About
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...
Known for
Law & OrderSeries • 1990
Law & Order: Criminal IntentSeries • 2001
The Good WifeSeries • 2009
MediumSeries • 2005
EverwoodSeries • 2002
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez StorySeries • 2024
It Chapter TwoMovie • 2019
HackSeries • 2002
DeceptionSeries • 2018
The SonSeries • 2017
AvaMovie • 2020
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: ThemMovie • 2014
The Eyes of Tammy FayeMovie • 2021
TeethMovie • 2008
Little ManhattanMovie • 2005
MoneyMovie • 2016
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: HerMovie • 2014
The Death of Dick LongMovie • 2019
Free SamplesMovie • 2013
Sister CitiesMovie • 2016
Best Man DownMovie • 2012
The Face of LoveMovie • 2013
LambMovie • 2015
Somebody Up There Likes MeMovie • 2013