Paige Turco

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Paige Turco
Born
Jean Paige Turco [1]

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1987–present
Spouse
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(m. 2003;div. 2017)​
Children1

Jean Paige Turco [1] 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 . [2] Other notable roles include 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 .

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Early life

Turco was born to Joyce Jean (Jodoin) and David Vincent Turco [3] 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. [4] 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 [5] 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. [1]

Career

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). [1] She then starred in a number of small films and returned to TV with a role in the short-lived 1994 NBC primetime soap, Winnetka Road , opposite Catherine Hicks. The following season, Turco starred in another short-lived series, CBS's cult classic American Gothic . She later had recurring roles in NYPD Blue as Officer Abby Sullivan and on Party of Five as Annie Mott, a single mother who is also a recovering alcoholic. She also played the romantic interest of real-life husband Jason O'Mara in Episode 15 of Life On Mars .

Turco starred in the CBS drama series The Agency as graphic artist Terri Lowell, from 2001 to 2003. She had a recurring role in the third season of Rescue Me as science teacher Mrs. Nell Turbody, and in 2007 was a regular cast member in the ABC series Big Shots , portraying Lisbeth, the ex-wife of Dylan McDermott's character, Duncan Collinsworth, a cosmetics company CEO. Turco also appeared in the 2006 film Invincible , playing Carol Vermeil, the wife of Dick Vermeil, and also costarred in the Walt Disney picture The Game Plan (2007). She appeared in multiple episodes of Damages , and guest-starred on The Good Wife , Blue Bloods , and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . [6] 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 . [7] In the same year, she also was cast as the lead character's wife in CBS's NCIS: New Orleans . [8]

Personal life

Turco is Roman Catholic. [9] She married Irish actor Jason O'Mara in 2003 and they have one child together, [1] David (born in February 2004; named in honor of Turco's father, who died when she was an infant). On June 19, 2017, the couple announced that they had separated on May 1, 2017, and that Turco had filed for divorce. [10] She also sought joint custody of their son David and spousal support. [11]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze April O'Neil
1993 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III April O'Neil
1994 Dead Funny Louise
1995 The Feminine Touch Jennifer BarronDirect-to-video
1995 The Pompatus of Love Gina
1996 Vibrations LisaDirect-to-video
1998Dark TidesSara
1999Claire Makes It BigBronwynShort film
2000R2PC: Road to Park CityHerself
2000 Urbania Cassandra
2000 Astoria Elena
2001Dead DogPerri
2003 Rhinoceros Eyes Fran
2006Waltzing AnnaBarbara Rhoades
2006 Invincible Carol Vermeil
2007 The Game Plan Karen Kelly
2007 The Favor Caroline
2009 The Stepfather Jackie Kerns
2010The Secrets of the MountainDana James
2020 Books of Blood Nicole

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987–1989 Guiding Light Dinah Chamberlain Regular role
1989–1991 All My Children Melanie 'Lanie' Cortlandt Rampal Regular role
1994 Winnetka Road Terry MearsMain role
1995–1996 American Gothic Gail EmoryMain role
1996–1997 NYPD Blue Officer Abby SullivanRecurring role (season 4,5); 10 episodes
1997–1998 Party of Five Annie MottRecurring role (season 4); 18 episodes
2000Runaway VirusJenny BlanchardTelevision film
2000 The Fugitive Laura ChereauxEpisode: Pilot
2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Pam AdlerEpisode: "Ridicule"
2001–2003 The Agency Terri LowellMain role
2006Women in LawCarolyn FordhamEpisode: "Pilot"
2006 Rescue Me Nell Turbody4 episodes
2007–2008 Big Shots Lisbeth HillMain role
2009 Taking Chance Stacey StroblTelevision film
2009 Life on Mars Colleen McManusEpisode: "All the Young Dudes"
2009 Damages Christine PurcellRecurring role; 6 episodes
2010 Secrets of the Mountain Dana JamesTelevision film
2010 The Good Wife Caroline WilderEpisode: "Unplugged"
2011 Blue Bloods Detective RyanEpisode: "My Funny Valentine"
2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Kathleen RainesEpisode: "Blood Brothers"
2011–2016 Person of Interest Zoe MorganRecurring role; 9 episodes
2014–2019 The 100 Dr. Abigail Griffin / Simone Lightbourne VII / The JudgeMain role (seasons 1–6); special appearance (season 7); 63 episodes
2014 NCIS Linda PrideEpisode: "Crescent City"
2014–2020 NCIS: New Orleans Linda Pride3 episodes
2018Separated at BirthElizabeth MarshallTelevision film

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Paige Turco Biography". TV Guide . Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ King, Susan (March 30, 1991). "Paige Turco Moves From a Soap to Become the Ninja Turtles' Friend". The Los Angeles Times . Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Miss Joyce Jean Jodoin Is Bride of David V. Turco". The Boston Globe, August 9, 1964
  4. ↑ "BIOGRAPHY" . Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Walnuts in the World - Walnut Hill School for the Arts". www.walnuthillarts.org. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Paige Turco to Guest-Star on Blue Bloods". TV Guide. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  7. ↑ Mitovich, Matt Webb (March 8, 2013). "Pilot News: Paige Turco, Once Princess, Oz Alum and Leslie Bibb Among the Latest Castings". TVLine. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
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  10. ↑ "Paige Turco filed for divorce from Jason O'Mara". Celebretainment. June 19, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Paige Turco files for divorce from Jason O'Mara". Brampton Guardian . June 19, 2017.
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