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Jessica Cauffiel | |
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Other names | Kada |
Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
Years active | 1998–2010, 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).
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 ]
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]
Cauffiel performed live in Dharamshala, India, and contributed to the album Shanti by Snatam Kaur and Grateful Ganesh by Guruganesh Singh Khalsa. [5]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 | |
2009 | Bed Ridden | Kai | Short film; also co-producer |
TBA | Legally Blonde 3 [ citation needed ] | Margot | Pre-production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Law & Order | Cashier | Episode: "Bait" |
1999 | Frasier | Kit | Episodes: "Shutout in Seattle: Part 1", "Shutout in Seattle: Part 2" |
2002–2003 | The Drew Carey Show | Milan | Recurring role, 6 episodes |
2005 | Cuts | Missy Drubman | Episode: "Keeping It Real" |
2006–2007 | My Name Is Earl | Tatiana | Episodes: "O Karma, Where Art Thou?", "Very Bad Things", "Buried Treasure" |
2009 | Ice Dreams | Amy Clayton | Hallmark Channel television film |
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