Jessica Cauffiel is an American actress and singer. She played Margot in Legally Blonde (2001) and Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) and Tori in White Chicks (2004) and had roles in the films Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000), Valentine (2001) and The World's Fastest Indian (2005).
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.
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. She co-starred in the independent romantic comedy You Stupid Man. 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. In 2009, Cauffiel produced and starred in the comedic film short Bed Ridden.http://www.bedriddenland.com 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 Year Title Role Notes1999Susan Clark2000Road TripWrong TiffanyUrban Legends: Final CutSandra Petruzzi2001ValentineLily VoightLegally BlondeMargot Chapman2002You Stupid ManDiane2003Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & BlondeMargot ChapmanStuck on YouDebbie2004D.E.B.S.NinotchkaWhite ChicksTori Wilson2005Guess WhoPollyWendy2006HootKimberly2009Bed RiddenKaiShort film; also co-producer2011The Original MindN/ADocumentary; producer2018MasterN/ADocumentary; writer/producerTBALegally Blonde 3 MargotPre-production
Television Year Title Role Notes1998Law & OrderCashierEpisode: "Bait"1999FrasierKitEpisodes: "Shutout in Seattle: Part 1", "Shutout in Seattle: Part 2"2002–2003MilanRecurring role, 6 episodes2005CutsMissy DrubmanEpisode: "Keeping It Real"2006–2007My Name Is EarlTatianaEpisodes: "O Karma, Where Art Thou?", "Very Bad Things", "Buried Treasure"2009Ice DreamsAmy ClaytonHallmark Channel television film
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