Jess Weixler
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jess Weixler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
It Chapter Two (2019)
as Audra Phillips
Ava (2020)
as Judy
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
as Makeup Artist (voice)
Little Manhattan (2005)
as TV Cowgirl
Teeth (2008)
as Dawn O'Keefe
The Death of Dick Long (2019)
as Jane Long
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)
as Katy Rigby
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2014)
as Katy Rigby
The Face of Love (2013)
as Summer
Who We Are Now (2018)
as Gabby
Money (2016)
as Sylvia
Sister Cities (2016)
as Austin Baxter
Best Man Down (2012)
as Kristin
Apartment Troubles (2014)
as Nicole
County (2012)
as Erica Kinsey
Free Samples (2013)
as Jillian
Listen Up Philip (2014)
as Holly
The Normals (2012)
as Gretchen
The Big Bad Swim (2006)
as Jordan Gallagher
Let's Love (2026)
as Jessica
Somebody Up There Likes Me (2013)
as Lyla
Claws (—)
Actor
Wayward (2023)
Actor
Chained for Life (2019)
as Mabel
The Man Who Never Cried (2011)
as Ginny
Alexander the Last (2009)
as Alex
Peter and Vandy (2009)
as Vandy
Lamb (2015)
as Linny
Today's Special (2009)
as Carrie
The Upside of Unrequited (—)
as Patty
Audrey the Trainwreck (2010)
as Tammy
A Woman (2010)
as Julie
Cabin Girl (2023)
as Trina
The Lie (2011)
as Clover
Fully Realized Humans (2020)
as Jackie
Entanglement (2018)
as Hanna
Father Son Time (—)
as Ashley
Hound of Love (—)
as Sam
Welcome To Academia (2009)
as Sophie
Tender (—)
Actor
Yes (2010)
as Woman
Clock (2020)
as Woman