.

Capshaw was born in Columbia, Missouri, the daughter of actress and producer Kate Capshaw (née Kathleen Sue Nail) and Robert Capshaw, a sales manager, marketing director, business executive, and high school principal. She is the stepdaughter of director Steven Spielberg. She graduated from Harvard-Westlake School in 1994 and Brown University in 1998 with an English degree. She then attended acting classes at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London. In the motion picture, Valentine, she played Dorothy Wheeler. Capshaw married Healthy Child, Healthy World CEO Christopher Gavigan on May 22, 2004 in East Hampton. On September 8, 2007 she and her husband welcomed their first child Luke Gavigan.

Jessica is the daughter of actress Kate Capshaw and salesman Bob Capshaw. She is also the stepdaughter of Steven Spielberg (I). She was born in Columbia, Missouri where both parents were students at the University of Missouri. The family moved to New York then to pursue Kate's modeling career. Her parents divorced when she was 3 and Jessica got drawn along in her mother's new world. Kate married Spielberg when Jessica was 15. Among her three parents, she is one of 9 biological and adopted siblings. Jessica graduated from Brown University in 1998 with an English degree.She then attended acting classes at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. From there, she got her first acting role on TV's "Odd Man Out" (1999).