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O’Keefe in 2010, photo by Prphotos.com
Place of Birth: Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 10, 1978
Ethnicity: Irish, one quarter Polish and/or Slovak, small amounts of German and English
Jodi Lyn O’Keefe is an American actress, model, fashion designer, and licensed bounty hunter, also credited as Jodi O’Keefe. She is known for playing Cassidy Bridges on Nash Bridges and Gretchen Morgan on Prison Break , both television series, and for her roles in the films Halloween H20: 20 Years Later , She’s All That , and Whatever It Takes .
Jodi is the daughter of Noreen and Jack O’Keefe.
Jodi’s paternal grandfather was Ernest V. O’Keefe/Keith (the son of Leroy “Roy” O’Keefe/Keith and Catherine/Katherine L. Crosthwaite/Crosswaite). Ernest was born in Massachusetts, to parents from New Brunswick, Canada. Leroy was the son of Willis Keith and Catherine Keating. Jodi’s great-grandmother Catherine was the daughter of Samuel Crosthwaite, who was Irish, and of Catherine Fawcett, whose father was English.
Jodi’s paternal grandmother was Agnes Orlowski/Orlowsky (the daughter of John Orlowski/Orlowsky and Anna/Anne Orchovsky/Orechwsky). Agnes was born in New Jersey. John was born in Poland, and was listed as a Polish speaker on the 1920 and 1930 U.S. Censuses. Anna was born in either Poland or Austria, and was listed as a Slovak speaker on the same censuses.
Jodi’s maternal grandfather was Bertram C. Haines (the son of Henry/Harry Bertram Haines and Mary Zell). Bertram was born in New York. Henry was born in Ontario, Canada. Mary was born in New York, the daughter of Harold “Harry” Zell and Lena Schwinn/Schreiner.
Jodi’s maternal grandmother was Nora T. Morton (the daughter of James J. Morton and Nora Theresa Flannigan). Jodi’s grandmother Nora was born in Massachusetts, to Irish parents.
Sources: Jodi’s father on the 1950 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Jodi’s paternal great-grandparents, John Orlowski/Orlowsky and Anna/Anne Orchovsky/Orechwsky, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org John Orlowski/Orlowsky and Anna/Anne Orchovsky/Orechwsky on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Jodi’s mother on the 1950 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org