Jessica Steinrock
American intimacy coordinator
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Jessica Steinrock is an American intimacy coordinator.
Education
Steinrock earned a bachelor's degree in advertising from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, graduating in 2014.[1][2] She went on to receive a master’s degree in theater at the school, graduating in 2017.[2][3] Her focus was on consent in improvisational theater.[4][5] She also completed a PhD from the University of Illinois, graduating in 2020.[2]
Career
Steinrock's interest in intimacy coordination came from her background in improv comedy, where she was sometimes touched or talked about in ways she found uncomfortable.[3][4][2] Her first work as an intimacy coordinator was for an orgy scene in the TNT show Claws.[3]
Steinrock is the chief executive of Intimacy Directors and Coordinators, which was founded in 2019.[6][7] The organization is "the leading training and accreditation organization in the field," according to The New York Times.[3] In this role, Steinrock participated in a working group for the Screen Actors Guild to update the group's safety standards for intimate scenes.[3]
Steinrock's work in television has included TNT's Animal Kingdom,[8] Netflix’s Never Have I Ever, Hulu's Little Fires Everywhere, HBO's Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,[9] and Showtime's Yellowjackets.[1][3][7] She also worked on the set of 2021 film Moxie.[1][4]
Steinrock is on SAG-AFTRA's intimacy coordinator registry.[10]
Online presence
In April 2022, Steinrock started a TikTok account.[3][8] Her content includes education about her job, including answering questions and showing modesty garments,[8][9] and breakdowns of sexual scenes in popular television shows and films.[1][3] By August 2022, she had accumulated 400,000 followers and 9.2 million likes;[1] by 2023, this had increased to 40 million likes.[5]
Personal life
Steinrock is based in Chicago.[1] She met her husband, Zev, a fight director and an associate theater professor at the University of Illinois, through her work as an intimacy coordinator.[3][4][2]