Jennifer O'Neill

Acting

Jennifer O'Neill

Born 1948-02-20 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Jennifer O'Neill is a Brazilian-born American author, model, and former actress. She was born on February 20, 1948, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and moved to the United States as an infant. O'Neill first gained prominence as a teenage model and as a spokesperson for CoverGirl cosmetics, a role she held for three decades. Her acting career began with her feature-film debut in the comedy film "For Love of Ivy" in 1968, followed by a lead role in Howard Hawks's Western film "Rio Lobo" in 1970. Her breakthrough role came in 1971 with Robert Mulligan's period drama "Summer of '42," where she played the wife of an army serviceman during World War II, who becomes the subject of a teenage boy's romantic attraction.

Acting credits

Scanners poster
6.7

A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called 'scanning' to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non-Scanners.

Scanners

1981

I'm Not Ashamed poster
7.1

Based on the journal entries of Rachel Joy Scott, the first student killed in the Columbine High School shooting in 1999.

I'm Not Ashamed

2016

Reagan poster
6.4

Told through the voice of former KGB agent Viktor Petrovich, whose life becomes inextricably linked with Ronald Reagan's when Reagan first caught the Soviets’ attention as an actor in Hollywood, Reagan overcomes the odds to become the 40th president of the United States.

Reagan

2024

Rio Lobo poster
6.5

After the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to the loss of a close friend.

Rio Lobo

1970

Night of 100 Stars II poster
6.8

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

Time Changer poster
5.6

The year is 1890 and Bible professor Russell Carlisle has written a new manuscript entitled "The Changing Times". His colleague, Dr. Norris Anderson, believes that what Carlisle has written could greatly affect the future of coming generations and, using his secret time machine, Anderson sends Carlisle over 100 years into the future, offering him a glimpse of where his beliefs will lead.

Time Changer

2003

Caravans poster
5.8

This epic adventure-drama based on James Michener's best-selling novel concerns a young American embassy official who is sent into the Middle-Eastern desert to find the missing daughter of a US Senator. The young woman has left her husband, a Colonel in the Shadom - she was his number two wife - and has opted for the lifestyle of a nomadic tribe. When the diplomat locates the girl he joins the caravan and attempts to persuade the girl to return.

Caravans

1978

The Innocent poster
6.8

Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful he becomes enamored of her again.

The Innocent

1976

Summer of '42 poster
6.7

Over the summer of 1942 on Nantucket Island, three friends -- Hermie, Oscy and Benjie -- are more concerned with getting laid than anything else. Hermie falls in love with the married Dorothy, whose husband is an army pilot recently sent to the battlefront of World War II.

Summer of '42

1971

The Grand Knockout Tournament poster
6.8

The Grand Knockout Tournament (colloquially also known as It's a Royal Knockout) was a one-off charity event which was shown on British television on 19 June 1987. It followed the format of It's a Knockout, a slapstick TV gameshow which was broadcast in the UK until 1982. The event was staged on the lakeside lawn of the Alton Towers stately home-cum-theme park.

The Grand Knockout Tournament

1987

A Force of One poster
4.9

Karate champion Matt Logan is enlisted by the police to train officers in self-defense after narcotics agents are killed by an assailant using the martial arts.

A Force of One

1979

The Carey Treatment poster
6.0

A doctor uncovers a hotbed of corruption when he tries to clear a colleague of a murder charge.

The Carey Treatment

1972

The Psychic poster
7.0

A woman with psychic powers has a vision of a murder that took place in a house owned by her husband.

The Psychic

1977

Personals poster
5.3

A woman that during the daytime is an insignificant librarian, at night becomes a fascinating mysterious dark lady. She uses the personal advertisements on the newspapers to obtain appointments with men then kills them. These murders last until the wife of one victim decides to investigate.

Personals

1990

Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy poster
7.8

The story of Matthew Perry's rise to fame is interwoven with the harrowing story of his final days, as his assistant allegedly sought ketamine from sources the U.S. Attorney claims "should have known better." We hear from some of Perry's collaborators, Hollywood insiders, and law enforcement in telling this tragic Hollywood story.

Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy

2025

Invasion of Privacy poster
3.4

When a mentally imbalanced prisoner gets out on parole, he tracks down the journalist who interviewed him while he was behind bars and persuades her to hire him as an assistant. But when she denies his advances, he aims for her adolescent daughter. The girl thinks she can stave off his disturbing desires -- at least for a while. But her naïveté is no match for his perversity.

Invasion of Privacy

1992

Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal poster
4.8

A high-priced call girl who has been secretly videotaping her rich clients is shot to death. An investigation of her murder ensues, bringing those involved into the underground world of pornography and prostitution.

Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes Scandal

1989

Steel poster
5.6

Mike Catton was once a world-renowned construction foreman (at least in the construction world), but an accident left him with a serious fear of heights. Unable to climb the big skyscrapers while under construction, he retired and became a truck driver. But when an old friend needs him to help put up a building, and when the old friend gets harassed and threatened by an Evil Corporate Type, he comes out of retirement and assembles the creme de la creme of the construction world. Together, they race against time to finish the building while the Evil Corporate Type tries to stop them.

Steel

1979

Silver Strand poster
4.4

A Navy S.E.A.L. falls for a lonely officer's wife and enters into a passionate, potentially dangerous affair

Silver Strand

1995

The Reincarnation of Peter Proud poster
5.8

When college professor, Peter Proud begins experiencing flashbacks of an earlier life, he's mysteriously drawn to a place he's never been to, but which seems familiar and where he soon finds his previous incarnation's wife.

The Reincarnation of Peter Proud

1975

The Ride poster
6.7

A has-been cowboy is given a second chance at the hands of an unexpected teacher.

The Ride

1997

Lady Ice poster
5.0

An insurance investigator romances a wealthy young beauty when he suspects she may be involved in fencing stolen jewels.

Lady Ice

1973

Committed poster
6.0

A nurse is taken hostage by a patient pretending to be a doctor and is forced to administer to everyone.

Committed

1991

Discretion Assured poster
4.5

Three American businessmen have a problem with their Brazilian company: someone is embezzling millions of dollars. Michael is having an affair with Frank's wife Paige, but wants to end it. Paige is not so accommodating, and causes trouble with Michael's wife Kitty and his new interest, local artist Miranda. When someone is murdered Michael becomes a suspect, and must try to find the murderer and catch the embezzler while sorting out the wreckage of his personal life.

Discretion Assured

1994