Actress Jessica Coffil: career in film and on TV

Jessica Coffil is a popular American actress and singer, best known to film fans for the films "Blonde in the Law" and "White Chicks".

First roles

Actress career Jessica began in New York. She actively took part in various theatrical productions. The actress played in such famous plays as "1001 Nights", "City of Angels", "Grand Hotel", "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

Her first role in the movie, a rather small, Jessica performed in the comedy "The Arrivals" in 1999, which starred with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn.

A year later, the actress played in the horror "Urban Legends-2", which became a directorial debut for composer John Ottman. Together with Jessica in the movie, played many famous Hollywood stars - Jennifer Morrison, Eva Mendes, Anthony Anderson. Jessica Coffil continued her career in horror. The next project in her filmography was a youth slasher "Valentine's Day", based on the novel by Tom Savage. Critics called the film boring and predictable, but, despite this, he eventually received the status of the classics of the slasher genre.

Success in the cinema

In 2001, Jessica, having gained a certain popularity, starred in the most famous project at the moment for her career - played Margo, a friend of Al Woods, in the comedy "The Blonde in the Law." The film was warmly received by the public and critics, besides it turned out to be successful commercially. Two years later came the sequel to the picture in which Jessica returned to her character.

In 2004, the actress played Tory in the movie "White Chicks", followed by the youth comedy "Guess Who?" Kevin Sullivan, in which the role of Polly was performed by Jessica Coffil. The films in which the actress starred are mainly comedies and melodramas, but in 2005 she starred in the biopic drama "The Fastest Indian," which is still considered one of the best films in the history of cinema. Together with Jessica Coffil, Anthony Hopkins and Joe Howard worked on the picture.

In the adventure family film "Scream of an owl," based on the children's book by Carl Hayasen, Jessica played Kimberly Dixon.

Career on TV

At the very beginning of her acting career, Jessica Coffil did not neglect television roles. In 1998, she played in one of the episodes of the popular series "Law and Order", the sitcom "Fraser", in the early 2000's appeared in several episodes of "The Drew Carey Show."

In 2006, the actress again returned to television - played Tatiana in the comedy "My name is Earl", who was nominated for four times for the Golden Globe Award.