Jessica Cauffiel
American actress and singer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American actress and singer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jessica Cauffiel is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Margot in Legally Blonde (2001) & Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) and Tori in White Chicks (2004) and her roles in the slasher films Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000), Valentine (2001) and The World's Fastest Indian (2005).
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Cauffiel was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Deborah Cauffiel, a social worker, and Lowell Cauffiel, a true crime author, screenwriter, and television documentary producer.[citation needed]
Cauffiel began her career in New York, where she appeared in various Off-Broadway and regional theater productions. Her credits include 1001 Nights, City of Angels, Antigone, Assassins, Cowboy Mouth, Cabaret, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Company, Baby, Music Man, Shoppers Carried by Escalators, and Grand Hotel.[citation needed]
Cauffiel made her film debut in the 1999 remake of The Out-of-Towners and her television debut on Law & Order. That same year, she appeared as Kit on the sitcom Frasier. In 2000, she starred in the comedy Road Trip and Urban Legends: Final Cut. She played a lead role in the 2001 film Valentine. The same year, she was featured in Maxim magazine and its online Girls of Maxim gallery.[citation needed] She co-starred in the independent romantic comedy You Stupid Man.[1] Cauffiel later appeared in Legally Blonde, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, and the 2004 comedy White Chicks.
She appeared in featured roles in Stuck on You and Guess Who. In 2005, she co-starred in the Burt Munro biopic The World's Fastest Indian. She then had a supporting role in the 2006 film adaptation of Carl Hiaasen's novel Hoot, playing both a young actress and the elderly pancake maker Mother Paula. From 2006 to 2007, she had a recurring role on the NBC series My Name Is Earl.
Following a nearly two-year break from acting, Cauffiel was cast as Amy Clayton, a former Olympic figure skater who agrees to coach a teenage girl, in the Hallmark Channel television film Ice Dreams.[2] In 2009, Cauffiel produced and starred in the comedic film short Bed Ridden.[3] The film was written and produced by her father, with proceeds from the film donated to The Clare Foundation to support drug and alcohol recovery programs.[4]
Cauffiel performed live in Dharamshala, India, and contributed to the album Shanti by Snatam Kaur and Grateful Ganesh by Guruganesh Singh Khalsa.[5]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The Out-of-Towners | Susan Clark | |
| 2000 | Road Trip | Wrong Tiffany | |
| 2000 | Urban Legends: Final Cut | Sandra Petruzzi | |
| 2001 | Valentine | Lily Voight | |
| 2001 | Legally Blonde | Margot | |
| 2002 | You Stupid Man | Diane | |
| 2003 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Margot | |
| 2003 | Stuck on You | Debbie | |
| 2004 | D.E.B.S. | Ninotchka | |
| 2004 | White Chicks | Tori | |
| 2005 | Guess Who | Polly | |
| 2005 | The World's Fastest Indian | Wendy | |
| 2006 | Hoot | Kimberly | |
| 2009 | Bed Ridden | Kai | Short film; also co-producer |
| TBA | Legally Blonde 3[citation needed] | Margot | Pre-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Law & Order | Cashier | Episode: "Bait" |
| 1999 | Frasier | Kit | Episodes: "Shutout in Seattle: Part 1", "Shutout in Seattle: Part 2" |
| 2002–2003 | The Drew Carey Show | Milan | Recurring role, 6 episodes |
| 2005 | Cuts | Missy Drubman | Episode: "Keeping It Real" |
| 2006–2007 | My Name Is Earl | Tatiana | Episodes: "O Karma, Where Art Thou?", "Very Bad Things", "Buried Treasure" |
| 2009 | Ice Dreams | Amy Clayton | Hallmark Channel television film |
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