Jess Weixler

Jess Weixler

Born: June 8, 1981
in Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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 currently lives in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, New York.

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Wayward
Title: Wayward
Released: September 6, 2023
Type: Movie
While moving from Idaho to Los Angeles with her mother, an 11-year-old girl, who is yearning for stability in her life, becomes smitten with a charismatic female hitchhiker they pick up along the way. As she detaches more and more from her mother, the girl forms an unlikely bond with the hitchhiker, blurring the line between running away and kidnapping.
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Cabin Girl
Title: Cabin Girl
Character: Trina
Released: July 12, 2023
Type: Movie
When a van-life influencer moves into an isolated cabin, she discovers the home has a dark history and becomes haunted by a troubled spirit.
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The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Title: The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Character: Makeup Artist (voice)
Released: September 17, 2021
Type: Movie
From the 1960's to the 1980's, evangelist Jim Baker and his ambitious wife, Tammy Faye, rose from humble beginnings to to build an empire based on big-time evangelical Christianity--only for the couple to fall from grace because of some all-too-human sins.
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Clock
Title: Clock
Released: October 6, 2020
Type: Movie
In a mysterious parking garage, a business woman is haunted by the ticking of the biological clock in her head.
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Fully Realized Humans
Title: Fully Realized Humans
Character: Jackie
Released: August 8, 2020
Type: Movie
Parents-to-be Jackie and Elliott embark on a quest for self-actualization before the imminent birth of their first child in this strikingly honest and hilarious portrait of parents and children.
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Ava
Title: Ava
Character: Judy
Released: July 2, 2020
Type: Movie
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
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The Death of Dick Long
Title: The Death of Dick Long
Character: Jane Long
Released: September 27, 2019
Type: Movie
Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don’t want anybody finding out how. That’s too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama.
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Chained for Life
Title: Chained for Life
Character: Mabel
Released: September 13, 2019
Type: Movie
A beautiful actress struggles to connect with her disfigured co-star on the set of a European auteur's English-language debut.
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It Chapter Two
Title: It Chapter Two
Character: Audra Phillips
Released: September 4, 2019
Type: Movie
27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.
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Who We Are Now
Title: Who We Are Now
Character: Gabby
Released: May 25, 2018
Type: Movie
Recently released from prison, Beth is working with her public defender to get her son back from her sister, who was awarded legal custody while Beth was incarcerated for ten years. Soon after, Beth forms an unlikely alliance with Jess, an idealistic young protégé of the public defense team, who decides to take on Beth's cause whether she likes it or not.
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Title: Deception
Character: Joan
Released: March 11, 2018
Type: TV
Cameron Black is the world's greatest illusionist. At least, that's what people used to call him—before his greatest secret was exposed and his career destroyed. Even worse, Cameron has good reason to believe this was no accident.
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Entanglement
Title: Entanglement
Character: Hanna
Released: February 19, 2018
Type: Movie
While recovering from a suicide attempt, Ben Layten accidentally falls in love with a girl who was very nearly, almost his sister - and then things start to get weird.
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Title: The Son
Character: Sally McCullough
Released: April 8, 2017
Type: TV
The multigenerational epic follows two concurrent time periods: One, the story of young Eli McCullough after he is kidnapped and indoctrinated into a tribe of Comanches in 1849. The other, 60 years later, when we see a grown Eli struggle to maintain his family’s cattle empire during the turbulent Bandit Wars of South Texas. Based on Philipp Meyer’s acclaimed novel.
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Sister Cities
Title: Sister Cities
Character: Austin Baxter
Released: September 17, 2016
Type: Movie
Based on the internationally-acclaimed play by Colette Freedman, the story of 4 estranged sisters who reunite for their mother’s alleged suicide.
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Money
Title: Money
Character: Sylvia
Released: April 6, 2016
Type: Movie
Two wealthy businessmen are about to get away with $5 million in ill-gotten money until their plans are revealed by an uninvited house guest.
