Texas Actors

Amber Laura Heard was born in Austin, Texas, to Patricia Paige Heard (née Parsons), an internet researcher, and David C. Heard (David Clinton Heard), a contractor. She has English, Irish, Scottish, German, and Welsh ancestry.

Heard appeared in the Academy Award-nominated film, North Country (2005), in which she played Charlize Theron's character in flashbacks. Her other early film credits include: Syrup (2013), Drive Angry (2011) 3D, The Joneses (2009), Never Back Down (2008), Alpha Dog (2006) and Friday Night Lights (2004). On television, Heard starred on The CW drama, Hidden Palms (2007), and had guest starring roles on Showtime's Californication (2007) and CBS's Criminal Minds (2005).

In 2009, Heard starred in the box office hit, Zombieland (2009), opposite Woody Harrelson, Bill Murray and Jesse Eisenberg. She also starred in the suspense thriller, The Stepfather (2009), with Sela Ward, Dylan Walsh and Penn Badgley. In 2008, she garnered attention for her role in the comedic hit, Pineapple Express (2008), with Seth Rogen and James Franco. Heard received a 2008 Young Hollywood Award for her breakthrough performance in "Pineapple Express".

She appeared in The Rum Diary (2011), opposite Johnny Depp, and John Carpenter's The Ward (2010), which premiered at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival. She also starred in the independent film, And Soon the Darkness (2010), in which she additionally served as a co-producer.

Heard starred in Paranoia (2013), opposite Harrison Ford, Liam Hemsworth and Gary Oldman. The film was released by "Relativity Media" on August 16, 2013. She also starred in Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills (2013), which was released by "Open Road Films" on March 4, 2013, and McG's 3 Days to Kill (2014), opposite Kevin Costner and Hailee Steinfeld, which was released in 2014.

Additionally, her film All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006), which premiered at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival, was released by The Weinstein Co. in theaters in the fall of 2013.

Heard resides in Los Angeles, where she is actively involved with Amnesty International. In 2015, she married actor Johnny Depp, and the two divorced in 2017.

Alexis Jacknow is a Los Angeles based, multidisciplinary storyteller. She recently released her Hulu Original feature film, Clock, a psychological thriller starring Dianna Agron and Melora Hardin. Clock World Premiered at the Overlook Film Festival where it took home and Audience Award. In addition to critical praise, the move was lauded as one of the "Best Horror Films of 2023" by People, Variety, Collider, Esquire, and Marie Clare.

Her most recent feature script, AIDa, made the 2024 Black List.

Her debut short film, Again, World Premiered in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival and was distributed by Amazon. Her other shorts include Costume Change (FX/Freeform), and Overnight (Paramount+) which garnered her a WGA Award Nomination for Short Form Original.

She is in development on her drama, The Villager (2019 IFP Week No Borders Selection), as well as her horror feature, The Blindings with 21 Laps.

Alexis has over a decade of theater directing experience, during which she has helmed National Tours, World Premieres, and Audie Award winning radio plays. She sits on faculty at UCLA's Department of Theater.

As an actor, her career spans film, television, theater, and dozens of national commercials. She holds a B.F.A. in Acting from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and is a proud member of the WGA, SAG/AFTRA, AEA, and SDC.

Born and raised in Dallas, Texas where she graduated Lake Highlands High School, Amy Acker is the oldest of four children; she has two sisters and one brother. An acting major at Southern Methodist University, Amy acted in several college theater productions. She appeared in various roles during the fantasy segments for the popular award-winning children's TV series Wishbone (1995), which was filmed in Texas and consisted of Dallas theater actors. Upon graduation she worked in Wisconsin and New York before winning the role of "Fred" on Angel (1999).

Born at a military base in Panama, Alexis Texas was raised in a small town near San Antonio, Texas. Alexis describes herself as an outgoing and fun-loving person. In high school, she held tutorials for her male classmates on how to take off a girl's bra. While working at a college bar in October 2006, Alexis met some people working for the adult film company Shane's World. She agreed to appear in a film they were making entitled Shane's World's College Amateur Tour In Texas. Following this, she traveled to Florida to work for Bang Bros and then moved to Los Angeles to pursue adult film acting full time. In 2009, Alexis won CAVR Performer of the year award. By that time, she had filmed over 200 scenes. In 2009, Alexis also formed her own company, entitled Alexis Texas Entertainment, through which she launched her own web site.

Tall (5'8"), busty, and shapely blonde bombshell Nikki Sexx was born on March 1, 1983 in California. The blue-eyed beauty grew up in Southern California. Sexx worked at a gas station and for the restaurant chain Boston Market prior to becoming involved with the adult entertainment industry. Nikki started performing in explicit hardcore movies in her mid 20s in 2008; she has worked for such major companies as Twistys, Brazzers (she did her first anal sex scene for this particular company), Naughty America, and New Sensations. Sexx has several tattoos and piercings in her navel, left nostril, right upper lip, and clitoris. She was nominated for an AVN Award for Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene in 2010.

Cindy Eilbacher was born on 7 July 1958 in Saudi Arabia. She is an actress, known for Planet of the Apes (1974), The Big Bounce (1969) and Slumber Party Massacre II (1987).

Leighton Marissa Meester was born in Fort Worth, Texas, to Constance Lynn (Haas) and Douglas Jay Meester. Although born in Texas, Meester spent her early years in Marco Island, Florida with her grandparents. There, she became involved with the local playhouse and made her stage debut in a production of "The Wizard of Oz".

She moved to New York with her mother at the age of 11 and was soon working as a model and appearing in TV commercials. A few years later, at age 14, she and her mother moved again, this time to Los Angeles, where she began to pick up TV work, making her debut in Disciple (1999).

A steady stream of TV work followed, and in 2007 she landed the role of Blair Waldorf in Gossip Girl (2007), which made her famous. This led to more TV and movie roles. In 2009, she launched a recording career with the single, "Somebody to Love".

Brittany is an actress and model from the Houston area. Her professional work includes TV, movies, short films, commercials, and print modeling produced in the Texas and Louisiana markets. You may recognize her from her principal role on the Mac Miller music video Avian or from her commercial appearances for Academy Sports and Outdoors and Ashley Furniture. Her acting experience also includes a speaking role on an episode of the TV series The Purge and in the movie Indiscretion, which aired on Lifetime and streamed on Netflix. From appearing on the cover of Milieu magazine to starring in short films like Scars He Made, Brittany enjoys working in her local talent market; however, she is excited to take her acting career to the next level. Check out her starring role in The Overnight (2022).