Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

• Name — Jodi Lyn O'Keefe • Born — 10 October 1978 • Birthplace — Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey, U.S. • Other Names — Jodi O'Keefe • Partner — Douglas Little • Occupation — Actress, model, fashion designer • Years Active — 1995–present

O'Keefe was born in the Cliffwood Beach section of Aberdeen Township, New Jersey. She graduated from St. John Vianney High School.

• Illustration — O'Keefe in 2016 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 Nash Bridges playing Cassidy, the daughter of Don Johnson's title character. She and her mother moved to Hollywood 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 Devil in the Flesh 2. In 1999, she co-starred in the teen film She's All That (1999) as Taylor Vaughan alongside Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook. In 2004 she was in the music video "Let Me Go" by 3 Doors Down. 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 vampire named Layla Simmons and Venice Underground. On the small screen, she has appeared in various shows including Dharma & Greg, Boston Legal, Two and a Half Men, Charmed, The Evidence, The Big Bang Theory, and Tru Calling. In 2007, O'Keefe starred in the series Prison Break; 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 VH1'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 The CW series The Vampire Diaries. She reprised her role of Jo in the first season of Legacies. 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.

• Year — Series — Role — Episodes • 1995 — Another World — Maggie Cory #4 — 6 episodes • 1996–2001 — Nash Bridges — Cassidy Bridges — Main role • 1999 — Happy Hour — Herself — 1 episode • 2002 — Dharma & Greg — Simone — Episodes: "She's with the Band", "Mission: Implausible" • George Lopez — Campbell Powers — Episodes: "Who's Your Daddy?", "The Wedding Dance" • 2003 — The Pool at Maddy Breaker's — Maddy Breaker — Television movie • 2004 — Tru Calling — Candace Aimes — Episode: "Reunion" • The Help — Becky Wiggins — Episode: "Maggie Chicken" • Charmed — Spider Demon — Episode: "Spin City" • Two and a Half Men — Gail — Episode: "Last Chance to See Those Tattoos" • 2004–2005 — Boston Legal — Nora Jacobs — 4 episodes • 2005 — Eve — Rita's Stepmother — Episode: "If the Shrew Fits" • Adopted — Rachel Rabinowitz — Television movie • Three Wise Guys — Mary Ann Davidson — Television movie • 2005–2011 — Two and a Half Men — Isabella — 3 episodes • 2006 — Halloween: 25 Years of Terror — Herself — 1 episode • The Evidence — Officer Jackie Kazaris — Recurring role, 5 episodes • Criminal Minds — Agent Amanda Gilroy — Episode: "P911" • The 12th Man — Lindsay — Television movie • 2007 — CSI: NY — Melodee Constanza — Episode: "The Ride In" • Raines — Angelina Billings — Episode: "Closure" • The Call — Jenna "Kinky" Kincaid — Unsold television pilot • 2007–2009 — Prison Break — Gretchen Morgan — Main role (seasons 3–4), 32 episodes • 2009 — The Big Bang Theory — Mikayla, The Prostitute — Episode: "The Vegas Renormalization" • Prison Break: The Final Break — Gretchen Morgan — Television movie • 2010 — Lost — Ava — Episode: "Recon" • Soul Fire Rising — Lilith Reborn — 3 episodes • Class — Kylie Burch — Television movie • 2011 — Law & Order: LA — Jenn Mackie — Episode: "Angel's Knoll" • Exposed — Emily Bennett — Television movie • 2012 — The Finder — Lisa — Episode: "A Cinderella Story" • Castle — Kristina Coterra — Episode: "Cloudy with a Chance of Murder" • A Nanny's Revenge — Gina Wright — Television movie; also known as The Avenger • 2013 — The Exes — Employee — Episode: "Toy Story" • Stalkers — Julia Winston — Television movie; also known as Whisper of Fear • 2014 — Wall Street — Riley Simms — Television movie • 2014–2017 — The Vampire Diaries — Josette "Jo" Laughlin — Recurring role (seasons 6–7); guest role (season 8); 22 episodes • 2014–2018 — Hit the Floor — Lionel Davenport — Main role • 2016 — Lucifer — Ronnie Hillman — Episode: "The Would-Be Prince of Darkness" • 2018 — Legacies — Josette "Jo" Laughlin — Episode: "Mombie Dearest" • 2021 — Hip Hop Family Christmas — Vivian — Television film

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