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Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (born October 10, 1978) is an American actress, model, and fashion designer. She came to prominence as Cassidy Bridges on the television series ''
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'' (1996–2001) and played Gretchen Morgan on ''
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'' (2007–2009), Jo Laughlin on ''
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'' (2014–2017), and Lionel Davenport on '' Hit the Floor'' (2014–2018). Her film credits include '' Halloween H20: 20 Years Later'' (1998) and ''
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'' (1999).


Early life

O'Keefe was born in the
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section of
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. She graduated from St. John Vianney High School.


Career

O'Keefe started her career as a model at the age of eight, and she modeled for a jeans company. Midway through her junior year of high school, O'Keefe left school to star on the soap opera '' Another World'', playing Marguerite "Maggie" Cory. She then got a role on ''
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'' playing Cassidy, the daughter of
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's title character. She and her mother moved to
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so O'Keefe completed her schooling by mail. Her film debut was in 1998, in '' Halloween H20: 20 Years Later'' and later starred in such films as '' The Crow: Salvation'', '' Whatever It Takes'' and ''
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''. In 1999, she co-starred in the teen film ''
She's All That ''She's All That'' is a 1999 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Robert Iscove. It stars Freddie Prinze Jr., Rachael Leigh Cook, Matthew Lillard, Paul Walker, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Kieran Culkin and Anna Paquin. After being dumped b ...
'' (1999) as Taylor Vaughan alongside
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and
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. O'Keefe kept on filming both movies and ''Nash Bridges'' until the series ended in 2001. Later films have included ''Out for Blood'', in which she played a
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named Layla Simmons and ''Venice Underground''. On the small screen, she has appeared in various shows including ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', '' The Evidence'', ''
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'', and ''
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''. In 2007, O'Keefe starred in the series ''
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''; in its third and fourth seasons. She said that she "truly loved" playing Gretchen Morgan, because it "challenged" her, and because Gretchen was the "polar opposite of her" and "was badass". In 2014, O'Keefe was cast in a recurring role in
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's TV series '' Hit the Floor'', and appeared in the film ''Merry ExMas''. That year, she had the recurring role of Jo in the sixth season of
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series ''
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''. She reprised her role of Jo in the first season of
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. In 2009, she appeared in the video game '' Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising''. On June 22, 2011, she started a clothing line, Queen George Clothing. In 2012, she launched a jewelry line, Q.


Filmography


Film


Television


Video games

* 2009 '' Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3: Uprising'' as Kelly Weaver


References


External links

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Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
as Lionel Davenport on
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Okeefe, Jodi Lyn 1978 births Actresses from New Jersey American child actresses American female models American film actresses American soap opera actresses American television actresses Living people People from Aberdeen Township, New Jersey St. John Vianney High School (New Jersey) alumni 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Actors from Monmouth County, New Jersey