Jess Weixler

Jessica Weixler

Early life Born in Louisville, Kentucky on June 8, 1981, Weixler is the only child of Mark Weixler, a photo re-toucher, and Donna Emerick, a nurse. The couple divorced shortly after her birth and Weixler was raised by her father in and around Louisville. She attended Westport Middle School and graduated from Atherton High School in 1999. During that period, she also attended the Walden Theatre Conservatory Program. In addition, she was in The River City Players acting group and the Chamber Singers choral group. Subsequently, she attended Juilliard, graduating in 2003 with a BA in theater arts. While there, Weixler befriended classmate—and future onscreen sibling—Jessica Chastain and was a participant during the first year of Bruce Brubaker's InterArts performance project.

Career In November 2003, Weixler made her prime time TV debut alongside David Morse, Andre Braugher and Robert Pastorelli in "Blind Faith", an episode in the CBS crime series, Hack, in which key murder witness Weixler finds her own life under attack even as her sanity is questioned. In 2007 Weixler was nominated for a Breakthrough Award at the Gotham Awards, and won the Special Jury Prize "for a juicy and jaw-dropping performance" at the Sundance Film Festival, both for her role in Teeth. She also appeared in the TV series Law & Order: Criminal Intent. In January 2009, she was named by New York magazine as the "New Indie Queen" of the year and one of the fourteen "New Yorkers you need to know".

In 2013, she joined the cast of CBS series The Good Wife, playing investigator Robyn Burdine. That same year she appeared in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby as the title character's sister. The part was written specifically for her.

Weixler next turned her hand to writing, penning the script for Apartment Troubles with her friend, and former roommate Jennifer Prediger. The two co-directed and co-starred in the movie. Apartment Troubles premiered at the 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival. It was picked up by Gravitas Ventures and given theatrical and VOD distribution in March 2015.

In June 2015, she joined the cast of Money, directed by Martin Rosete and produced by Atit Shah.

She played Audra Phillips in the sequel It Chapter Two.

Personal life In December 2015, Weixler married Hamish Brocklebank, an English businessman and co-founder of Flooved, a school textbook distribution company. In 2019 their first daughter was born.

Filmography

Film

Television

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