Jazz Raycole

Jazz Raycole is an American actress and dancer best known for her role as Izzy Letts in the Netflix legal drama “The Lincoln Lawyer.” Born in Stockton, California, she trained as a dancer from a very young age, becoming a competitive dancer as a small child and later attending a Boston Ballet programme before moving fully into acting.

She began her screen career in the mid-1990s, appearing as a young performer in “Waiting to Exhale” (1995) and lending her voice to a puppy in the family film “Babe” the same year. Home-schooled by her mother, who managed her early career, she balanced dance training with acting work throughout her childhood.

One of her earliest notable roles came in the sitcom “My Wife and Kids,” where she originated the part of Claire Kyle in the first season. She later returned to television comedy as a main cast member, playing Lyric Ballentine in “The Soul Man” (2012–2014), before continuing in recurring roles across the series’ run.

Raycole reached a wider contemporary audience as Izzy Letts, the assistant and confidante to Manuel Garcia-Rulfo’s title character, in “The Lincoln Lawyer” (2022–present) — the most prominent role of her career, as the series has grown into a popular ongoing Netflix franchise adapted from Michael Connelly’s novels.

With a career that began in childhood and has continued steadily into adulthood, Raycole combines her background in dance with a versatile presence across comedy and drama. She remains a recognisable face of American network and streaming television, and her long professional history makes her one of the more experienced performers among her contemporaries.

Her path from child performer to a lead ensemble role on a hit streaming drama reflects a steady, decades-long career built across the shifting landscape of American television. Alongside her screen work she has maintained ties to dance, the discipline in which she first trained, and she continues to appear in “The Lincoln Lawyer” as the series remains one of Netflix’s reliably popular procedurals. Critics have praised the warmth and groundedness she brings to Izzy, helping the character evolve from a supporting figure into a fan favourite.