Jill Ritchie

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Jill Ritchie
Born
Jill Susanne Ritchie

(1974-03-05) March 5, 1974 (age 50)
Other namesJill Haas [1]
OccupationActress
Years active1995–2007
Relatives Kid Rock (brother)

Jill Susanne Ritchie (born March 5, 1974) is an American former actress.

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Early life

Ritchie was born in Romeo, Michigan, on March 5, 1974, the daughter of Susan and William "Bill" Ritchie (1941–2024), [2] who owned multiple car dealerships. [3] She was raised in her father's large home on extensive property, [3] [4] which included an apple orchard and barnyard for their horses. [5] She is the younger sister of rapper-singer-songwriter Kid Rock. [3] [6]

Career

Ritchie starred in the 2004 film D.E.B.S. [7] and in Breakin' All the Rules , and had a guest role as Bluth family publicist Jessie in an episode of Arrested Development . She co-starred in the VH1 series I Hate My 30's . She is friends with Liam Kyle Sullivan and she also appeared in his video "Let Me Borrow That Top" as Katelyn (the girl Kelly wants the top from and who was homecoming queen). Ritchie also appeared in the 2005 Disney movie Herbie: Fully Loaded as Charisma. [8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Best of the Best 4: Without Warning MickeyVideo
2000 Ready to Rumble Brittany
2000Face the MusicEden
2001Perfect FitDaisy
2001Surfacing: AKA A Letter from My FatherShelby
2002 100 Women ActressAKA, Girl Fever
2003 D.E.B.S. JanetShort
2004 D.E.B.S. Janet
2004 Seeing Other People Sandy
2004 Breakin' All the Rules Amy
2005 Herbie: Fully Loaded Charisma [9]
2005 Little Athens Jessica [10]
2006 Southland Tales Shoshana Kapowski / Shoshana Cox [11]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Beverly Hills, 90210 Nose Ring GirlEpisode: "Everything's Coming Up Roses"
1997 Dangerous Minds MeganEpisode: "Everybody Wants It"
1997 Pacific Palisades TeenagerEpisode: "Private Showing"
1997 Teen Angel CheerleaderEpisode: "Marty Buys the Farm"
1997 USA High HeatherEpisode: "West Point"
2000 Chicken Soup for the Soul LizEpisode: "The Right Thing"
2000 Jack & Jill RoxanneEpisode: "Under Pressure"
2000 Boston Public Karen FitzgeraldEpisode: "Chapter 6"
2000 Nash Bridges Vickie, GlendaEpisodes: "Line of Sight", "End Game"
2001 Nash Bridges Leia BrooksEpisode: "Cat Fight"
2001 The Geena Davis Show MadisonEpisode: "The Prime Directive"
2001 Off Centre MichelleEpisode: "Trust Me or Don't Trust Me"
2001 Men, Women & Dogs SamEpisode: "Kibbles & Grits"
2001 Inside Schwartz Focus Group GirlEpisode: "Bless Me Father, for I Have Fired You"
2002 Nancy Drew Bess MarvinTV film
2003 Miss Match HaleyEpisode: "Miss Communication"
2004 Arrested Development JessieEpisode: "Public Relations"
2007 The Loop JennyEpisode: "Fatty"
2007 I Hate My 30's MandyMain role [12]
2007Me & Lee?JessicaTV film

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