Jessica Cauffiel

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Jessica Cauffiel
Jessica Cauffiel in 2009.JPG
Cauffiel in February 2009
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Other namesKada
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1998–2010, 2021–present

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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Early life

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 ]

Career

Acting

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]

Music

Cauffiel performed live in Dharamshala, India, and contributed to the album Shanti by Snatam Kaur and Grateful Ganesh by Guruganesh Singh Khalsa. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
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
2009Bed RiddenKaiShort film; also co-producer
TBA Legally Blonde 3 [ citation needed ]MargotPre-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Law & Order CashierEpisode: "Bait"
1999 Frasier KitEpisodes: "Shutout in Seattle: Part 1", "Shutout in Seattle: Part 2"
2002–2003 The Drew Carey Show MilanRecurring role, 6 episodes
2005 Cuts Missy DrubmanEpisode: "Keeping It Real"
2006–2007 My Name Is Earl TatianaEpisodes: "O Karma, Where Art Thou?", "Very Bad Things", "Buried Treasure"
2009Ice DreamsAmy Clayton Hallmark Channel television film

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