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Jess Weixler

Jess Weixler

Jessica "Jess" Weixler is an American actress, best known to date as the lead in the comedy-horror film Teeth and the comedy The Big Bad Swim. She graduated in 1999 from Atherton High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where she also attended the Walden Theatre Conservatory Program and was in The River City Players acting group and in the Chamber Singers choral group and was voted "most talented", and then attended Juilliard.

She was nominated for a Breakthrough Award at the Gotham Awards in 2007 and won the Special Jury Prize in Dramatic category For a juicy and jaw-dropping performance at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007 both for her role in Teeth. She also appeared in the TV series Law & Order: Criminal Intent. In January 2009, she was named by New York Magazine as the "New Indie Queen" of the year and one of the fourteen "New Yorkers you need to know." She currently lives in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, New York.

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Movies Starring Jess Weixler (36)

Wayward (2023)

While moving from Idaho to Los Angeles with her mother, an 11-year-old girl, who is yearning for stability in her life, becomes smitten with a charismatic female hitchhiker they pick up along the way. As she detaches more and more from her mother, the girl ...

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Cabin Girl (2023)

When a van-life influencer moves into an isolated cabin, she discovers the home has a dark history and becomes haunted by a troubled spirit. ...

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The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)

From the 1960s to the 1980s, evangelist Jim Baker and his ambitious wife, Tammy Faye, rose from humble beginnings to build an empire based on big-time evangelical Christianity--only for the couple to fall from grace because of some all-too-human sins. ...

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Clock (2020)

In a mysterious parking garage, a business woman is haunted by the ticking of the biological clock in her head. ...

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Fully Realized Humans (2020)

Parents-to-be Jackie and Elliott embark on a quest for self-actualization before the imminent birth of their first child in this strikingly honest and hilarious portrait of parents and children. ...

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The Death of Dick Long (2019)

Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don't want anybody finding out how. That's too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama. ...

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Chained for Life (2019)

A beautiful actress struggles to connect with her disfigured co-star on the set of a European auteur's English-language debut. ...

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It Chapter Two (2019)

27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call. ...

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Who We Are Now (2018)

Recently released from prison, Beth is working with her public defender to get her son back from her sister, who was awarded legal custody while Beth was incarcerated for ten years. Soon after, Beth forms an unlikely alliance with Jess, an idealistic young ...

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Entanglement (2018)

While recovering from a suicide attempt, Ben Layten accidentally falls in love with a girl who was very nearly, almost his sister - and then things start to get weird. ...

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Sister Cities (2016)

Based on the internationally-acclaimed play by Colette Freedman, the story of 4 estranged sisters who reunite for their mother's alleged suicide. ...

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Money (2016)

Two wealthy businessmen are about to get away with $5 million in ill-gotten money until their plans are revealed by an uninvited house guest. ...

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Lamb (2015)

Lamb, based on the novel by Bonnie Nadzam, traces the self-discovery of David Lamb in the weeks following the disintegration of his marriage and the death of his father. Hoping to regain some faith in his own goodness, he turns his attention to Tommie, an ...

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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2014)

Told from the woman's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone. ...

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Apartment Troubles (2014)

Two codependent roommates, on the verge of eviction, flee New York for the promise of sunshine in Los Angeles where their friendship is tested by a chance at fame, a fortune teller and an amorous wealthy aunt. ...

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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)

A New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her volumes that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. ...

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Listen Up Philip (2014)

Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley, and his own indifference to promoti ...

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The Face of Love (2013)

A widow falls for a guy who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband. ...

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Free Samples (2013)

A Stanford law-school dropout named Jillian escapes to the anonymity of Los Angeles to figure out what she wants to do with her life, and on the day of her college boyfriend's birthday, she finds herself stuck running an ice cream truck fending off locals ...

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Somebody Up There Likes Me (2013)

Thirty-five years in the life of Max, his best friend Sal and a woman they both adore, Lyla. The trio stumble through mandatory but seemingly unfulfilling entanglements, at weddings, funerals, hospitals, eateries, divorce courts and the tool shed. A deadpa ...