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Lamb
Title: Lamb
Character: Linny
Released: October 20, 2015
Type: Movie
Lamb, based on the novel by Bonnie Nadzam, traces the self-discovery of David Lamb in the weeks following the disintegration of his marriage and the death of his father. Hoping to regain some faith in his own goodness, he turns his attention to Tommie, an awkward and unpopular eleven-year-old girl. Lamb is convinced that he can help her avoid a destiny of apathy and emptiness, and takes Tommie for a road trip from Chicago to the Rockies, planning to initiate her into the beauty of the mountain wilderness. The journey shakes them in ways neither expects.
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
Title: The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
Character: Katy Rigby
Released: October 10, 2014
Type: Movie
Told from the woman's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.
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Apartment Troubles
Title: Apartment Troubles
Character: Nicole
Released: June 15, 2014
Type: Movie
Two codependent roommates, on the verge of eviction, flee New York for the promise of sunshine in Los Angeles where their friendship is tested by a chance at fame, a fortune teller and an amorous wealthy aunt.
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
Title: The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
Character: Katy Rigby
Released: May 14, 2014
Type: Movie
A New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her volumes that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Listen Up Philip
Title: Listen Up Philip
Character: Holly
Released: May 7, 2014
Type: Movie
Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley, and his own indifference to promoting the novel. When Philip's idol Ike Zimmerman offers his isolated summer home as a refuge, he finally gets the peace and quiet to focus on his favorite subject: himself.
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The Face of Love
Title: The Face of Love
Character: Summer
Released: October 25, 2013
Type: Movie
A widow falls for a guy who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.
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Free Samples
Title: Free Samples
Character: Jillian
Released: May 31, 2013
Type: Movie
A Stanford law-school dropout named Jillian escapes to the anonymity of Los Angeles to figure out what she wants to do with her life, and on the day of her college boyfriend's birthday, she finds herself stuck running an ice cream truck fending off locals and oddball friends alike. This one day spent in a truck on the streets of Los Angeles will wake Jillian from her aimless daze and make her see that life doesn't stop just because you want it to.
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Somebody Up There Likes Me
Title: Somebody Up There Likes Me
Character: Lyla
Released: January 22, 2013
Type: Movie
Thirty-five years in the life of Max, his best friend Sal and a woman they both adore, Lyla. The trio stumble through mandatory but seemingly unfulfilling entanglements, at weddings, funerals, hospitals, eateries, divorce courts and the tool shed. A deadpan fable about time sneaking up on and swerving right around us.
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The Normals
Title: The Normals
Character: Gretchen
Released: November 16, 2012
Type: Movie
With a debt collector hot on his trail, Harvard graduate Billy Schine enrolls in a clinical drug trial to make a quick buck. Carted out of New York City in a shuttle full of oddball characters, Billy and the rest of the guinea pigs, affectionately referred to as "Normals," camp out at hidden research facility. When not popping pills, being tagged, drained of blood, prodded, poked and color-coded, they are telling horror stories of previous tests or generally getting on each other's nerves. As the test drags on, just being there starts to take its toll, and tensions build until the dam finally bursts. Billy realizes that there is no such thing as "normal."
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Best Man Down
Title: Best Man Down
Character: Kristin
Released: October 20, 2012
Type: Movie
A newlywed couple cancels their honeymoon and returns to the snowy Midwest to make the funeral arrangements for their best man, who died unexpectedly after their ceremony.
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The Lie
Title: The Lie
Character: Clover
Released: November 18, 2011
Type: Movie
A man's life is altered unexpectedly after telling a lie to get out of work.
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The Man Who Never Cried
Title: The Man Who Never Cried
Character: Ginny
Released: February 9, 2011
Type: Movie
Ralph Winston has never cried; not when he was a baby, not when his heart was crushed by his high school sweetheart, not even when he first saw Steven Spielberg's E.T. So when his father dies, Ralph - age 32 - decides to embark upon a true emotional journey with hopes to shed his first tear before the funeral - and before it's not too late.
