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Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
| Jodi Lyn O'Keefe | |
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| Born |
October 10, 1978 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
She played the role of the succubus character Lilith, credited as Lilith Reborn, for three episodes of the Soul Fire Rising web series
Filmography
- 2011 Law & Order: Los Angeles (TV series)
- 2011 Exposed (TV movie) ... Emily Bennett
- 2010 Class (TV movie) ... Kylie Burch
- 2004-2010 Two and a Half Men (TV series) ... Isabella / Gail
- 2010 Lost (TV series) ... Ava
- 2009 Soul Fire Rising (short) ... Lilith Reborn
- 2009 Prison Break: The Final Break (video) ... Gretchen Morgan
- 2007-2009 Prison Break (TV series) ... Gretchen Morgan / Susan B. Anthony
- 2009 The Big Bang Theory (TV series) ... Mikayla
- 2009 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising (Video Game) ... Kelly Weaver
- 2007 American Identity (short) ... Lyndsey Simpson
- 2007 Raines (TV series) ... Angelina Billings
- 2007 CSI: NY (TV series) ... Melodee Constanza
- 2007 The Call (TV movie) ... Jenna 'Kinky' Kincaid
- 2006 Criminal Minds (TV series) ... Agt. Amanda Gilroy
- 2006 The Evidence (TV series) ... Officer Jackie Kazaris
- 2006 The 12th Man (TV movie) ... Lindsay
- 2005 Three Wise Guys (TV movie) ... Mary Ann Davidson
- 2005 Eve (TV series) ... Lucy - Rita's Stepmother
- 2004-2005 Boston Legal (TV series) ... Nora Jacobs
- 2005 Venice Underground ... Tyler
- 2005 Adopted (TV movie) ... Rachel Rabinowitz
- 2004 Charmed (TV series) ... Spider Demon
- 2004 The Help (TV series) ... Becky Wiggins
- 2004 Out for Blood ... Layla Simmons
- 2004 The Scare Hole ... Jackie
- 2004 Tru Calling (TV series) ... Candace Aimes
- 2003 Red Rover ... Kylie Logan
- 2003 The Pool at Maddy Breaker's (TV movie)
- 2002 George Lopez (TV series) ... Campbell
- 2002 Falling in Love in Pongo Ponga (short) ... Shawnee
- 2002 Dharma & Greg (TV series) ... Simone
- 1996-2001 Nash Bridges (TV series) ... Cassidy Bridges / Insp. Cassidy Bridges
- 2000 Dearly Devoted II ... Debbie Strand
- 2000 Whatever It Takes ... Ashley Grant
- 2000 The Crow: Salvation ... Lauren Randall
- 1999 She's All That ... Taylor Vaughan
- 1998 Halloween H20: 20 Years Later ... Sarah Wainthrope
- 1995 Another World (TV series) ... Maggie Cory #4
References
- ↑ "Jodi Lyn O'Keefe Biography". Filmreference. http://www.filmreference.com/film/75/Jodi-Lyn-O-Keefe.html. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
- ↑ "Jodi Lyn O'Keefe". Maxim. http://www.maximonline.com/articles/index.aspx?a_id=2633. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ↑ "Jodi Lyn O'Keefe Biography". Filmreference. http://www.filmreference.com/film/75/Jodi-Lyn-O-Keefe.html. Retrieved 2008-05-30.