Trivia

One of her best friends is Vanna White.

She is clean and sober for over 30 years.

She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Texas Tech University and took the LSAT for law school.

She has Scandinavian, Irish and English ancestry.

Jodie has one son, Jack, who is the love of her life.

Jodie has appeared in Playboy Magazine several times over the years.

She comes from a big family - she has 32 first cousins

She booked the first 4 auditions that she went on

She is a Dallas, Texas native.

One of her very first auditions was for Peter Bogdanovich and Jeff Bridges for the role of Jeff Bridges daughter in the film "Texasville" at the Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas.

Appeared in Femme Fatale's magazine for her lead role in Body of Influence II

Got picked out of the crowd at a Cheap Trick Concert for Robin Zander

Graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Dean's List

Her parents met while attending a private university in Brownwood, Texas, where she was born

Won the National Miss Drill Team competition in Norman, Oklahoma, when she was 16.

Her favorite activity as a little girl was to make her grandmother watch her sing, dance and perform

She hired Gloria Allred as her attorney, who wrote a letter on her behalf to a CEO regarding his sexual harassment of her - it became a huge scandal in 2011

She took square dancing lessons and baton twirling lessons as a girl in Dallas

Was romanced by Mark Philippoussis, Australian tennis player, on a show for NBC and Bleacher Report voted her "Top Ten Sexiest Reality Star Athlete Hookups".

She met Dylan McDermott at a party and went with him to a party two days later

Studied acting at Baron Brown Acting Studio with DW Brown. Dustin Hoffman's daughter, Jenna, was in her acting class as well.

While kissing Rob Lowe, she accidentally poked him in the eye - they knew each other briefly after meeting at a club in Paris called Les Bains Douche