Jessica Cauffiel Net Worth

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• Life is funny: I just translate.

Interesting Facts about Jessica Cauffiel

1. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Musical Theatre from The University of Michigan School of Music. Graduated in the same class as Tony award-winning actor and lifelong friend Gavin Creel. Jessica took Gavin to his first Broadway show: "Kiss of the Spider Woman," starring fellow Michigan alum Vanessa Williams and took him backstage to meet her, afterwards. Creel also sang "The Impossible Dream" (Man of La Mancha) and "Danny Boy" at her grandfather's unconventional funeral, and thanked his U of M classmates in his best supporting actor Tony award acceptance speech for She Loves Me (2016).
2. Father is bestselling true-crime author, writer and producer, Lowell Cauffiel. They are also occasional writing partners.
3. Plays a redhead for the first time in the movie White Chicks (2004).
4. Is a certified Kundalini Yoga and Meditation Instructor.
5. Sings (credited) on World Music Grammy Finalist album, "Shanti," by Snatam Kaur Khalsa.
6. Loves to travel the world and study its many cultures, traditions and mythologies. She has traveled several times to India, Nepal, Tibet, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and Peru as well as throughout Europe and the Americas. She has spent extensive time in the great mountain ranges of the Himalayas and the Andes, as well as the Amazon Basin. She speaks several languages, including Hindi, French, Indonesian and Thai. She is active in several non-profit, NGOs that serve the many cultures and spiritual orientations of the world.
7. She and the renowned Bollywood percussionist from Slumdog Millionaire (2008) who is also a composer, Sivamani, performed live in Dharamsala, India for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and approximately 20,000 other monks and visitors from around the world, on occasion of the March 10th, 2004 anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day. This was the first time in the 45 year history of this event, that any musicians or entertainers had performed.
8. She is a trained singer, who has studied for over 14 years in Western Classical, Musical Theatre, Jazz, Pop, Blues, and Eastern Devotional vocal mediums.
9. Wrote an album with Indian percussionist and composer Sivamani, who is best known as the right hand man of internationally acclaimed Bollywood virtuoso and two time Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire (2008) composer A.R. Rahman. Sivamani has composed and played on hundreds of pop and hit film soundtracks, including the entire Oscar-winning score and songs from the mega-hit Slumdog Millionaire (2008). He has played with thousands of diverse artists, ranging from Miles Davis, Michael Jackson, Jay-Z and jazz great John McLaughlin - to revered Indian Maestros Zakir Hussein, tabla; mandolin Maestro U. Srinivasan; El Shankar, and Shankar Mahadevan of the famous Shankar/Ehsaan/Loy Bollywood writing team.
10. Audtioned for the role in Stuck on You (2003) that ended up going to Wen Yann Shih, but the Farrellys liked her so much they asked her to do a cameo as the girl Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear hit on in a bar.
11. Her left eye is half brown.
12. Is a healer and consultant who practices and teaches earth-based energy medicine traditions of the Americas interwoven with indigenous modalities of India and East Asia.
13. She began her career Off-Broadway starring in the critically acclaimed musical "1001 Nights", written and composed by Oscar and Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist Robert Lopez, known for Disney's Frozen (2013) and his Broadway smash hit "Avenue Q".
14. In the original pilot episode, auditions and tests for My Name Is Earl (2005), the maid character was Russian, named "Tatiana." It was later changed to the Latin-American "Catalina" (played by Nadine Velazquez), but Creator/Producers Greg Garcia and Jason Lee remembered Jessica and loved the Russian character so much that they brought her back as Tatiana - the suspicious, unscrupulous mail-order bride with a giant mole - in a recurring role on the show.
15. Figure skated as a youth in Michigan, and trained for several weeks with International Figure Skating Champion and choreographer Sharon Wissel, in preparation for her turn as a former Olympian in Ice Dreams.
16. She is also a writer. She sings, plays piano and guitar.
17. She performed in several bands including Jazodity and Tribe of Zoe. Before graduating college, she sang on a cruise ship and in jazz and blues clubs throughout the country.
18. Writing partner is Alanna Ubach. They met at the Legally Blonde (2001) auditions in 2000 and have been best friends ever since, onscreen and off. Jessica had already been cast as Margot and was asked to read with several actresses vying for the part of Serena. When Alanna walked into the audition, she pulled Jessica aside and said dryly, "Kid, help me out here. I've gotta make rent." Jessica thought Alanna was so funny that instead of reading with her from behind a table, she said, "Okay--I'll stand up and do the scene with you. Just mirror all of my movements." They snuck off to the bathroom and planned synchronized looks, gestures and double takes. Alanna pulled it off so well that the director thought they already knew each other--and Margot and Serena were born.
19. Jessica's paternal grandmother, Ursula Irene Zulka, is of Polish descent and is a Polish-American community leader. Jessica's other ancestry is English, along with German, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish and French.
20. In Stan Lee's Superhumans: Bird-Man (2013) Jessica cameos as Master Zhou's assistant on his massage table, receiving his boiling hot "Hands of Heat" Qi Gong treatment captured on infrared cameras.