She is best known for co-writing, co-producing, and starring in the 2002 indie film Kissing Jessica Stein , [4] for which she received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Screenplay and a Golden Satellite Award for Best. Jennifer Westfeldt (born February 2, 1970) is an American actress and screenwriter. She is known for the hit 2001 independent film Kissing Jessica Stein, which she co-wrote with Heather Juergensen and in which the two women starred.