A striking dark-haired actress, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe began her professional career at age eight as a child model. 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. 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. As the unconventional cop's child, daring Cassidy was often put in dangerous situations, only to be saved by her detective dad. 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 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".
- Also Credited As:
Jodi Lyn O Keefe, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Jodi O Keefe, Jodi O'Keefe
- Born:
October 10, 1978 in Clifford Beach, New Jersey, USA
-
Job Titles:
Actress, Model
Significant Others
-
Companion: Don Johnson. played her father on TV s Nash Bridges ; no longer together
-
Companion: Jaime P Gomez. appeared together on Nash Bridges
Education
-
St John Vianney High School, Holmdell, New Jersey
Milestones
-
1986 Began modeling career at age eight (date approximate)
-
1995 Had a regular role of Maggie Cory on the NBC soap Another World
-
1996 Cast as Cassidy Bridges, the detective s daughter, on the CBS series Nash Bridges
-
1998 Feature film debut, Halloween H20
-
1999 Offered a funny turn as a spoiled rich girl who drops her popular boyfriend for a reality TV star in the teen comedy She s All That
-
2000 Co-starred in Whatever It Takes, a high school set update of Cyrano de Bergerac
-
2004 Played a vampire in Out for Blood
-
2005 Appeared for two episodes in the first season of Boston Legal (ABC)
-
2005 Appeared in 3 Doors Down s video Let Me Go, alongside Jesse Metcalfe
-
2007 Joined the upcoming third season of Fox s Prison Break, as an operative for the mysterious government agency the Company
-
Raised in New Jersey