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