Real Name : Jean Paige Turco
Birth : 17 May 1965, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Height : 5' 5"
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Paige Turco was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on May 17 1965. As a child Paige studied to become a ballerina. She performed as a soloist with the New England Dance Conservatory, The Amherst Ballet Theatre Company, and the Western Massachusetts Ballet Company, but her dreams were shattered when an ankle injury terminated her career as a dancer at the age of 14. She was forced to re-evaluate her career decision and focused on drama and musical comedies. Paige graduated from the University Of Connecticut with a degree in drama. She landed her first soap opera part in 1987 in CBS's Guiding Light, as a troubled teenager who is adopted by a wealthy woman. The following year she transferred to ABC's All My Children where she played Melanie Cortlant. In 1989 Paige left soaps and tried her luck on the big screen, she starred in many movies including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 and 3, The November Conspiracy, and Vibrations before landing a lead role as Gail Emory in Shaun Cassidy's controversial television series American Gothic. American Gothic was cancelled after only one season. She met and fell in love with John Mese on the show and the couple got engaged shortly after the show ended. Turco and Mese went on to work alongside each other in Dark Tides and Road To Park City before the couple called off their engagement in 2001 and went their separate ways. Paige starred in many independent films including Urbania, Astoria, Runaway Virus, and The Pompatus Of Love and had a few guest appearances in television shows such as NYPD Blue, Party Of Five, The Fugitive and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit before landing a lead role in Wolfgang Petersen and Shaun Cassidy's television show The Agency. Paige played Terri Lowell, a graphical technician for the OTS department and sometimes field agent. The Agency lasted two seasons before being cancelled by CBS executives earlier this year. Paige recently finished filming two new movies, The Empath and Rhinoceros Eyes.
Biography written by: Kerry
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- Astoria (2000) [Elena] <4>
- Claire Makes It Big (1999) [Bronwyn] <3>
- Dark Tides (1998) [Sara]
- Dead Dog (2000) [Perri]
- Dead Funny (1994) [Louise] <3>
- Invincible (2006) [Carol Vermeil] <18>
- R2PC: Road to Park City (2000) [Paige Turco]
- Rhinoceros Eyes (2003) [Fran] <2>
- Runaway Virus (2000) (TV) [Jenny Blanchard] <1>
- Secrets of the Mountain (2010) (TV) [Dana James (2010)] <1>
- Silent Witness (2000) (TV)
- Taking Chance (2009) (TV) [Stacey Strobl] <34>
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991) [April O'Neil] <9>
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993) [April O'Neil] <9>
- The 28th Annual People's Choice Awards (2002) (TV) [Herself]
- The Empath (2002) <2>
- The Favor (2007) [Caroline] <3>
- The Feminine Touch (1994) [Jennifer Barron] <1>
- The Game Plan (2007) [Karen Kelly] <9>
- The Making of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles': Behind the Shells (1991) (V) [Herself/April O'Neil] <16>
- The Pompatus of Love (1996) [Gina] <2>
- The Stepfather (2009) [Jackie Kerns] <6>
- Urbania (2000) [Cassandra]
- Vibrations (1996) (V) [Lisa] <4>
- Waltzing Anna (2006) [Barbara Rhoades]
- "All My Children" (1970) {(#1.5182)} [Melanie 'Lanie' Cortlandt Rampal] <4>
- "All My Children" (1970) {(#1.5187)} [Melanie 'Lanie' Cortlandt Rampal] <4>
- "All My Children" (1970) {(#1.5188)} [Melanie 'Lanie' Cortlandt Rampal] <4>
- "All My Children" (1970) {(#1.5190)} [Melanie 'Lanie' Cortlandt Rampal] <4>
- "All My Children" (1970) {(1990-01-03)} [Melanie 'Lanie' Cortlandt Rampal] <4>
- "All My Children" (1970) {(1990-05-01)} [Melanie 'Lanie' Cortlandt Rampal] <4>
- "All My Children" (1970) {(1990-05-15)} [Melanie 'Lanie' Cortlandt Rampal] <4>
- "All My Children" (1970) {(1990-06-22)} [Melanie 'Lanie' Cortlandt Rampal] <4>
- "All My Children" (1970) {(1990-09-11)} [Melanie 'Lanie' Cortlandt Rampal] <4>
- "All My Children" (1970) {(1990-10-31)} [Melanie 'Lanie' Cortlandt Rampal] <4>
- "All My Children" (1970) {(1990-12-13)} [Melanie 'Lanie' Cortlandt Rampal] <4>
- "All My Children" (1970) {(1990-12-21)} [Melanie 'Lanie' Cortlandt Rampal] <4>
- "All My Children" (1970) {(1991-01-08)} [Melanie 'Lanie' Cortlandt Rampal]
- "All My Children" (1970) {(1991-02-26)} [Melanie 'Lanie' Cortlandt Rampal] <4>
- "All My Children" (1970) {(1991-02-28)} [Melanie 'Lanie' Cortlandt Rampal] <4>
- "All My Children" (1970) {(1991-03-18)} [Melanie 'Lanie' Cortlandt Rampal] <4>
