Жан Пейдж Турко: Американдық актрисаның өмірбаяны мен мансабы

American actress

Jean Paige Turco (born May 17, 1965) is an American actress, best known for her role as April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III. Other notable roles include Dinah Marler on daytime’s Guiding Light on CBS, Melanie Cortlandt on the ABC soap opera All My Children, Terri Lowell in the CBS series The Agency, Gail Emory in the CBS series American Gothic and appearances in NYPD Blue, Party of Five and Person of Interest. From 2014 to 2019 she starred as Abigail Griffin in the post apocalyptic drama series, The 100.

Turco was born to Joyce Jean (Jodoin) and David Vincent Turco in Boston, Massachusetts. At one year old her mother moved them to Springfield, Massachusetts where she was raised, after the death of her father. She is of Italian, French Canadian and English ancestry. She took ballet lessons as a little girl and planned to become a classical ballerina. She attended the Walnut Hill School in Natick, Massachusetts graduating in 1983 and performed as a soloist at the New England Dance Conservatory, the Amherst Ballet Theatre Company, and the Western Massachusetts Ballet Company. An ankle injury ended the possibility of professional ballet. She remarked later, "I couldn't even go to the ballet anymore. It was too painful." Turco graduated from Bay Path College in Longmeadow, Massachusetts (1987) and majored in drama at the University of Connecticut.

Turco made her television acting debut in 1987, on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light as Dinah Marler, and appeared on the soap opera All My Children as Melanie Cortlandt. She replaced Judith Hoag in the role of April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991) and later in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993). She also appeared in a recurring role on Person of Interest as Zoe Morgan. In March 2014, Turco began starring as a series regular in The CW post apocalyptic drama series, The 100. In the same year, she also was cast as the lead character's wife in CBS's NCIS: New Orleans.

Turco is Roman Catholic. She married Irish actor Jason O'Mara in 2003 and they have one child together, She also sought joint custody of their son David and spousal support.

Year Title Role Notes1987–1989Guiding LightDinah ChamberlainRegular role; 36 Episodes1989–1991All My ChildrenMelanie 'Lanie' Cortlandt RampalRegular role; 80 Episodes1994Winnetka RoadTerry MearsMain role; 6 Episodes1995–1996American GothicGail EmoryMain role; 19 Episodes1996–1997NYPD BlueOfficer Abby SullivanRecurring role (season 4,5); 10 episodes1997–1998Party of FiveAnnie MottRecurring role (season 4); 18 episodes2000Runaway VirusJenny BlanchardTelevision film2000The FugitiveLaura ChereauxEpisode: "Pilot"2001Law & Order: Special Victims UnitPam AdlerEpisode: "Ridicule"2001–2003The AgencyTerri LowellMain role; 45 Episodes2006Women in LawCarolyn FordhamEpisode: "Pilot"2006Rescue MeNell Turbody4 episodes2007–2008Big ShotsLisbeth HillMain role; 11 Episodes2009Taking ChanceStacey StroblTelevision film2009Life on MarsColleen McManusEpisode: "All the Young Dudes"2009DamagesChristine PurcellRecurring role; 6 episodes2010Secrets of the MountainDana JamesTelevision film2010The Good WifeCaroline WilderEpisode: "Unplugged"2011Blue BloodsDetective RyanEpisode: "My Funny Valentine"2011Law & Order: Special Victims UnitKathleen RainesEpisode: "Blood Brothers" 2011–2016 Person of Interest Zoe Morgan Recurring role; 9 episodes 2014–2019 The 100 Dr. Abigail Griffin / Simone Lightbourne VII / The Judge Main role (seasons 1–6); special appearance (season 7); 64 episodes 2014 NCIS Linda Pride Episode: "Crescent City" 2014–2020 NCIS: New Orleans Linda Pride 2 episodes 2018 Separated at Birth Elizabeth Marshall Television film