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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

61

Gender

Female

Birthday

1981-06-08 (45 years old)

Place of Birth

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Also Known As

제스 웨이슬러

ジェス・ワイクスラー

潔絲·威克斯勒

جس وایسلر

Jess Weixler

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.

Known For

Acting

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

2021

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

as

Makeup Artist (voice)

The Big Bad Swim

2006

The Big Bad Swim

as

Jordan Gallagher

Peter and Vandy

2009

Peter and Vandy

as

Vandy

Teeth

2008

Teeth

as

Dawn O'Keefe

Today's Special

2009

Today's Special

as

Carrie

Free Samples

2013

Free Samples

as

Jillian

Cabin Girl

2023

Cabin Girl

as

Trina

The Normals

2012

The Normals

as

Gretchen

A Woman

2010

A Woman

as

Julie

Wayward

2023

Wayward

as

The Face of Love

2013

The Face of Love

as

Summer

Listen Up Philip

2014

Listen Up Philip

as

Holly

Yes

2010

Yes

as

Woman

Apartment Troubles

2014

Apartment Troubles

as

Nicole

Lamb

2015

Lamb

as

Linny

County

2012

County

as

Erica Kinsey

As Good As Dead

2010

As Good As Dead

as

Amy (uncredited)

Money

2016

Money

as

Sylvia

Sister Cities

2016

Sister Cities

as

Austin Baxter

Entanglement

2018

Entanglement

as

Hanna

Who We Are Now

2018

Who We Are Now

as

Gabby

Chained for Life

2019

Chained for Life

as

Mabel

The Lie

2011

The Lie

as

Clover

It Chapter Two

2019

It Chapter Two

as

Audra Phillips

Ava

2020

Ava

as

Judy

The Death of Dick Long

2019

The Death of Dick Long

as

Jane Long

Clock

2020

Clock

as

Woman

Little Manhattan

2005

Little Manhattan

as

TV Cowgirl

Best Man Down

2012

Best Man Down

as

Kristin

Let's Love

Let's Love

as

Jessica

Medium

Medium

as

Mandy Sutton

Everwood

Everwood

as

Nikki

Deception

Deception

as

Joan

The Good Wife

The Good Wife

as

Robyn Burdine

Law & Order

Law & Order

as

Carrie Newton

The Son

The Son

as

Sally McCullough

Hack

Hack

as

Martha Skulnick

Production

Crew

Directing