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Jess Weixler

Actor

Jess Weixler

Born June 8, 1981 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA42 films

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.

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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.

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Little Manhattan posterFirst watchLittle Manhattan20057.2as TV CowgirlTen-year-old Gabe Burton is just an average kid growing up in Manhattan until Rosemary Telesco walks into his karate class.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
It Chapter Two poster6.8It Chapter Two2019Ava poster5.8Ava2020The Eyes of Tammy Faye poster6.4The Eyes of Tammy Faye2021The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her poster6.6The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her2014Teeth poster5.4Teeth2008The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them poster6.2The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them2014Best Man Down poster6.6Best Man Down2012The Death of Dick Long poster6.1The Death of Dick Long2019

Filmography

42 films as actor
  1. TBATender
  2. TBAClaws
  3. TBAThe Upside of UnrequitedPatty
  4. TBAHound of LoveSam
  5. TBAFather Son TimeAshley
  6. 2026Let's LoveJessica
  7. 2023Wayward
  8. 2023Cabin GirlTrina
  9. 2021The Eyes of Tammy FayeMakeup Artist (voice)
  10. 2020ClockWoman
  11. 2020Fully Realized HumansJackie
  12. 2020AvaJudy
  13. 2019The Death of Dick LongJane Long
  14. 2019Chained for LifeMabel
  15. 2019It Chapter TwoAudra Phillips
  16. 2018Who We Are NowGabby
  17. 2018EntanglementHanna
  18. 2016Sister CitiesAustin Baxter
  19. 2016MoneySylvia
  20. 2015LambLinny
  21. 2014Listen Up PhilipHolly
  22. 2014The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: HerKaty Rigby
  23. 2014Apartment TroublesNicole
  24. 2014The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: ThemKaty Rigby
  25. 2013The Face of LoveSummer
  26. 2013Free SamplesJillian
  27. 2013Somebody Up There Likes MeLyla
  28. 2012The NormalsGretchen
  29. 2012Best Man DownKristin
  30. 2012CountyErica Kinsey
  31. 2011The LieClover
  32. 2011The Man Who Never CriedGinny
  33. 2010A WomanJulie
  34. 2010Audrey the TrainwreckTammy
  35. 2010YesWoman
  36. 2009Today's SpecialCarrie
  37. 2009Welcome To AcademiaSophie
  38. 2009Alexander the LastAlex
  39. 2009Peter and VandyVandy
  40. 2008TeethDawn O'Keefe
  41. 2006The Big Bad SwimJordan Gallagher
  42. 2005Little ManhattanTV Cowgirl