Jess Weixler

Jess Weixler
Born	Jessica Weixler 42–43 Louisville, Kentucky, US
Alma mater	Juilliard School
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2003–present

Jessica "Jess" Weixler is an American actress. She is best known as the lead character Dawn O'Keefe in the comedy-horror film Teeth and the comedy The Big Bad Swim.

Early life

Weixler 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. Subsequently, Weixler, attended Juilliard where she was a classmate of Jessica Chastain. She was a participant during the first year of Bruce Brubaker's InterArts performance project at Juilliard.

Career

In 2007 she was nominated for a Breakthrough Award at the Gotham Awards, and won the Special Jury Prize in Dramatic category For a juicy and jaw-dropping performance at the Sundance Film Festival, 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".

In 2013, she joined the cast of CBS series The Good Wife, playing investigator Robyn Burdine. That same year she appeared in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby as the titular character's sister. The part was written specifically for her.

Weixler next turned her hand to writing, penning the script for Apartment Troubles with her friend, and former roommate Jennifer Prediger. The two co-directed and co-starred in the movie. Apartment Troubles premiered at the 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival. It was picked up by Gravitas Ventures and given theatrical and VOD distribution in March 2015.

On June 9, 2015, Variety announced that Jamie Bamber, Kellan Lutz, Jesse Williams, and Jess Weixler had joined the cast of a thriller film titled Money, directed by Martin Rosete and produced by Atit Shah.

Personal life

Weixler is currently engaged to Hamish Brocklebank, an English businessman and co-founder of Flooved.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Little Manhattan	TV Cowgirl
2006	The Big Bad Swim	Jordan Gallager
2007	Teeth	Dawn
2007	Goodbye Baby	Denise
2009	Peter and Vandy	Vandy
2009	Alexander the Last	Alex
2009	Welcome to Academia	Sophie
2009	Today's Special	Carrie
2009	As Good as Dead	Amy
2010	A Woman	Julie
2010	Audrey the Trainwreck	Tammy
2010	Yes	Woman	Short film
2011	The Lie	Clover
2011	The Man Who Never Cried	Ginny	Short film
2011	Periphery	Madison
2012	Somebody Up There Likes Me	Lyla
2012	Free Samples	Jillian
2012	Best Man Down	Kristin
2012	The Normals	Gretchen
2013	The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her	Katy Rigby
2013	The Face of Love	Summer
2014	Listen Up Philip	Holly Kane
2014	The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them	Katy Rigby
2014	Apartment Troubles	Nicole
2015	Lamb	Linny	Completed
2016	Money	Sylvia	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Guiding Light	Caroline Boyle	1 Episode
2003	Hack	Martha Skulnick	Episode: "Blind Faith"
2004	Everwood	Nikki	Episode: "Do or Die"
2005	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Amy Buckley	Episode: "In the Wee Small Hours"
2009	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Laura Green	Episode: "The Glory That Was..."
2010	Medium	Mandy Sutton	Episode: "An Everlasting Love"
2010	Law & Order	Carrie Newton	Episode: "Brilliant Disguise"
2013–14	The Good Wife	Robyn Burdine	Recurring role (19 episodes)

External links

• Jess Weixler at the Internet Movie Database