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Jessica Cauffiel

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Jessica Cauffiel
Cauffiel in February 2009
Born
Other namesKada
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1998–2010, 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).

Early life

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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]

Career

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Acting

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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]

Music

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Cauffiel performed live in Dharamshala, India, and contributed to the album Shanti by Snatam Kaur and Grateful Ganesh by Guruganesh Singh Khalsa.[5]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
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

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
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

References

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  1. ^ "You Stupid Man". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  2. ^ "Ice Dreams". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  3. ^ http://www.bedriddenland.com Archived 2009-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Jessica Cauffiel INTERVIEW at BED RIDDEN Premiere April 25, 2009. Retrieved 2024-03-28 – via www.youtube.com.
  5. ^ Camarena, Alexis (2022-07-13). "'Legally Blonde' Cast: Where Are They Now?". Us Weekly. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
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