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Kristanna Sommer Loken or Kristanna
Sommer Løken (born October 8, 1979) is a
Norwegian-American actress and former fashion model.
Early life: Loken was born in Ghent, New York to
Merlin "Chris" Loken (a writer) and Rande
Porath (a model); both her paternal and maternal
grandparents were born in Norway and immigrated to
Wisconsin's Norwegian American community. She grew up on
her parents' fruit farm in Upstate New York.
Career: Loken started her acting career in 1994,
playing "Danielle 'Dani' Andropoulos #3" on an
episode of As The World Turns,[verification needed] and
she appeared in several television shows and films,
including regular appearances on the television shows
Philly, Unhappily Ever After, Mortal Kombat: Conquest,
and Boy Meets World. She is probably best known for her
performance as the android T-X (Terminatrix) in the 2003
movie Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. In 2004, she
appeared in a German television movie, Die Nibelungen
(also known as "Sword of Xanten"), which aired
as a 2-part mini-series and set a ratings record.
Subsequently, she starred as the leading character in
the 2006 film version of the video game BloodRayne, and
appeared in director Uwe Boll's film version of the
video game Dungeon Siege, called In the Name of the
King.
A tall, attractive blonde who traded the catwalks for
the klieg lights, Kristanna Loken honed her craft in a
series of TV appearances before landing what undoubtedly
would be her breakthrough, the futuristic female robot
that takes on Arnold Schwarzenegger in the long-awaited
sequel "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines"
(2003).
Of Norwegian descent, this daughter of a farmer (who
also writes) and a former model ended up following in
her mother's stead when as a teenager she entered the
Elite "Look of the Year" contest in Ibiza,
Spain and placed third. Casting agents soon noticed her
and she was hired to play the troubled teen Dani
Andropolous on CBS' long-running "As the World
Turns" in 1994.
Although she did not catch on with viewers and was
replaced by Ashley Williams in the part, Loken soon
moved to primetime making guest appearances on hit shows
like Fox's "New York Undercover", NBC's
"Law & Order" and ABC's "Boy Meets
World". In 1996, the actress deployed her sultry
screen persona in the recurring role of Sable O'Brien on
"Unhappily Ever After" (The WB).
The following season, Loken starred as the formerly
estranged daughter of a commander charged with training
military pilots in the syndicated show "Pensacola:
Wings of Gold". Loken segued to more action-related
fare portraying the athletic thief Taja, who has
partnered with a monk and an ex-soldier to battle a
variety of villains in "Mortal Combat:
Conquest" (syndicated 1998).
Shifting gears, she was cast as an ambitious cable news
producer sharing a Georgetown home with her
African-American boyfriend, a womanizing lobbyist, a
legislative aide and his free-spirited sister on the
short-lived drama "D.C." (The WB, 2000).
While she had more or less found steady employment in a
career that isn't noted for its job security, Loken
hadn't really risen above anything more than a cult
figure. All that changed for her when director Jonathan
Mostow tapped her to portray TX, a female terminator out
to wreak havoc in the highly anticipated, high profile
"Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines".
She appeared in 10 episodes of the fourth season of The
L Word, which debuted in January 2007. Additionally, she
also stars as the title character in SciFi Channel's
series Painkiller Jane which began airing in April 2007.
Personal life: Loken stated in an interview with
Curve magazine, "I have dated and have had sex with
men and women and have to say that the relationships I
have had with certain women have been much more
fulfilling, sexually and emotionally, than of those with
certain men... I connect with an aura, with energy. And
if the person with whom I connect happens to be a
female, that's just the way it is.
That's what makes my wheels turn."
Loken first generated public speculation about her
sexuality when she kissed P!nk at the World Music Awards
in Monte Carlo. The Advocate and other LGBT news sources
in November 2006 reported Loken might be in a romantic
relationship with actress Michelle Rodriguez, her
co-star in Bloodrayne. Asked about the relationship in
April 2007, Kristanna Loken said, "We're great
friends. She'll always remain a great, close friend of
mine. I'll always love Michelle." |
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