Jessica Cauffiel

Photographs by Antoine Verglas

Where you’ve seen her:
On the little screen in Frasier and Guiding Light, on the big screen in Road Trip and Urban Legends: Final Cut, and in the movies Valentine and Legally Blonde.

Everyone’s a comedian:
“I’m sitting with a director, and he asks me if I work out. I deadpan, ‘Yeah, I lift men. You busy later?’ Total silence. There were tumbleweeds rolling across the room. I didn’t get the part.”

Her personal Love Boat:
On her life as a cruise ship entertainer, Jessica says, “I sampled the employment flesh. I probably dated everybody on that boat. I was going through my search-and-destroy phase.”

But what if we’ve got a foot fetish?
“On-screen love is so technical. The whole time you’re doing it, they’re telling you, ‘OK, tilt your head to the left. Put his hand under your right breast.’ Meanwhile, you’re thinking about the candy bar you’re going to grab when it’s all over. It’s as passionate as picking your toes.”

February 2001 (#38)