- "American Gothic" (1995) {A Tree Grows in Trinity (#1.2)} [Gail Emory] <2>
- "American Gothic" (1995) {Damned If You Don't (#1.4)} [Gail Emory] <2>
- "American Gothic" (1995) {Dead to the World (#1.5)} [Gail Emory] <2>
- "American Gothic" (1995) {Dr. Death Takes a Holiday (#1.16)} [Gail Emory] <2>
- "American Gothic" (1995) {Echo of Your Last Goodbye (#1.18)} [Gail Emory] <2>
- "American Gothic" (1995) {Eye of the Beholder (#1.3)} [Gail Emory] <2>
- "American Gothic" (1995) {Learning to Crawl (#1.17)} [Gail Emory] <2>
- "American Gothic" (1995) {Meet the Beetles (#1.7)} [Gail Emory] <2>
- "American Gothic" (1995) {Pilot (#1.1)} [Gail Emory] <2>
- "American Gothic" (1995) {Rebirth (#1.11)} [Gail Emory] <2>
- "American Gothic" (1995) {Requiem (#1.22)} [Gail Emory] <2>
- "American Gothic" (1995) {Ring of Fire (#1.12)} [Gail Emory] <2>
- "American Gothic" (1995) {Strangler (#1.20)} [Gail Emory] <2>
- "American Gothic" (1995) {Strong Arm of the Law (#1.8)} [Gail Emory] <2>
- "American Gothic" (1995) {The Beast Within (#1.10)} [Gail Emory] <2>
- "American Gothic" (1995) {The Buck Stops Here (#1.21)} [Gail Emory] <2>
- "American Gothic" (1995) {The Plague Sower (#1.15)} [Gail Emory] <2>
- "American Gothic" (1995) {To Hell and Back (#1.9)} [Gail Emory] <2>
- "American Gothic" (1995) {Triangle (#1.19)} [Gail Emory] <2>
- "Big Shots" (2007) {Car Trouble (#1.6)} [Lisbeth] <4>
- "Big Shots" (2007) {Greatest Amerimart Hero (#1.5)} [Lisbeth] <4>
- "Big Shots" (2007) {Pilot (#1.1)} [Lisbeth] <4>
- "Big Shots" (2007) {Sex Be Not Proud (#1.10)} [Lisbeth Hill] <4>
- "Big Shots" (2007) {Tall, Dark and Hairless (#1.2)} [Lisbeth] <4>
- "Big Shots" (2007) {The Better Man (#1.9)} [Lisbeth] <4>
- "Big Shots" (2007) {The Good, the Bad, and the Really Ugly (#1.3)} [Lisbeth] <4>
- "Big Shots" (2007) {The Way We Weren't (#1.8)} [Lisbeth] <4>
- "Big Shots" (2007) {Three's a Crowd (#1.4)} [Lisbeth] <4>
- "Big Shots" (2007) {Who's the Boss? (#1.11)} [Lisbeth Hill] <4>
- "Big Shots" (2007) {Who's Your Daddy? (#1.7)} [Lisbeth] <4>
- "CBS Cares" (2000) {(2001-01-01)} [Herself]
- "CBS Cares" (2000) {(2002-01-01)} [Herself]
- "Damages" (2007) {Burn It, Shred It, I Don't Care. (#2.2)} [Christine Purcell] <9>
- "Damages" (2007) {Hey! Mr. Pibb! (#2.4)} [Christine Purcell]
- "Damages" (2007) {I Agree, It Wasn't Funny (#2.5)} [Christine Purcell]
- "Damages" (2007) {I Knew Your Pig (#2.3)} [Christine Purcell]
- "Damages" (2007) {I Lied, Too. (#2.1)} [Christine Purcell] <12>
- "Damages" (2007) {Look What He Dug Up This Time (#2.12)} [Christine Purcell] <12>
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-01-10)} [Herself]
- "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999) {Ridicule (#3.10)} [Pam Adler] <8>
- "Life on Mars" (2008) {All the Young Dudes (#1.15)} [Colleen McManus] <8>
- "NYPD Blue" (1993) {A Wrenching Experience (#4.17)} [Officer Abby Sullivan] <13>
- "NYPD Blue" (1993) {Bad Rap (#4.19)} [Officer Abby Sullivan] <10>
- "NYPD Blue" (1993) {Emission Impossible (#4.20)} [Officer Abby Sullivan] <13>
- "NYPD Blue" (1993) {Moby Greg (#4.1)} [Officer Abby Sullivan] <11>
- "NYPD Blue" (1993) {Taillight's Last Gleaming (#4.15)} [Officer Abby Sullivan] <12>
- "NYPD Blue" (1993) {Ted and Carey's Bogus Adventure (#4.7)} [Officer Abby Sullivan] <15>
- "NYPD Blue" (1993) {Thick Stu (#4.2)} [Officer Abby Sullivan] <12>
- "NYPD Blue" (1993) {Three Girls and a Baby (#5.3)} [Officer Abby Sullivan] <8>
- "NYPD Blue" (1993) {Unembraceable You (#4.8)} [Officer Abby Sullivan] <11>
- "NYPD Blue" (1993) {What a Dump! (#4.16)} [Officer Abby Sullivan] <13>
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Adjustments (#4.10)} [Annie Mott]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Empty Shoes (#4.12)} [Annie Mott]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Fight or Flight (#4.5)} [Annie Mott]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Fools Rush In (#4.23)} [Annie Mott]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Fools Rush Out (#4.24)} [Annie Mott]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Go Away (#4.19)} [Annie Mott]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Here and Now (#4.15)} [Annie Mott]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {I Give Up (#4.16)} [Annie Mott]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Immediate Family (#4.6)} [Annie Mott]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Of Human Bonding (#4.14)} [Annie Mott]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Opposites Distract (#4.22)} [Annie Mott]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Parent Trap (#4.13)} [Annie Mott]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Positive Attitude (#4.7)} [Annie Mott]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {S'Wunnerful Life (#4.11)} [Annie Mott]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Sickness, Health/Richer, Poorer (#4.8)} [Annie Mott]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {True or False (#4.18)} [Annie Mott]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Truth Be Told (#4.9)} [Annie Mott]
