As the fickle ex-girlfriend of the popular Zack (Freddie Prinze Jr) in this high school romantic comedy, O'Keefe turned in a teen villain performance that rivaled James Spader's Steff in the 1986 genre classic "Pretty In Pink. O'Keefe's film debut saw her in another dangerous situation, with a supporting role as Sarah, a prep school student and potential victim of the unrelenting killer Michael Myers in 1998's horror flick "Halloween: H20." She followed with a convincing portrayal of the malicious spoiled rich girl Taylor in "She's All That" (1999). As the unconventional cop's child, daring Cassidy was often put in dangerous situations, only to be saved by her detective dad.
The young actress moved to primetime with a regular role on the CBS crime drama "Nash Bridges" (1996-2001) aptly playing Cassidy Bridges, the precocious teenaged daughter of Don Johnson's title character.
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While still in her teens, she landed a regular role on the NBC daytime drama "Another World" in 1995 as the romantically confused Maggie Cory. A striking dark-haired actress, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe began her professional career at age eight as a child model. O'Keefe has said that she "truly loved" playing the part of her Prison Break character Gretchen Morgan, because it "challenged" her, and because Gretchen was the "polar opposite of her" and "was badass".A striking dark-haired actress, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe began her professional career at age eight as a child model.
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In 2007, O'Keefe was cast in a starring role on the series Prison Break she was a part of the show's cast through its third and fourth seasons. On the small screen, she has appeared in various shows including Dharma & Greg, Boston Legal, Two and a Half Men, Charmed, The Evidence, The Big Bang Theory, and Tru Calling. Later films have included Out for Blood, in which she played a vampire named Layla Simmons and Venice Underground. Halloween H20 was her first big film and since then, Jodi has gone on to star in numerous film and TV shows such as Shes All That & Prison Break and more. O'Keefe kept on filming both movies and Nash Bridges until the series ended in 2001. Working in show business, you meet girls like that every day.” When asked if it was hard to play her character, a high school prima donna, she replied, “Everybody knew a Taylor Vaughan in high school. In 1999, she co-starred in the teen film She's All That (1999) as Taylor Vaughan alongside Freddie Prinze Jr. O'Keefe made her big screen debut in 1998 in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later and later starred in such films as The Crow: Salvation, Whatever it Takes and Devil in the Flesh 2. When she was 17 she had an affair with Don Johnson. She and her mother moved to Hollywood so O'Keefe completed her schooling by mail.
She then got a role on Nash Bridges playing Cassidy, the daughter of Don Johnson’s title character. Midway through her junior year of high school, O'Keefe left school to star on the soap opera Another World, playing Marguerite “Maggie” Cory. O'Keefe started her career as a model at the age of 8 years old, and she did some modeling work for a Jeans company. O'Keefe has two older sisters, Jenna and Heather. She has Czech, Irish, Polish, Swedish and Austrian ancestry. O'Keefe was born in Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey, the daughter of Noreen, a homemaker, and Jack O'Keefe, a director of labor relations for Merck. 1999PG131h 31mRomantic comedycomedyromance Devil in the Flesh 2.
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