Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe | |
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 Jodi Lyn O'Keefe at Los Angeles Fashion Week- Smashbox Studios, Culver City on March 9, 2008 | |
| Born | October 10, 1978 Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey, United States |
| Other names | Jodi O'Keefe |
| Occupation(s) | Actress/Model and 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.[1] She is of Irish, Czech, Austrian, Polish and Swedish ancestry.[2] When she was a child, the youngest of three sisters, she had a bowl haircut and was self-described as a "dork". Her older sister was a model and she decided that she wanted to do the same. She did, and says the modelling job brought her more confidence and more friends. She attended a Catholic school and grew from being the shortest in the class to one of the tallest at 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m)*, the height at which she now stands.[3]
Career
Midway through her junior year high school she 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 Jodi completed her schooling by mail.
She 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 starred in the teen film She's All That (1999) 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 been Out for Blood where she played a vampire named Layla Simmons and Venice Underground. In 2005, she appeared for three episodes in the first season of Boston Legal.
O'Keefe was also in 3 Doors Down's video "Let Me Go", alongside Jesse Metcalfe of Desperate Housewives. She joined the cast of Prison Break in 2007.
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 standalone addon of the video game Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising.
On 14 August 2010 Jodi Lyn 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 22 June 2011 Jodi Lyn O'Keefe started her own clothing line Queen George Clothing. On 19 September 2011 Jodi had a Guest role as Isabella in Two and a Half Men Season 9 Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt. Next year she will have a Guest role in the Spinoff of Bones "The Finder" what will be in premiere Midseason 2012.
She appeared as Emily Bennett in the 2011 movie Exposed.
Television
| Year | Series | Role | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Another World | Maggie Cory #4 | 6 episode |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges | Cassidy Bridges | 76 episodes, 1996–2001 |
| 1999 | Happy Hour | Herself | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Dharma & Greg | Simone | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | George Lopez | Campbell | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | The Pool at Maddy Breaker's | Maddy Breaker | 1 episode |
| 2004 | Tru Calling | Candace Aimes | 1 episode |
| 2004 | The Help | Becky Wiggins | 1 episode |
| 2004 | Charmed | Spider Demon | 1 episode |
| 2004 | Boston Legal | Nora Jacobs | 3 episodes, 2004–2005 |
| 2004 | Two and a Half Men | Gail/Isabella | 4 episodes, 2004–2011 |
| 2005 | Eve | Rita's stepmother | 1 episode |
| 2006 | The 12th Man | Lindsay | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Halloween: 25 Years of Terror | herself | 1 episode |
| 2006 | The Evidence | Officer Jackie Kazaris | 5 episodes |
| 2006 | Criminal Minds | Agt. Amanda Gilroy | 1 episode |
| 2007 | The Call | Jenna 'Kinky' Kincaid | 1 episode |
| 2007 | CSI: NY | Melodee Constanza | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Raines | Angelina Billings | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Prison Break | Susan B.Anthony / Gretchen Morgan | 32 episodes, 2007–2009 |
| 2009 | The Big Bang Theory | Mikayla | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Lost | Ava | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Soul Fire Rising | Lilith Reborn | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Law & Order: LA | Jenn Mackie | 1 episode |
| 2012 | The Finder | Lisa | 1 episode |
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later | Sarah Wainthrope | |
| 1999 | She's All That | Taylor Vaughan | |
| 2000 | The Crow: Salvation | Lauren Randall | |
| 2000 | Whatever It Takes | Ashley Grant | |
| 2000 | Devil in the Flesh 2 | Debbie Strong | 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 |
| 2004 | Mummy an' the Armadillo | Jackie | |
| 2005 | Venice Underground | Tyler | |
| 2005 | Three Wise Guys | Mary Ann Davidson | |
| 2007 | American Identity | Lyndsey Simpson | short movie |
| 2009 | Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3: Uprising | Kelly Weaver | VG on PC and PlayStation Network |
| 2009 | Prison Break: The Final Break | Gretchen Morgan | V, Release 21 July 2009 |
| 2010 | Hallmark Original Movie Class | Kylie Burch | Premiere 14 August 2010 Hallmark TV USA |
| 2011 | Exposed | Emily Bennett | Premiere 18 March 2011 Hallmark TV Netherlands |
| 2012 | The Frozen Ground | Chelle Ringell | Premiere 1 December 2012 |
References
- ^ "Jodi Lyn O'Keefe Biography". Filmreference. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
- ^ "Jodi Lyn O'Keefe". Maxim. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ^ "Jodi Lyn O'Keefe Biography". Filmreference. Retrieved 2008-05-30.