Jess Weixler

Jess Weixler

actress, writer, producer

Jess Weixler was born on Jun 08, 1981 in USA. Jess Weixler's big-screen debut came with Little Manhattan directed by Mark Levin in 2005. Jess Weixler is known for Deception directed by Michael Lehmann, Jack Cutmore-Scott stars as Cameron Black and Ilfenesh Hadera as Kay Daniels. Jess Weixler has got 2 awards and 8 nominations so far. The most recent award Jess Weixler achieved is Sonoma International Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Jess Weixler plays is Alexander the Last which will be released on Apr 12, 2023.

Jess Weixler is an American actress. She played Dawn O'Keefe in the comedy-horror film Teeth and Jordan in the comedy The Big Bad Swim. 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.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.Weixler is married to Hamish Brocklebank, an English businessman and co-founder of Flooved.

  • Birthday

    Jun 08, 1981
  • Place of Birth

    Louisville, Kentucky, USA
  • Also known

    제스 웨이슬러

Known For

Awards

2 wins & 8 nominations

Sonoma International Film Festival
2017
Money (2016)
Winner - Festival Award
Sundance Film Festival
2007
Dramatic
Winner - Special Jury Prize

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