Jaime Pressly was born on the thirtieth of July, 1977, in North Carolina, where she was also raised. She is 5'5" tall and has a tattoo on her lower back of a blue Leo sign with Japanese writing that means "healthy, strong and brave."

She was trained as a dancer by her mother (a classical dance instructor), from an early age, and has used this ability in many of her acting roles.

Pressly began modelling at the age of thirteen, and quickly became well known both at home, and internationally for her natural beauty.

At the age of fifteen, she was legally seperated from her parents, and now lives in Los Angeles, California.
It was also around this time that she began to pursue a career in modelling, despite having trained in gymnastics for eleven years. Jaime's has been on the cover of Teen Magazine and has also toured the United States, Italy and Japan while doing modelling work. She has also appeared in Playboy Magazine, which is probably her most well known shoot.

Pressly's career in acting stemmed from her modelling work. She had a role in the third Poison Ivy movie in 1997 "Poison Ivy: The New Seduction", which in the past has featured actresses such as Drew Barrymore and Alyssa Milano. She won the starring role after her work as Barrymore's body double in the first movie in 1992. Pressly was also in the teen movie "Can't Hardly Wait", starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, however it was Jaime (who played one of her girlfriends), who captured the attention of many. Jaime also has a recurring role on the television show Jack & Jill, playing dancer/actress Audrey Griffin. She has also slummed as trailer trash in the Jerry Springer's "Ringmaster" and this year's "Trash." Pressly has appeared with Richard Greico in both "The Journey: Absolution" and "Against the Law," as well as with Jean Claude Van Damme in "Desert Heat."

However, if it looks as though Pressly is becoming a real Hollywood starlet, she denies it, saying: "I don't want to be the Hollywood girl...I'm Southern and old-fashioned". She also has a dislike for love scenes with her fellow actors, as she feels that even a stage kiss is too intimate.