Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

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 	Josette Laughlin
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===
;Season Six 
*I'll Remember (Jo Laughlin)
*Black Hole Sun (Jo Laughlin)
*The World Has Turned and Left Me Here (Jo Laughlin)
*The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get (Jo Laughlin)
*Do You Remember the First Time? (Jo Laughlin)
*Fade Into You (Jo Laughlin)
*I Alone (Jo Laughlin)
*Christmas Through Your Eyes (Jo Laughlin)
*Woke Up With a Monster (Jo Laughlin)
*Prayer For the Dying (Jo Laughlin)
*Let Her Go (Jo Laughlin)
*A Bird in a Gilded Cage (Jo Laughlin)
*I Never Could Love Like That (Jo Laughlin)
*Because (Jo Laughlin)
*I'd Leave My Happy Home For You (Jo Laughlin)
*I'll Wed You in the Golden Summertime (Jo Laughlin)
*I'm Thinking Of You All The While (Jo Laughlin)
;Season Seven 
*I Carry Your Heart With Me (Jo Laughlin/Florence)
*Live Through This (Jo Laughlin (archive footage)/Florence)
*Best Served Cold (Florence)
;Season Eight 
*I Was Feeling Epic (Jo Laughlin)
===Legacies===
;Season One
*Mombie Dearest
==Gallery==
2018-11-30-Kaylee Bryant-Jenny Boyd-Jodi Lyn OKeefe.jpg|Jenny Boyd, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Kaylee Bryant
==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.
==References==
==External links==
*IMDb
Category:The Vampire Diaries Cast
Category:Guest Stars
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Six Cast
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Seven Cast
Category:Special Guest Stars
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Eight Cast
Category:Legacies Cast
Category:Legacies Season One Cast