Acting credits
45
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Jess Weixler
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.7
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Movies: 36Series: 9Crew credits: 5
TMDB ID: 76999
IMDb ID: nm1422176
Known for: Acting
Born: June 8, 1981
Age: 44
Place of birth: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1990 - 2024
Years active: 35
Average TMDB rating: 6.28
Wikidata: Q2646925
Also known as
제스 웨이슬러 • ジェス・ワイクスラー • 潔絲·威克斯勒 • جس وایسلر
Other jobs
Additional Dialogue (1)Additional Writing (1)Executive Producer (1)Screenplay (1)Writer (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jess Weixler.
Wayward
2023 Movie
5.0
Cabin Girl
as Trina
2023 Movie
6.5
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
as Makeup Artist (voice)
2021 Movie
Clock
as Woman
2020 Movie
5.3
Fully Realized Humans
as Jackie
2020 Movie
5.8
Ava
as Judy
2020 Movie
6.1
The Death of Dick Long
as Jane Long
2019 Movie
6.3
Chained for Life
as Mabel
2019 Movie
6.8
It Chapter Two
as Audra Phillips
2019 Movie
5.7
Who We Are Now
as Gabby
2018 Movie
5.3
Entanglement
as Hanna
2018 Movie
6.3
Sister Cities
as Austin Baxter
2016 Movie
5.4
Money
as Sylvia
2016 Movie
6.0
Lamb
as Linny
2015 Movie
5.9
Listen Up Philip
as Holly
2014 Movie
6.7
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
as Katy Rigby
2014 Movie
5.0
Apartment Troubles
as Nicole
2014 Movie
6.2
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
as Katy Rigby
2014 Movie
6.1
The Face of Love
as Summer
2013 Movie
5.6
Free Samples
as Jillian
2013 Movie
5.2
Somebody Up There Likes Me
as Lyla
2013 Movie
5.3
The Normals
as Gretchen
2012 Movie
6.7
Best Man Down
as Kristin
2012 Movie
5.4
The Lie
as Clover
2011 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jess Weixler.
7.6
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
as Jill Lansing • 3 eps
2024 Series
7.7
Deception
as Joan • 1 eps
2018 Series
6.7
The Son
as Sally McCullough • 10 eps
2017 Series
7.6
The Good Wife
as Robyn Burdine • 19 eps
2009 Series
7.5
Medium
as Mandy Sutton • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.7
Hack
as Martha Skulnick • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.6
Everwood
as Nikki • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Laura Green • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Carrie Newton • 1 eps
1990 Series