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A Woman
Title: A Woman
Character: Julie
Released: September 4, 2010
Type: Movie
A young woman falls in love with a famous novelist and travels with him to his home in Southern Italy. There, her obsession with the memory of his dead wife begins to consume her.
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Audrey the Trainwreck
Title: Audrey the Trainwreck
Character: Tammy
Released: March 17, 2010
Type: Movie
The story of two people caught in the routines of work and circles of friends. The days begin with an alarm and end with the fading sound of a television. Ron Hogan, a 28-year-old ATM parts purchaser, and Stacy Ryan, a 27-year-old, oddly charming courier, meet through a matchmaking Internet service and go through the routine of falling for one another.
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As Good As Dead
Title: As Good As Dead
Character: Amy (uncredited)
Released: January 25, 2010
Type: Movie
Seeking revenge for the murder of their religious leader, fundamental loyalists kidnap and torture the man they believe responsible, but the ensuing clash of right vs. left ideologies quickly reveals that they may have the wrong man, which puts them on a path toward a shocking twist
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Yes
Title: Yes
Character: Woman
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
A couple confronts uncertainty in their relationship after being apart for three months.
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Today's Special
Title: Today's Special
Character: Carrie
Released: October 14, 2009
Type: Movie
Young Manhattan chef Samir rediscovers his heritage and passion for life through the enchanting art of cooking Indian food.
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Title: The Good Wife
Character: Robyn Burdine
Released: September 22, 2009
Type: TV
Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.
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Alexander the Last
Title: Alexander the Last
Character: Alex
Released: March 14, 2009
Type: Movie
An ensemble drama about a married actress, her sister and their myriad sexual and creative temptations.
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Peter and Vandy
Title: Peter and Vandy
Character: Vandy
Released: January 19, 2009
Type: Movie
Flashbacks and flash-forwards illustrate the rise and fall of a love affair between two New Yorkers.
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Teeth
Title: Teeth
Character: Dawn O'Keefe
Released: January 18, 2008
Type: Movie
Dawn is an active member of her high-school chastity club but, when she meets Tobey, nature takes its course, and the pair answer the call. They suddenly learn she is a living example of the vagina dentata myth, when the encounter takes a grisly turn.
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The Big Bad Swim
Title: The Big Bad Swim
Character: Jordan Gallagher
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
An adult swim class sets the stage for this sexually charged comedy-drama about love, loss, and second chances. Three strangers -- inextricably connected through personal heartbreak -- find themselves entering deep water as they learn that life isn't always about diving right in -- it's about getting your feet wet once in awhile.
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Little Manhattan
Title: Little Manhattan
Character: TV Cowgirl
Released: September 26, 2005
Type: Movie
Ten-year-old Gabe was just a normal kid growing up in Manhattan until Rosemary Telesco walked into his life, actually into his karate class. But before Gabe can tell Rosemary how he feels, she tells him she will not be going to public school any more. Gabe has a lot more to learn about life, love, and girls.
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Title: Medium
Character: Mandy Sutton
Released: January 3, 2005
Type: TV
Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help to solve crimes. Her dreams often give her clues to the whereabouts of missing people.
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Title: Hack
Character: Martha Skulnick
Released: September 27, 2002
Type: TV
Hack is a television series that aired on the American CBS television network from 2002 to 2004. The series centers on the fictional life of a former police officer, Polish-American Mike Olshansky, who left the force after being charged with corruption and now works as a taxi driver in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Title: Everwood
Character: Nikki
Released: September 16, 2002
Type: TV
After the death of his wife, world-class neurosurgeon Dr. Andrew Brown leaves Manhattan and moves his family to the small town of Everwood, Colorado. There he becomes a small-town doctor and learns parenting on the fly as he raises his talented but resentful 15-year-old son Ephram and his 9-year-old daughter Delia.
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Title: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character: Laura Green
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
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Title: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character: Amy Buckley
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Carrie Newton
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.