Jess Weixler
Born: 1981-06-08 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Jessica "Jess" Weixler (born June 8, 1981) is an American actress, best known to date as the lead in the comedy-horror film Teeth and the comedy The Big Bad Swim. She graduated in 1999 from Atherton High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where she also attended the Walden Theatre Conservatory Program and was in The River City Players acting group and in the Chamber Singers choral group and was voted "most talented", and then attended Juilliard. She was nominated for a Breakthrough Award at the Gotham Awards in 2007 and won the Special Jury Prize in Dramatic category For a juicy and jaw-dropping performance at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007 both for her role in Teeth. She also appeared in the TV series Law & Order: Criminal Intent. In January 2009, she was named by New York Magazine as the "New Indie Queen" of the year and one of the fourteen "New Yorkers you need to know." She currently lives in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, New York. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jess Weixler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2024
- Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story as Jill Lansing
2023
- Cabin Girl as Trina
- Wayward
2021
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye as Makeup Artist (voice)
2020
- Ava as Judy
- Fully Realized Humans as Jackie
- Clock as Woman
2019
- It Chapter Two as Audra Phillips
- Chained for Life as Mabel
- The Death of Dick Long as Jane Long
2018
- Deception as Joan
- Entanglement as Hanna
- Who We Are Now as Gabby
2017
- The Son as Sally McCullough
2016
- Money as Sylvia
- Sister Cities as Austin Baxter
2015
- Lamb as Linny
2014
- Apartment Troubles as Nicole
- The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her as Katy Rigby
- The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them as Katy Rigby
- Listen Up Philip as Holly
2013
- Free Samples as Jillian
- Somebody Up There Likes Me as Lyla
- The Face of Love as Summer
2012
- Best Man Down as Kristin
- County as Erica Kinsey
- The Normals as Gretchen
2011
- The Lie as Clover
- The Man Who Never Cried as Ginny
2010
- A Woman as Julie
- As Good As Dead as Amy (uncredited)
- Audrey the Trainwreck as Tammy
- Yes as Woman
2009
- The Good Wife as Robyn Burdine
- Peter and Vandy as Vandy
- Alexander the Last as Alex
- Welcome To Academia as Sophie
- Today's Special as Carrie
2008
- Teeth as Dawn O'Keefe
2006
- The Big Bad Swim as Jordan Gallagher
2005
- Medium as Mandy Sutton
- Little Manhattan as TV Cowgirl
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Laura Green
1990
- Law & Order as Carrie Newton