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The Normals (2012)

With a debt collector hot on his trail, Harvard graduate Billy Schine enrolls in a clinical drug trial to make a quick buck. Carted out of New York City in a shuttle full of oddball characters, Billy and the rest of the guinea pigs, affectionately referred ...

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Best Man Down (2012)

A newlywed couple cancels their honeymoon and returns to the snowy Midwest to make the funeral arrangements for their best man, who died unexpectedly after their ceremony. ...

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County (2012)

The lives of a group of young doctors, nurses, and administrators working at an underfunded Los Angeles county hospital. ...

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The Lie (2011)

A man's life is altered unexpectedly after telling a lie to get out of work. ...

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The Man Who Never Cried (2011)

Ralph Winston has never cried; not when he was a baby, not when his heart was crushed by his high school sweetheart, not even when he first saw Steven Spielberg's E.T. So when his father dies, Ralph - age 32 - decides to embark upon a true emotional journe ...

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A Woman (2010)

A young woman falls in love with a famous novelist and travels with him to his home in Southern Italy. There, her obsession with the memory of his dead wife begins to consume her. ...

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Audrey the Trainwreck (2010)

The story of two people caught in the routines of work and circles of friends. The days begin with an alarm and end with the fading sound of a television. Ron Hogan, a 28-year-old ATM parts purchaser, and Stacy Ryan, a 27-year-old, oddly charming courier, ...

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As Good As Dead (2010)

Seeking revenge for the murder of their religious leader, fundamental loyalists kidnap and torture the man they believe responsible, but the ensuing clash of right vs. ...

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Yes (2010)

A couple confronts uncertainty in their relationship after being apart for three months. ...

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Today's Special (2009)

Young Manhattan chef Samir rediscovers his heritage and passion for life through the enchanting art of cooking Indian food. ...

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Welcome To Academia (2009)

Faculty and administrators of the prestigious Victorian University jockey for power in the classroom, the boardroom, and the bedroom. Amidst all their petty intrigues, a young graduate student is forced to experience a life lesson not offered on the regula ...

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Alexander the Last (2009)

An ensemble drama about a married actress, her sister and their myriad sexual and creative temptations. ...

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Peter and Vandy (2009)

Flashbacks and flash-forwards illustrate the rise and fall of a love affair between two New Yorkers. ...

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Teeth (2008)

Dawn is an active member of her high-school chastity club but, when she meets Tobey, nature takes its course, and the pair answer the call. They suddenly learn she is a living example of the vagina dentata myth, when the encounter takes a grisly turn. ...

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The Big Bad Swim (2006)

An adult swim class sets the stage for this sexually charged comedy-drama about love, loss, and second chances. Three strangers -- inextricably connected through personal heartbreak -- find themselves entering deep water as they learn that life isn't alway ...

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Little Manhattan (2005)

Ten-year-old Gabe was just a normal kid growing up in Manhattan until Rosemary Telesco walked into his life, actually into his karate class. But before Gabe can tell Rosemary how he feels, she tells him she will not be going to public school any more. Gabe ...

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Movies Made By Jess Weixler (5)

Fully Realized Humans (2020)

Parents-to-be Jackie and Elliott embark on a quest for self-actualization before the imminent birth of their first child in this strikingly honest and hilarious portrait of parents and children. ...

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Chained for Life (2019)

A beautiful actress struggles to connect with her disfigured co-star on the set of a European auteur's English-language debut. ...

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Apartment Troubles (2014)

Two codependent roommates, on the verge of eviction, flee New York for the promise of sunshine in Los Angeles where their friendship is tested by a chance at fame, a fortune teller and an amorous wealthy aunt. ...

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The Lie (2011)

A man's life is altered unexpectedly after telling a lie to get out of work. ...

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Alexander the Last (2009)

An ensemble drama about a married actress, her sister and their myriad sexual and creative temptations. ...

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