Actress Jess Weixler grew up in Louisville, KY, then later attended and graduated from the drama program at Juilliard. She scored her first major screen role as a stripper taking a swim class in Ishai Setton's comedy drama The Big Bad Swim (2005), but attained much broader recognition as a young virgin cursed with a bizarre and grisly anatomical aberration in Mitchell Lichtenstein's eccentric horror comedy Teeth (2007).
Jess Weixler
Active - 2005 - 2020 |
Born - Jun 8, 1981 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
Genres - Drama, Family & Personal Relationships, Mystery
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- Was a member of The River City Players acting group while she was in high school.
- Was supported by her family to pursue a career in acting.
- Auditioned in Chicago for ten acting schools and got into five, including Juilliard, which she picked.
- Participated in the first performance project InterArts of Bruce Brubaker.
- Was a classmate of actress Jessica Chastain and became best friends eventually.