Jessica Cauffiel (born March 30, 1976) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Margot in ''

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'' (2001) & '' Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde'' (2003) and Tori in ''

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'' (2004) and her roles in the slasher films '' Urban Legends: Final Cut'' (2000), '' Valentine'' (2001) and ''

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'' (2005).

Career

Acting

Cauffiel began her career in

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, 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''. Cauffiel made her film debut in the 1999 remake of '' The Out-of-Towners'' and her television debut on ''

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''. That same year, she appeared as Kit on the sitcom ''

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''. In 2000, she starred in the comedy ''

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'' 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. She co-starred in the independent romantic comedy '' You Stupid Man''. Cauffiel later appeared in ''

'', '' Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde'', and the 2004 comedy ''

''. She appeared in featured roles in ''Stuck on You'' and ''Guess Who''. In 2005, she co-starred in the Burt Munro biopic ''

''. She then had a supporting role in the 2006 film adaptation of

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'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

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series ''

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''. 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

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television film ''Ice Dreams''. In 2009, Cauffiel produced and starred in the comedic film short ''Bed Ridden.'' 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.

Music

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

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cauffiel, Jessica 1976 births 1970s births 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses American film actresses American television actresses Living people 21st-century American singers 21st-century American women singers Year of birth missing (living people)