- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 8, 1981
- Place of Birth
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Jess Weixler
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 current…
Filmography
movieLet's Love
2026 · Jessica
tvMonsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
2024 · Jill Lansing
movieWayward
2023
movieCabin Girl
2023 · Trina
movieThe Eyes of Tammy Faye
2021 · Makeup Artist (voice)
movieClock
2020 · Woman
movieFully Realized Humans
2020 · Jackie, Co-Producer, Additional Dialogue, Writer
movieAva
2020 · Judy
movieThe Death of Dick Long
2019 · Jane Long
movieChained for Life
2019 · Mabel, Executive Producer
movieIt Chapter Two
2019 · Audra Phillips
movieWho We Are Now
2018 · Gabby
tvDeception
2018 · Joan
movieEntanglement
2018 · Hanna
tvThe Son
2017 · Sally McCullough
movieSister Cities
2016 · Austin Baxter
movieMoney
2016 · Sylvia
movieLamb
2015 · Linny
movieListen Up Philip
2014 · Holly
movieThe Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
2014 · Katy Rigby
movieApartment Troubles
2014 · Nicole, Writer, Director, Producer
movieThe Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
2014 · Katy Rigby
movieThe Face of Love
2013 · Summer
movieFree Samples
2013 · Jillian
movieSomebody Up There Likes Me
2013 · Lyla
movieThe Normals
2012 · Gretchen
movieBest Man Down
2012 · Kristin
County
2012 · Erica Kinsey
movieThe Lie
2011 · Clover, Screenplay
movieThe Man Who Never Cried
2011 · Ginny
movieA Woman
2010 · Julie
movieAudrey the Trainwreck
2010 · Tammy
movieAs Good As Dead
2010 · Amy (uncredited)
movieYes
2010 · Woman
movieToday's Special
2009 · Carrie
tvThe Good Wife
2009 · Robyn Burdine
movieWelcome To Academia
2009 · Sophie
movieAlexander the Last
2009 · Alex, Additional Writing
moviePeter and Vandy
2009 · Vandy
movieTeeth
2008 · Dawn O'Keefe
movieThe Big Bad Swim
2006 · Jordan Gallagher
movieLittle Manhattan
2005 · TV Cowgirl
tvMedium
2005 · Mandy Sutton
tvHack
2002 · Martha Skulnick
tvEverwood
2002 · Nikki
tvLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Laura Green, Amy Buckley
tvLaw & Order
1990 · Carrie Newton
Tender
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Claws
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The Upside of Unrequited
— · Patty
Hound of Love
— · Sam
Father Son Time
— · Ashley