The Apprentice star Jessica Cunningham’s secret past in a budget horror movie where she’s raped by a killer CLOWN

NEW Apprentice star Jessica Cunningham has a scary past - she starred in a budget horror flick where she's raped by a CLOWN.

Sexy Jessica, 29, was one of the talking points from the first episode on Thursday but the wannabe fashion entrepreneur has also featured in
a low-cost scary movie.

The film, Lock In, was released in January 2014 and names Jessica, from Derbyshire, as its star.

In the flick, Jessica plays an "ambitious, feisty" advertising exec called Jenny who suffers a "brutal sexual assault" in a bar after her drink is spiked.

She takes six months off work and spends the night in the office block on her return - only to be joined by the bloodthirsty psychotic clown who attacked her in the bar.

Jessica was six months pregnant while filming the rape sequence - and even starred in a sexy shower scene.

In a trailer for the movie - which had a budget of £148,000 - the sadistic clown grabs Jessica, punches her and throws her into an elevator.

In another extract, the killer bludgeons the on-duty security guards before hitting Jessica round the head with a hammer.

Behind the scenes photographs show Jessica - dressed in gym clothes - gagged and tied to a chair dripping in blood.

Other photos show one of her co-stars in a party hat with the words "having fun?" drawn on her chest in blood, while another co-star appears to have her lips sewn shut.

Co-star Roy Basnett, who played the killer clown, praised Jessica's performance in the budget flick - which can be downloaded for £2.50.

Roy said: "She was great, even when she got pregnant.

"Being a zero budget film it took a long time to shoot and she got pregnant while filming.

"We shot the opening rape scene last and she was six months pregnant at the time.

"It took some very clever camera angles to conceal it.

"She was always bang on and so efficient.

"I think she was trying to make a break in the acting world at the time.

"She'd done acting before but this was her first feature film and her commitment to the role was tremendous.

"If her approach to The Apprentice is the same as it was for this film she absolutely has a chance of winning it."

Director Mark Howard said he loved working with Jessica on the film - which is due to be re-released in January 2017 under the name Clown Kill.

He said: "Jessica was good to work with and I did two TV adverts with her before using her in the film.

"She's focused and driven, and I believe she'll get to wherever she wants to be.

"Lord Sugar would probably be impressed by her role in the film.

"She plays an abused person who picks herself up after a devastating attack and shows exactly what she's made of.

"She's a very good actor, though, and that may worry Lord Sugar."

The Sun revealed last month how Jessica had three children by a convicted fraudster who was given a suspended sentence following an elaborate money laundering scam.

Alistair Eccles, who co-ran Jessica's first fashion venture, Famous Frocks, with her, was busted in 2013 for his part in a publishing scam.

He was involved with a gang of fraudsters who were jailed for 24 years after conning victims all over Britain out of £740,000.

Entrepreneur Jess, co-owner of saucy lingerie brand Prodigal Fox, claims to have appeared in Loaded magazine when she was 22 years old.

She was pictured in the lads' mag in 2009 after entering a competition to present three shows on satellite music channel 'Flaunt'.

Speaking at the time, she said: "I heard about the competition and thought why not?

"The whole process has been very exciting, we had to do a photoshoot in London and it's been good to see my picture in Loaded magazine.

"I would really like a career in television and this experience will stand me in good stead."

In a promotional video for The Apprentice, chatterbox Jessica admits she's been compared to a female version of Jim Carrey.

She said: "I've got loads of energy, a bit too much.

"I talk a lot and I'm very much a dreamer, but in a good sense.

"I don't think anyone's ever met anyone quite like me.

"I've been told I'm very much like the female version of Jim Carrey.

"I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing but I suppose I'm quite like him because I'm quite caricature in my face and my actions and mannerisms."

The high-flyer insisted she was actually "very chilled out" - but is likely to cause some fire in the board room.

She added: "I'm actually a very chilled out person, but then I am like an elastic band.

"If someone pushes me too far I flip, but then I can get over it."

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