Bianca Maria Kajlich is an American film and television actress widely acclaimed for enacting protagonists Jennifer Rhodes and Leslie Burton in the CBS and NBC sitcom series ‘Rules of Engagement’ and ‘Undateable’. Starting off her professional career as a ballerina under Olympic Ballet Theater in Edmonds, Washington, she amassed 7 years of onstage experience before debuting in a ‘Kragen Auto Parts’ commercial. She made her movie debut in the ‘10 Things I Hate about You’.
Active professionally from 1999, Kajlich has appeared in a string of feature films, TV movies, and TV series. Striking and memorable performances in the films, ’30 Minutes or Less’, and ‘Halloween: Resurrection’ amply substantiated her histrionic flair. At one point when she was considering shifting back to Seattle owing to her financial crisis, she unexpectedly received an offer to depict Carver in the teen comedy movie series, ‘Bring it on’.
‘Bring it On’ went on to become one of Bianca’s most successful films commercially and was deemed a ‘cult classic’.