Jess Weixler

Jess Weixler
Born	Jessica Weixler Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2003–present

Jessica "Jess" Weixler 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 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." ^[1]

Filmography

• A Woman (2010)
• Law & Order (1 episode, "Brilliant Disguise", 2010) .... Carrie Newton
• Audrey the Trainwreck (2009) .... Tammy
• Periphery (2009) .... Madison
• Alexander the Last (2009) .... Alex
• Today's Special (2009) .... Carrie
• As Good as Dead (2009) .... Amy
• Welcome to Academia (2009) .... Sophie
• Peter and Vandy (2009) .... Vandy
• Goodbye Baby (2007) .... Denise
• Teeth (2007) .... Dawn O'Keefe
• The Big Bad Swim (2006) .... Jordan Gallagher
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (1 episode, "In the Wee Small Hours: Part 2", 2005) .... Amy Buckley
• Little Manhattan (2005) .... TV Cowgirl
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent - The Video Game (2005) (VG) .... Amy Buckley
• Everwood (1 episode, "Do or Die", 2004) .... Nikki
• The Guiding Light (unknown episodes, 2003) .... Caroline Boyle
• Hack (1 episode, "Blind Faith", 2003) .... Martha Skulnick

References

1. ^ "New Indie Queen: Jess Weixler". Jan 9, 2009. http://nymag.com/news/features/all-new/53373/. Retrieved 2009-01-13. 

External links

• Jess Weixler at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Weixler, Jess
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	1981
Place of birth	Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death