Jodi Lyn O’keefe was born in the year 1978 and she is a model and actress of American origins. When she was 17 years old, she played in the role of Cassidy Bridges in Nash Bridges. She also played as Gretchen Morgan or Susan B Anthony in the Prison Break. In The Vampire Diaries, she was Josette Jo Laughlin.


From her biography, Jodi Lyn was born in the city of Cliffwood Beach in the New Jersey. For her parents, she is a daughter of Jack O’Keefe who was a director of labor relationship in Merck and of Noreen who was a homemaker. She has Australian, Swedish, Polish, Irish and Czech ancestry. She was born with two sisters: they are Heather and Jenna.

Jodi Lyn started a modeling career when she was only 8 years old. She was doing the modeling for a Jeans Company. While in high school, she had to stop her schooling in order to join the cast of Another World soap opera. She was playing as Marguerite or Maggie Cory. Afterwards, she was in the role of Cassidy in Nash Bridges. She was playing the daughter of the title character called Don Johnson. Together with her mother, she moved to live in Hollywood. She completed her schooling through mails.

Jodi Lyn made the debut on the big screen when she was in 1998 movie called Halloween H20:20 Years Later. Afterwards, she was in other many movies like Devil in The Fresh, Whatever it Takes and the Crow Salvation. She co-starred with Rachel Leigh Cook and Freddie Prinze Jr in a teen movie under the name of She’s All That. When asked how it was to play this role, she said that she was playing a role that matches her daily life so it was not hard.

Jodi Lyn was filming both movies & tv shows at the same time. While on Nash Bridges, t Jodi Lyn also played in Out of Blood, in the movie, she was the vampire called Layla Simmons. For small screens, she had been in many shows like Tru Calling, The Big Bang Theory, The Evidence, Charmed, Two and a Half Men, Boston Legal and Dharma &Greg.

Jodi Lyn was the star of Prison Break series. She was in the cast until its fourth season. She liked to play her role as Gretchen Morgan since it was challenging her and it was the opposite of who she is in real life since Morgan was a badass.

Jodi Lyn is not married yet. However, she has a long dating history where she dated Al Santos, Don Johnson, John Cusak and Jamie Gomez. Even she was with all these men, none became her husband. Her net worth has not been recorded yet. She can be followed on her twitter page, @Jodilyn_Okeefe and her Instagram page is @jodilok.

Last Modified: Mar 10, 2020


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