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Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

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Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Born (1978-10-10) October 10, 1978 (age 44)
Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey, United States
Other names Jodi O'Keefe
Occupation Actress, model, fashion designer
Years active 1995–present
Known for Lilith in Soul Fire Rising

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". In 2010, she appeared in the web series Soul Fire Rising as the character Lilith Reborn for three episodes.

Early life

She 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.[3]

Career

Midway through junior year high school, she left school to star on the soap opera Another World, playing Marguerite “Maggie” Cory. She then landed a role on Nash Bridges, playing Cassidy, the daughter of Don Johnson’s title character. She and her mother moved to Hollywood soon after, and 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 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 worked on movies and Nash Bridges until the series ended in 2001. Later films she has appeared in include 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. She appeared in the 3 Doors Down's video "Let Me Go", alongside Jesse Metcalfe of Desperate Housewives. She joined the cast of Prison Break in 2007, 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 lent her voice to the standalone addon of the video game Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising. On August 14th, 2010 Jodi Lyn O'Keefe appeared as Kylie Burch in the Hallmark Original Movie Class, and she also appeared in the web series Soul Fire Rising as Lilith Reborn for three episodes. In 2011, she started her own clothing line called Queen George Clothing and she also had a guest role as Isabella in Two and a Half Men. In 2012 she had a guest role in "The Finder" and was involved in many other projects.

Succubus Character

Promotional image of Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as Lilith Reborn in the Soul Fire Rising web series

She played the role of the succubus character Lilith, credited as Lilith Reborn, for three episodes of the Soul Fire Rising web series

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1998 Devil in the Flesh 2 Tracey Carley
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 Film
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 Film
2009 Command & Conquer:
Red Alert 3: Uprising
Kelly Weaver
Prison Break: The Final Break Gretchen Morgan
2010 Hallmark Original Movie Class Kylie Burch
2011 Exposed Emily Bennett
2012 Frozen Ground Chelle Ringell
A Nanny's Revenge Gina Wright


Television
Year Title Role Notes
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 Season 2 episode 21
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

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