Jaime Pressly was born on 07/30/1977 in Kinston, North Carolina.

In 1997 she officially emancipated from her parents and began to pursue a career as an actress. Her first movie debut was in Poison Ivy: New Seduction that same year. Her good looks, athletic build and talent quickly provided her with other roles including The Journey: Abduction (1997), Against the Law (1997), Can’t Hardy Wait (1998), Ringmaster (1998) and Coyote Moon (1999). She also appeared on a few television shows including: Silk Stalkings, Mortal Kombat and Push. She also continued to model around the world at this time.

The actress & model also caused her own publicity when she appeared fully nude in Playboy magazine in 1998.

In 2000, Jaime Pressly filmed the police thriller "Ticker, cast alongside Dennis Hopper and Tom Sizemore and was featured in the road movie comedy "Joe Dirt". A role in the ensemble comedy "Tomcats" followed in 2001.

After appearing as herself on episodes of Entourage(HBO, 2004- ) and “The Starlet” (WB, 2005), Pressly landed a regular role in My Name is Earl (NBC, 2005- ), a comedy starring Jason Lee as a dimwitted crook who has an epiphany after winning the lottery to rectify all the mistakes he’s made throughout his life.

She continues to appear in movies, including the recent Death to the Supermodels and the upcoming Cruel World and Venus & Vegas.