model. She currently plays Joy on the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl, for which
she was nominated for a Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series in
2006 and 2007, winning in 2007, and nominated for Screen Actors Guild and
Golden Globe Awards.
Pressly was born in Kinston, North Carolina, the daughter of Brenda Sue (née
Smith), a dance instructor, and James Liston Pressly, Sr. She has two
siblings: sister, Jessica; brother, James Liston Jr. Pressly spent 11 years
studying gymnastics and dancing; she was cast as a gymnast on the
short-lived TV series "Push". By the time she was fourteen, she was already
the spokeswoman for her modeling agency, "International Cover Model Search",
and she had begun to gain recognition for her modeling in the USA, as well
as in Italy and Japan. Pressly attended Costa Mesa High School in
California, where her mother had moved while her parents were going through
the process of a divorce. Jaime subsequently sought and succeeded in having
herself legally emancipated from her parents at the age of 15.
Pressly starred as "Violet" in the 1997 film Poison Ivy: The New Seduction.
In 1998 she played a recurring role as the assassin Mika in the TV action
series Mortal Kombat: Conquest. In 1999, Pressly was cast as the promiscuous
dancer "Audrey" on the television series Jack and Jill. Pressly starred in
the independent film Poor White Trash, playing scheming gold-digger Sandy
Lake. She subsequently appeared in a number of films, including Not Another
Teen Movie (playing Priscilla, a stereotypical high school cheerleader) and
Torque, as a crazed, motorcycle-riding criminal. Pressly posed nude for the
March 1998 and February 2004 issues of Playboy.
In 2001, she was made the new spokesmodel for Liz Claiborne Cosmetics and
its fragrance Lucky You. She has performed with the band The Pussycat Dolls.
In 2002, she was ranked #8 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the
World". In 2003, she launched a lingerie line, J'Aime, which later became a
full sleepwear and ready-to-wear line. In 2006, Maxim magazine named her #34
on its annual list; she is also featured in its gallery. She also appeared
nude in the May 2006 issue of Allure.
Pressly in March 2009
In 2005, Pressly joined the initial cast of the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl,
as Joy Turner. She has received two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on the show, winning the
2007 Emmy. She also appeared in a number of music videos, including for
"Girls of Summer" by Aerosmith and for a cover of "Tainted Love" by Marilyn
Manson. On May 31, 2006, she hosted the first annual VH1 Rock Honors.
She hosted the October 7, 2006 episode of Saturday Night Live. Prior to
this, she guest starred on an episode of MADtv from season eleven, where she
played Hillary Clinton in a parody of My Name Is Earl, "My Name Is Dubya",
in which George W. Bush (Frank Caliendo) makes a list of all the bad things
he's done in the past and rectifies them one by one. She also guest starred
in an episode of the WB series Charmed, playing Mylie, a mermaid trying to
find love; Alyssa Milano (who played Phoebe) guest stars on My Name is Earl
during the November 2007 sweeps. She also appeared in an episode of the
prank series Punk'd.
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