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