Jaime Elizabeth Pressly (born July 30, 1977 in Kinston, North Carolina, United States) is an American actress and model.
Daughter of a dance instructor Jaime spent her childhood and early teenage years training as a gymnast, which led her to a career in modeling and acting.
She is best known for playing Joy Turner on the NBC Sitcom My Name Is Earl, for which she was nominated for two Emmy Awards, winning one in 2005 for "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series".
Selected Filmography
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Live-Action Films
- Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (1997) as Violet
- Against The Law (1997) as Sally
- The Journey Absolution (1997) as
- Can't Hardly Wait (1998) as Beth
- Ringmaster (1998) as Angel Zorzak
- Trash (1999) as C.J. Callum
- Inferno (1999) as Dottie Matthews
- Best Actress (2000) as Karen Kroll
- Poor White Trash (2000) as Sandy Lake
- 100 Girls (20o0) as Cynthia
- Tomcats (2001) as Tricia
- Joe Dirt (2001) as Jill
- Ticker (2001) as Claire Manning
- Not Another Teen Movie (2001) as Priscilla
- Pinata Survival Island (2002) as Tina
- Torque (2004) as China
- The Karate Dog (2004) as Ashley Wilkenson
- Cruel World (2005) as Catherine Anderson
- Death To The Supermodels (2005) as Tiffany Courtney
- Bachelor Party Vegas (2006) as Herself
- DOA: Dead or Alive (2006) as Tina Armstrong
- I Love You, Man (2009) as Denise McLean
- Beauty And The Briefcase (2010) as Kate White
- Smoke Screen (2010) as Britt Shelley
- Six Month Rule (2010) as Claire
- The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (2012) as Lola Sombrero
- Finders Keepers (2014) as Alyson Simon
- A Haunted House 2 (2014) as Megan
- Making The Rules (2014) as Abby
- Austin Found (2017) as Crystal Clemens
Live-Action Series
- Push (1998) as Nikki Lang
- Night Man (1998) as Yvette
- Silk Stalkings (1998) as Kara Delaney
- Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1998 — 1999) as Mika
- Jack and Jill (1999 — 2001) as Audrey Griffin
- Going To California (2001) as Kylie Guartz
- Charmed (2002) as Mylie
- The Twilight Zone (2002) as Cindy
- Fastlane (2003) as Sara Matthews
- Becker (2003) as Grace
- Happy Family (2004) as Alex
- Entourage (2005) as Herself
- My Name Is Earl (2005 — 2009) as Joy Turner
- Mad TV (2006) as Herself
- Las Vegas (2006) as Kerry Kowalski
- Saturday Night Live (2006) as Herself / Host
- Rules of Engagement (2010) as Pam Milton
- Raising Hope (2011 — 2013) as Donna
- I Hate My Teenage Daughter (2011 — 2012) as Annie Watson
- Two and a Half Men (2013) as Tammy
- Melissa & Joey (2013) as Meredith
- Hollywood Game Night (2014) as Herself
- RuPaul's Drag Race (2014) as Guest Judge
- Hot in Cleveland (2014) as Kelly
- Jennifer Falls (2014) as Jennifer Doyle
- Mom (2014) as Jill Kendall
- The Guest Book (2017) as Christy
Voice Acting
- Horton Hears a Who! (2008) as Mrs. Quilligan
- Saints Row 2 (2008) as Jessica Parish
- Phineas and Ferb (2013) as Rosie
- BoJack Horseman (2018) as Sadie
Tropes
- As Herself: Plays herself in the movie Bachelor Party Vegas and in an episode of Entourage.
- Everyone Loves Blondes: Is famous for her short (sometimes long) blonde hair.
- Hide Your Pregnancy: In Season Five of Mom, her pregnancy (with twins!) was hidden by putting her in a Fat Suit and having the other characters express concern about her character's weight gain.
- Ms. Fanservice: In a lot of her roles. She was also ranked 30th in Maxim's Hot 100 of 2002 supplement and 34th in the 2006 edition.
