Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe at Los Angeles Fashion Week, Smashbox Studios, Culver City on March 9, 2008
Born	(1978-10-10) October 10, 1978 Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey, U.S.
Other names	Jodi O'Keefe
Occupation(s)	Actress, model, fashion designer
Years active	1995–present

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (born October 10, 1978) is an American actress and model, who at age 17 portrayed Cassidy Bridges on Nash Bridges. She is also known for her role on Prison Break as Gretchen Morgan, a.k.a. "Susan B. Anthony".

Early life

O'Keefe was born in Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey, the daughter of Noreen, a homemaker, and Jack O'Keefe, a director of labor relations for Merck. She has Czech, Irish, Polish, Swedish and Austrian ancestry. O'Keefe has two older sisters, Jenna and Heather.

Career

O'Keefe started her career as a model at the age of 8 years old, and she did some modeling work for a Jeans company. Midway through her junior year of high school, O'Keefe left school to star on the soap opera Another World, playing Marguerite “Maggie” Cory. She then got a role on Nash Bridges playing Cassidy, the daughter of Don Johnson’s title character. She and her mother moved to Hollywood so O'Keefe completed her schooling by mail.

O'Keefe made her big screen debut in 1998 in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later and later starred in such films as The Crow: Salvation, Whatever It Takes and Devil In The Flesh 2. In 1999, she co-starred in the teen film She's All That (1999) as Taylor Vaughan alongside Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook. When asked if it was hard to play her character, a high school prima donna, she replied, “Everybody knew a Taylor Vaughan in high school. Working in show business, you meet girls like that every day.”

O'Keefe kept on filming both movies and Nash Bridges until the series ended in 2001. Later films have included Out for Blood, in which she played a vampire named Layla Simmons and Venice Underground. In 2005, she appeared for three episodes in the first season of Boston Legal.

She appeared in episodes of the television series' Charmed, The Evidence, Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, Dharma & Greg and Tru Calling. In 2009 she appeared in the stand alone add-on of the video game Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising.

On August 14, 2010, O'Keefe appeared as Kylie Burch in the Hallmark Original Movie Class. She also appeared in the web series Soul Fire Rising as Lilith Reborn for three episodes.

On September 19, 2011, O'Keefe had a guest role as Isabella in the Two and a Half Men episode "Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt". She appeared in the 26 January 2012 episode of The Finder as Lisa and Mandy. She also appeared as Emily Bennett in the thriller Exposed.

In 2014 O'Keefe was cast in VH1's TV series Hit the Floor and Wall Street, and the film Merry ExMas.

Appearances

O'Keefe was also in 3 Doors Down's video for "Let Me Go", alongside Jesse Metcalfe of Desperate Housewives. She joined the cast of Prison Break in 2007.

In 2013, she guest starred in Castle as entertainment reporter Kristina Coterra in the episode "Cloudy with a Chance of Murder". In the episode she has a crush on Rick Castle and asks him out on air. This ticks his girlfriend Kate Beckett off.

In June 2013, O'Keefe did a photoshoot for NOH8 campaign.

Other ventures

On June 22, 2011, O'Keefe started her own clothing line, Queen George Clothing.

In 2012, O'Keefe launched her own jewelry line, Q.

O'Keefe is also a licensed bounty hunter together with her friend Victoria Pratt, with whom she starred in the movie A Nanny's Revenge.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1998	Halloween H20: 20 Years Later	Sarah Wainthrope	Film debut
1999	She's All That	Taylor Vaughan
2000	The Crow: Salvation	Lauren Randall
	Whatever it Takes	Ashley Grant
	Devil in the Flesh 2	Debbie Strong / Tracy Carley	aka Teacher's Pet
2002	Falling in Love in Pongo Ponga	Shawnee	short movie
2003	Red Rover	Kylie Logan
2004	Out for Blood	Layla Simmons	aka Vampires: Out for Blood
	Mummy an' the Armadillo	Jackie
2005	Venice Underground	Tyler
	Three Wise Guys	Mary Ann Davidson
2007	American Identity	Lyndsey Simpson	short movie
2009	Prison Break: The Final Break	Gretchen Morgan	V, Release 21 July 2009
2010	Class	Kylie Burch	Premiere 14 August 2010 Hallmark TV USA
2011	Exposed	Emily Bennett	Premiere 18 March 2011 Hallmark TV Netherlands
2012	A Nanny's Revenge	Gina Wright	2012
2013	Stalkers	Julia Winston	March 2013
2013	Frozen Ground	Chelle Ringell	Premiere 11 July 2013
2014	Merry ExMas		Premiere 5 December 2014

Television

Year	Series	Role	Episodes
1995	Another World	Maggie Cory #4	6 episode
1996–2001	Nash Bridges	Cassidy Bridges	76 episodes
1999	Happy Hour	Herself	1 episode
2002	Dharma & Greg	Simone	2 episodes
	George Lopez	Campbell	2 episodes
2003	The Pool at Maddy Breaker's	Maddy Breaker	1 episode
2004	Tru Calling	Candace Aimes	1 episode
	The Help	Becky Wiggins	1 episode
	Charmed	Spider Demon	1 episode
2004–2005	Boston Legal	Nora Jacobs	3 episodes
2004–2011	Two and a Half Men	Gail / Isabella	4 episodes
2005	Eve	Rita's stepmother	1 episode
2006	The 12th Man	Lindsay	1 episode
	Halloween: 25 Years of Terror	herself	1 episode
	The Evidence	Officer Jackie Kazaris	5 episodes
	Criminal Minds	Agt. Amanda Gilroy	1 episode
2007	The Call	Jenna "Kinky" Kincaid	1 episode
	CSI: NY	Melodee Constanza	1 episode
	Raines	Angelina Billings	1 episode
2007–2009	Prison Break	Susan B. Anthony / Gretchen Morgan	32 episodes
2009	The Big Bang Theory	Mikayla the Prostitute	1 episode
2010	Lost	Ava	1 episode
	Soul Fire Rising	Lilith Reborn	3 episodes
2011	Law & Order: LA	Jenn Mackie	1 episode
2012	The Finder	Lisa / Mandy	1 episode
	Castle	Kristina Coterra	1 episode
2013	The Exes	Employee	1 episode
2014-2015	Hit The Floor	Lionel Davenport	24 episodes
2014	Untitled Wall Street Project	Riley Simms	Pilot
2014	The Vampire Diaries	Jo Robles	More Episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3: Uprising	Kelly Weaver

External links

• Jodi Lyn O'Keefe at IMDb
• Jodi Lyn O'Keefe on X
• Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as Lionel Davenport on VH1's Hit the Floor (TV series)
• Jodi Lyn O'Keefe Website