Jordan Ladd

Jordan Ladd
Ladd at the Grindhouse premiere, 2007
Born	Jordan Elizabeth Ladd (1975-01-14) January 14, 1975 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	Conor O'Neill (2001–05)
Parent(s)	Cheryl Ladd David Ladd
Relatives	Alan Ladd (grandfather) Alan Ladd Jr. (half-uncle)

Jordan Elizabeth Ladd (born January 14, 1975) is an American actress. She is known as a scream queen, having appeared in several horror films. She began taking small film roles before landing her first high-profile role in Never Been Kissed (1999). Since then, Ladd has portrayed supporting as well as lead roles in films, including Cabin Fever (2002), Club Dread (2004), and Death Proof (2007). She has also earned acclaim for her lead role in the horror film Grace (2009).

Early life and family

Ladd was born in Hollywood, California, the daughter of Charlie's Angels star Cheryl Ladd (née Stoppelmoor) and David Ladd, a producer and former actor. Her parents divorced in 1980. Her paternal grandfather was actor Alan Ladd, and her paternal grandmother was Sue Carol (née Evelyn Lederer), a Hollywood talent agent and actress. She has a stepsister, Lindsay Russell, an aspiring actress. She graduated from High School in 1993. She then attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

Career

At the age of two, Ladd began appearing in commercials. Her first commercial was for Polaroid. She began acting in film and television while in school, working with her mother in films such as The Girl Who Came Between Them (1990) and Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back (1993). After graduating high school, she took up acting professionally.

In 1994, she guest appeared in the NBC series Saved by the Bell: The New Class episode "The Return of Screech", and followed that appearance with a role opposite Alyssa Milano in the horror-thriller feature Embrace of the Vampire. She was going to play the role of Amy Blue in the teen drama film The Doom Generation (1995), until her mother vetoed her playing the role at the last minute. She spent the majority of the 1990s appearing in a variety of independent films, including Inside Out, Nowhere, Stand-ins, and Taking the Plunge. In 1999, she landed her first high-profile role as a popular teenager who tortures Drew Barrymore's character in the teen comedy Never Been Kissed, during its filming, Barrymore – who also produced the film – asked Ladd if she would like to appear in her film adaptation of Charlie's Angels (2000), but Ladd turned it down.

She appeared in The Specials (2000), a comedy about a group of superheroes on their day off; in the film she played a neurotic named Nightbird. That year, she had the starring role as an actress who vying for an Academy Award in E! first original film Best Actress. Ladd established herself as an independent film actress, appearing in Boys Life 3 and David Lynch's short film Darkened Room. She starred as the lead role in Eli Roth's 2002 horror film Cabin Fever, which was a moderate success at the box office. In 2004, she won the role of Penelope in the horror film Club Dread, and starred in the direct-to-video horror Madhouse. Ladd appeared opposite Anna Faris, Ryan Reynolds, and Justin Long in the independent romantic comedy Waiting..., which opened in the U.S. on October 7, 2005.

After a small role in the film Inland Empire (2006), she was cast as Shanna in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, a segment of the film Grindhouse. She won acclaim for her performance as the character Madeline Matheson in the horror film Grace. It was screened at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. In 2010, she starred as Cynthia in Wishing Well, a made-for-television film about a journalist from New York City who gets sent to a small town in Illinois to report on a legendary wishing well.

In 2016, she will appear in the thriller Brentwood Strangler opposite Australian actor Adam J. Yeend and Annika Marks.

Personal life

She married her longtime boyfriend, documentary film editor Conor O'Neill, in 2001. The couple divorced in July 2005.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Charlie's Angels	Young Kris Monroe in flashbacks	Episode: "Angel on my Mind"
1990	The Girl Who Came Between Them	Waitress	TV movie
1993	Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back	Waitress	Movie
1994	Love Street	Bordello Player	Episode: "Bordello"
1994	Saved by the Bell: The New Class	Debbie	Episode: "The Return of Screech"
1997	Weapons of Mass Distraction	Letitia	Movie
1997	Total Security	Fiona Richards	Episode: "One Wedding and a Funeral"
1998	Every Mother's Worst Fear	Martha Hoagland	Movie
2000	Best Actress	Amber Lyons	Movie
2000	The Deadly Look of Love	Janet Flanders	Movie
2001	Six Feet Under	Ginnie	Episode: "An Open Book"
2005–07	Robot Chicken	Various characters	5 episodes
2007	It Was One Of Us	Avis Monroe	Movie
2009	The Wishing Well	Cynthia Tamerline	Movie
2015	Scary Endings	Grace	'Voyeur' Season 1 ep 2
2017	Stage Fright		Movie

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Embrace of the Vampire	Eliza
1997	Inside Out	Summer
1997	Nowhere	Alyssa
1997	Stand-ins	Monica-Bette Davis
1999	Taking the Plunge
1999	Never Been Kissed	Gibby Zerefski
2000	The Specials	Nightbird/Shelly
2000	Boys Life 3	Summer	Short film
2001	Puzzled	Skye
2002	Crazy Little Thing	Dana	Also known as The Perfect You
2002	Darkened Room	Girl 1
2002	Cabin Fever	Karen
2004	Club Dread	Penelope	Also known as Broken Lizard's Club Dread
2004	Junked	Nikki
2004	Madhouse	Sara	Direct-to-video
2004	Dog Gone Love	Arianna	Direct-to-video
2005	Waiting...	Danielle
2006	Inland Empire	Terri
2007	Hostel: Part II	Stephanie
2007	Grindhouse	Shanna	"Death Proof" segment
2009	Grace	Madeline Matheson
2011	The Last Best Place	Wendy
2012	Awaken	Rachel Arai
2012	Murder on the 13th Floor	Ariana Braxton
2012	Air Collision	Lindsay Bates	Direct-to-video
2016	Brentwood Strangler	Maggie	Multiple 2016 Film Festivals

External links

• Jordan Ladd on Twitter
• Jordan Ladd at IMDb