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Jennifer Christina Finnigan (born August
22, 1979) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her
Emmy-winning role as Bridget Forrester in the American
soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 2000 to 2004.
Biography: Finnigan was born in Montréal. She
starred in a true story in the telefilm The Stalking of
Laurie Show in December 2000, about the real life murder
of a young teenage girl. Also in 2000, she played the
character "Tara" in the episode "The Tale
of the Last Dance" in Season 7 of Are You Afraid of
the Dark?. In 2004, she was seen in advertisements for
Almay cosmetics. In 2005, she played the character Marni
Fliss on the NBC series Committed, which only aired for
13 episodes.
Finnigan was featured on 10 episodes of Crossing Jordan
as pathologist Dr. Devan Maguire. She is the only person
to win three consecutive Daytime Emmy Awards (29th,
30th, 31st Awards all as "Outstanding Younger
Actress").
Canadian actress Jennifer Finnigan used her shining
face, clear blue eyes and cupid bow lips to charm
American audiences and catapult onto the A-list in her
breakout role as the lawyer and mother on Jerry
Bruckheimer’s “Close to Home” (CBS, 2005 - ).
Born August 22, 1979, and raised in Montreal, Finnigan
modeled as a child, but always wanted to act. Her first
brush with fame came with her role in the Canadian TV
series “Student Bodies” (Telescene, 1999), a sitcom
about high school students who run a humorous newspaper.
Finnigan took off for Hollywood after this first
success, making a string of appearances on action and
horror TV shows including “The Mystery Files of Shelby
Woo,” “The Big Wolf on Campus,” “La Femme
Nikita,” “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” and “The
Fearing Mind.” The swing dancing enthusiast parlayed
these spots into the title role in the sudser “The
Stalking of Laurie Show” (USA, 2000).
In the reality-based Movie of the Week,
Finnigan’s Laurie is just trying to fit in when a
popular girl singles her out for abuse and ensnares her
into a web of deceit that leads to a murder.
Finnigan took a break from the supernatural and
thrillers in 2000 with a four-year stint as spunky
teenage girl on “The Bold and the Beautiful” (NBC,
2000-2004). Over the course of her tenure on the
program, Finnigan’s character evolved from a meddling
teenager to a mature medical student. She won Daytime
Emmys for Outstanding Younger Actress for three of her
four years in the role and fans mourned her departure.
In 2004, she was back to the thrillers with a 10-episode
stint on “Crossing Jordan” (NBC) as an opinionated
rookie at the medical examiner's office opposite fellow
Canadian Jill Hennessey. With little on-screen comedic
experience, Finnigan got a big break to play a leading
role on the romantic sit-com “Committed” (NBC,
2004).
She played Marni, a perpetually cheery
occupational therapist who falls in love with Nate (Josh
Cooke), a mathematician who works in a record store and
comes from a family of geniuses who all eventually go
insane. Marni also houses former-“Newhart” handyman
Tom Poston as a dying clown living in her closet.
Although the show won some admirers, the program was
short-lived.
It turned out to be a good time to be
available: Jerry Bruckheimer had been conducting a
drawn-out search for a heroine for his new drama and
when Finnigan nailed her audition she was selected for
the lead role in “Close to Home," earning rave
reviews for her portrayal of Annabeth Chase, the tough
prosecutor with a perfect conviction record who is also
a protective, new, suburban mother. Adding to
Annabeth’s unrest is that fact that the dark crimes in
this legal drama come out of quiet, tree-lined suburbs
– like her own.
Her role resounded particularly well
with working mothers who find their work-life balance
slip out of whack from time to time. Annabeth’s
character occasionally gets carried away and she has to
be reined in by her boss. She also struck a chord in
this role for her use of a breast pump as a prop.
Finnigan had the role of Alex in The Dead Zone, in
episodes 4.3 "Double Vision" and 4.12 "A
Very Dead Zone Christmas." Since 2005, Finnigan has
been the star of the CBS television drama series Close
to Home, playing a deputy district attorney. Engaged to
Jonathan Silverman on Christmas 2004. |
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