She also recently wrapped production on American Standard with Joe Pantoliano and Geoff Stults. The film is about a man who returns to his hometown after his father's death and soon enters into an affair with the wife of his old best friend.
Last year, James starred in Broken Flowers, with Bill Murray, Sharon Stone and Jessica Lange. The film also screened at Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix Award. James played the character, ‘Sun Green.’ The film is about a bachelor man (Bill Murray) that examines his relationship past by embarking on a cross-country trip in search of his former flames. The film was directed and written by Jim Jarmusch. James also starred in Undiscovered, with Steven Strait and Ashlee Simpson. Pell played ‘Brier Tucker,’ a successful New York model that decides to move to Los Angeles to launch an acting career and discovers that the price of fame may be higher than she expected.
Born in Virginia, Pell lived in New York until recently moving to Los Angeles. James attended the Tisch School of Arts at NYU. Her first role was as a guest star on a CBS pilot that was directed by Barry Levinson. She also starred in an Ikea commercial directed by Wes Anderson and a few independent films and shorts. James currently resides in Los Angeles.
