- Born
- Birth nameJaime Elizabeth Pressly
- Height5′ 4½″ (1.64 m)
- Emmy® Award winning actress Jaime Pressly is known for her wide range of film and television roles. Pressly currently appears in Welcome to Flatch (2022). Previously, she played Jill Kendall, opposite Anna Faris and Academy Award winner Allison Janney, on Chuck Lorrie's hit CBS Comedy "Mom".
Before that, Pressly starred as Jennifer Doyle in TV Land's original sitcom "Jennifer Falls." The first-ever single camera comedy for TV Land, the show revolved around Jennifer, a former high-powered executive who had fallen from grace and hit every bump on the way down to rock bottom. Best known for her role as Joy Turner, on the hit show "My Name Is Earl," Pressly was nominated for her first Golden Globe® and won the Emmy® for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2007. Additionally, Jaime was nominated for a SAG Actor Award® in both 2006 and 2007, and an Emmy® in 2006. She has previously starred the DreamWorks film "I Love You, Man" directed by John Hamburg, opposite Paul Rudd, Jason Segel and Jon Favreau. Other film credits include cult classics such as "The Adventures of Joe" with David Spade, "Not Another Teenage Movie" with Chris Evans and "Can't Hardly Wait" among others.- IMDb Mini Biography By: BWR-PR / 2023 update by Anon.
- SpouseSimran Singh(September 26, 2009 - November 10, 2011) (divorced)
- ChildrenDezi James CalvoLeo HijaziLenon Hijazi
- ParentsBrenda Sue PresslyJames Liston Pressly
- Hates doing love scenes. Feels that even a stage kiss is too intimate.
- Legally emancipated from her parents at age 15.
- Pressly said in a 2006 interview with Esquire that she almost purchased a ticket for a flight on one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, but decided not to take the flight, because she felt it left too early in the morning.
- Struggled with bulimia.
- Nicknamed "Martha Jr." because she is a good gardener, a neat freak and loves cooking.
- "Definitely gymnastics, because I was a gymnast for 11 years. That's my thing. My girlfriend Betty Okino was in the 1992 Olympics and won a bronze medal. She's a gymnast. So I'm a huge fan." - On her favorite event in the Olympics.
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