Jessy Hodges

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Jessy Hodges
Alma mater New York University
OccupationActress
Years active2005present
Spouse
(m. 2018)
Children1 [1]
Mother Ellen Sandweiss

Jessy Hodges is an American actress. She is known for starring as Joanna in the NBC sitcom Indebted and Melanie in the VH1 drama Hindsight . From 2019 to 2022, she appeared as Lindsay in the HBO dark comedy series Barry .

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Early life

Hodges is originally from Huntington Woods, Michigan and is the daughter of actress Ellen Sandweiss. [2] She studied drama at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. [3]

Career

From 2008 to 2012, Hodges starred as Sophie Parker in the web series Anyone But Me. [4] In 2013, she featured in Chris Lowell's directorial debut Beside Still Waters . [5]

Hodges has appeared on various television series, including It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The Goldbergs . [2] [6] From 2019 to 2022, she portrayed talent agent Lindsay Mandel on Barry . In 2020, she starred as Joanna Klein on Indebted . [7]

Personal life

Hodges married comedian Beck Bennett on August 25, 2018. [8] The two live in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Satan's Playground Lost Teen
2009Road of DarknessSaraShort film
2013Beside Still WatersCharley
2014The Sound and the ShadowStory
2016How to Lose Weight in 4 Easy StepsMelissaShort film
2017TiltKendra
2018Games for GirlsJayShort film
2018Let's Change the Dialogue on BreastfeedingShort film
2019SundownersAliShort film
2019 Plus One Amanda
2019Shady FriendHS Student 1Short film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008–2012 Anyone But Me Sophie ParkerMain role; 24 episodes
2011 Greek Lasker's Assistant/HillaryEpisode: "Legacy"
2012 Grey's Anatomy DonnaEpisode: "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
2013 True Blood MustardRecurring role; 2 episodes
2014 Enlisted ErinRecurring role; 5 episodes
2015 Hindsight Melanie MorelliMain role; 10 episodes
2016 Mike & Molly MauraEpisode: "Baby Bump"
2016 Crunch Time HannahMain role; 6 episodes
2017 The Last Tycoon MollyEpisode: "A More Perfect Union"
2017 You're the Worst Female JoggerEpisode: "Like People"
2017 Graves FarrahRecurring role; 5 episodes
2018 Here and Now CourtneyEpisode: "Wake"
2018 Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce NatalieRecurring role; 2 episodes
2019–2022 Barry Lindsay MandelRecurring role; 11 episodes
2019 PEN15 Ms. BennettEpisode: "Solo"
2019 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia ModeratorEpisode: "Thunder Gun 4: Maximum Cool"
2020 Indebted JoannaMain role; 12 episodes
2021 The Big Leap Paige3 episodes
2022 The Goldbergs Claire BeeEpisode: "One Exquisite Evening with Madonna"

Selected theatre

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