She worked as a location manager on
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, where she met actress
Mariska Hargitay. When Hargitay wanted to make a documentary about the American
rape kit backlog, she asked Adlesic to co-direct. The following year, Adlesic had been visiting her father in Pittsburgh when the
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting occurred. After the shooting, she moved back to Pittsburgh and spent the next three years directing and co-producing
A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting. In 2025, she collaborated once again with Mariska Hargitay, producing Hargitay's feature directorial debut film
My Mom Jayne, which premiered at the
78th Cannes Film Festival. ==Filmography==