Jessica Cauffiel
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Jessica Cauffiel (born March 30, 1976) is an American film and television actress.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Cauffiel was born in Detroit, Michigan; her mother was a police investigator and her father was Lowell Cauffiel, a true crime author and television documentary producer.[1] She received a "Bachelor of Fine Arts degree" in Musical Theatre at the University of Michigan and once worked as an entertainment director on a cruise ship.
[edit] Acting career
Cauffiel's first film role was a supporting part in the 1999 remake of the "The Out-of-Towners" and her debut TV role in Guiding Light. In 2000, she appeared in minor roles in both Road Trip and Urban Legends: Final Cut, and played one of the main characters in the 2001 horror film, Valentine. That year, Maxim magazine featured her in the publication and their online Girls of Maxim gallery. Cauffiel subsequently appeared in several more films aimed at a young audience, including both Legally Blonde films and the 2004 comedy, White Chicks. She has also starred in two independent film productions Moon Over Madison and Masterblast.
A veteran of regional and off-Broadway theatre, she has performed in such productions as Adam Copeland's 1001 Nights, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jesus Hopped the A Train, City Of Angels, Baby and Grand Hotel. She attended the University of Michigan where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre and performed in such productions as The Music Man, Cabaret and Born Guilty.
Cauffiel can speak with a Russian accent, and has played a Russian in the movie D.E.B.S. (as an assassin) and in three episodes of My Name Is Earl (as a mail order bride called Tatiana with a large mole).
[edit] Music career
Cauffiel is a trained singer, and has studied for over 14 years in the Western Classical, Musical Theatre, Jazz, Pop, Blues, and Eastern Devotional vocal mediums. She and renowned Bollywood percussionist and composer Sivamani, with whom she is currently writing an album, performed live in Dharamsala, India for the 14th Dalai Lama and approximately 20,000 other monks and visitors from around the world, on the occasion of the March 10th, 2004 anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day. She also sang on the World Music Grammy finalist album, "Shanti", by Snatam Kaur.
[edit] Personal life
Cauffiel, who is a certified Kundalini Yoga instructor, often travels to India and speaks Hindi. She is also a practitioner of shamanic energy medicine (Shamanism), and has been trained in several healing modalities, including the various indigenous traditions of the Americas. She has spent extensive time studying in Peru with the medicine people of the Amazon and the Andes mountains. She is active in several non-profit Non-governmental organizations that serve to bring inter-faith harmony amongst the many cultures and spiritual orientations of the world.
She has been quoted as saying: "I have always thought of my acting career as the benefactor for my higher Self. It has allowed me the freedom and ability to travel, to explore and experience the world, and ultimately--to be of service. This brings me the greatest joy".[citation needed]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2006-2007 | My Name Is Earl | Tatiana | 3 episodes |
| 2006 | Hoot | Beatrice Leep | |
| 2005 | The World's Fastest Indian | Wendy | |
| Guess Who | Polly | ||
| D.E.B.S. | Ninotchka Kaprova | limited release | |
| 2004 | White Chicks | Tori | |
| 2003 | Stuck On You | Bar Hottie | |
| Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Margot | ||
| 2001 | Legally Blonde | Margot | |
| Valentine | Lily Voight | ||
| 2000 | Urban Legends: Final Cut | Sandra Petruzzi | |
| Road Trip | The Wrong Tiffany | ||
| Guiding Light | ? |
[edit] Stage
Jesus Hopped the A Train
1001 Nights
A Midsummer Night's Dream
City Of Angels
Baby
Grand Hotel
The Music Man
Cabaret
Born Guilty
