Jodi Lyn O'Keefe is an American actress and model who portrays Jo Laughlin and Florence on The Vampire Diaries and Legacies.
Biography[]
She began modeling at the age of eight after seeing her eldest sister Heather modelling. She modeled for various companies such as Gitano Jeans and DreamPhone. When she reached her teen years, she attended Saint John Vianney High School in Holmdel, New Jersey. After her sophomore year Jodi left school to star on the soap Another World (1964), on which she played Marguerite Cory. After she left Another World she immediately landed the role of Cassidy Bridges on the hit CBS cop action/drama Nash Bridges (1996). She played Cassidy for all six seasons. While she was filming Nash Bridges she made her big screen debut in the 1998 Halloween sequel Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998). Jodi then hit the spotlight when she portrayed the snobby, popular, and rich Taylor Vaughan in the 1999 hit teen flick She's All That (1999). She then starred in three more movies before she began to keep a lower profile. Jodi starred in the hit TV show The Vampire Diaries as Jo, a witch who worked in a hospital and fiancée to Alaric Saltzman, the former vampire hunter. She starred in VH1's Hit the Floor.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Type | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Legacies | TV Series | Josette Laughlin |
| 2014-2017 | The Vampire Diaries | TV Series | |
| 2014-2016 | Hit the Floor | TV Series | Lionel Davenport |
| 2016 | Lucifer | TV Series | Ronnie |
| 2014 | Wall Street | TV Movie | Riley Simms |
| 2014 | Merry Ex-Mas | Ashley Williams | |
| 2013 | The Frozen Ground | Chelle Ringell | |
| 2013 | The Exes | TV Series | Hot Female Employee |
| 2013 | Whisper of Fear | TV Movie | Julia Whitman |
| 2012 | A Nanny's Revenge | TV Movie | Gina Wright |
| 2012 | Castle | TV Series | Kristina Cottera |
| 2012 | The Finder | TV Series | Lisa |
| 2004-2011 | Two and a Half Men | TV Series | Isabella / Gail |
| 2011 | Law & Order: LA | TV Series | Jenn Mackie |
| 2011 | Exposed | TV Movie | Emily Bennett |
| 2010 | Class | TV Movie | Kylie Burch |
| 2010 | Lost | TV Series | Ava |
| 2009 | Soul Fire Rising | Short | Lilith Reborn |
| 2007-2009 | Prison Break | TV Series | Gretchen Morgan / Susan B. Anthony |
| 2009 | Prison Break: The Final Break | Video | Gretchen Morgan |
| 2009 | The Big Bang Theory | TV Series | Mikayla |
| 2009 | Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising | Video Game | Kelly Weaver |
| 2007 | The Call | TV Movie | Jenna 'Kinky' Kincaid |
| 2007 | American Identity | Short | Lyndsey Simpson |
| 2007 | Raines | TV Series | Angelina Billings |
| 2007 | CSI: NY | TV Series | Melodee Constanza |
| 2006 | Criminal Minds | TV Series | Agt. Amanda Gilroy |
| 2006 | The Evidence | TV Series | Officer Jackie Kazaris |
| 2006 | The 12th Man | TV Movie | Lindsay |
| 2005 | Adopted | TV Movie | Rachel Rabinowitz |
| 2005 | Three Wise Guys | TV Movie | Mary Ann Davidson |
| 2005 | Eve | TV Series | Lucy |
| 2004-2005 | Boston Legal | TV Series | Nora Jacobs |
| 2005 | Venice Underground | Tyler | |
| 2004 | Charmed | TV Series | Spider Demon |
| 2004 | The Help | TV Series | Becky Wiggins |
| 2004 | Out for Blood | Video | Layla Simmons |
| 2004 | The Scare Hole | Jackie | |
| 2004 | Tru Calling | TV Series | Candace Aimes |
| 2003 | The Pool at Maddy Breaker's | TV Movie | |
| 2003 | Red Rover | Kylie Logan | |
| 2002 | George Lopez | TV Series | Campbell |
| 2002 | Falling in Love in Pongo Ponga | Short | Shawnee |
| 2002 | Dharma & Greg | TV Series | Simone |
| 1996-2001 | Nash Bridges | TV Series | Cassidy Bridges |
| 2000 | Teacher's Pet | Debbie Strand | |
| 2000 | Whatever It Takes | Ashley | |
| 2000 | The Crow: Salvation | Lauren Randall | |
| 1999 | She's All That | Taylor Vaughan | |
| 1998 | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later | Sarah | |
| 1995 | Another World | TV Series | Maggie Cory |
Appearances[]
The Vampire Diaries[]
Legacies[]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- She and Melinda Clarke have both been on the TV series Charmed, but were in different episodes.
- Jodi studied tap and ballet.
- She is of Irish, Czech, Austrian, Polish, and Swedish ancestry.
- Jodi attended a co-ed Catholic school.