krysten alyce ritter (born december 16, 1981) is an american actress, musician, writer and model. she is best known for her roles as lead superheroine jessica jones on the marvel cinematic universe series "jessica jones" and the crossover miniseries "the defenders", jane margolis on the amc drama series "breaking bad" and chloe on the abc comedy series "don't trust the b---- in apartment 23". she has also had roles in the television series "veronica mars", "gilmore girls" and "gossip girl". she has also acted in movies such as "what happens in vegas" (2008), "27 dresses" (2008), "she's out of my league" (2010), "veronica mars" (2014) and "big eyes" (2014).