- "Party of Five" (1994) {Zap (#4.4)} [Annie Mott]
- "Rescue Me" (2004) {Chlamydia (#3.5)} [Ms. Turbody]
- "Rescue Me" (2004) {Devil (#3.1)} [Nell Turbody] <12>
- "Rescue Me" (2004) {Sparks (#3.4)} [Nell Turbody]
- "Rescue Me" (2004) {Torture (#3.3)} [Nell Turbody]
- "Showbiz Today" (1984) {(1990-12-01)} [Herself]
- "The Agency" (2001) {A Slight Case of Anthrax (#1.6)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Absolute Bastard (#2.15)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Air Lex (#2.2)} [Terri Lowell] <5>
- "The Agency" (2001) {An Isolated Incident (#2.12)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {C.S. Lie (#2.4)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Closure (#1.7)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Coventry (#2.14)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Deadline (#1.10)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Debbie Does Djakarta (#2.13)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Doublecrossover (#1.21)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Elite Meat to Eat (#2.11)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Finale (#1.22)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {First Born (#2.8)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {French Kiss (#2.1)} [Terri Lowell] <5>
- "The Agency" (2001) {God's Work (#1.2)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Heartless (#2.7)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Home Grown (#2.6)} [Terri Lowell] <5>
- "The Agency" (2001) {In Our Own Backyard (#1.4)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Mi Cena con Andrei (#2.20)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Moo (#1.17)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Nocturne (#1.8)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Our Man in Korea (#2.21)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Our Man in Washington (#2.22)} [Terri Lowell] <5>
- "The Agency" (2001) {Peacemakers (#1.19)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Pilot (#1.5)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Rules of the Game (#1.9)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Sleeping Dogs Lie (#1.15)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Soft Kills (#2.17)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Son Set (#1.11)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Spy Finance (#2.18)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Thanksgiving (#2.9)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {The Agency (#1.0)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {The Enemy Within (#1.12)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {The Gauntlet (#1.14)} [Terri Lowell] <5>
- "The Agency" (2001) {The Golden Hour (#1.13)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {The Great Game (#2.3)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {The Greater Good (#1.18)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {The Plague Year (#1.16)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {The Prisoner (#2.5)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {The Understudy (#1.20)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {The Year of Living Dangerously (#1.3)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Trust (#2.10)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Unholy Alliances (#2.16)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {Viva Fidel (#1.1)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Agency" (2001) {War, Inc. (#2.19)} [Terri Lowell]
- "The Directors" (1999) {The Films of David Lynch (#2.33)} [Herself]
- "The Fugitive" (2000) {Pilot (#1.1)} [Laura Chereaux] <8>
- "The Good Wife" (2009) {Unplugged (#1.21)} [Caroline Wilder] <7>
- "The Guiding Light" (1952) [Dinah Morgan Marler #2 (1987-1989)] <4>
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(1998-04-22)} [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(2002-04-18)} [Herself]
- "Winnetka Road" (1994) [Terry Mears] <6>
- "Women in Law" (2006) {Pilot (#1.0)} [Carolyn Fordham]
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- 'Jason O'Mara' (qv) (19 September 2003 - present); 1 child
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- "Stuff" (USA), October 2001, pg. 24-26+28, by: Stuart Matranga, "Blitz! A Full Frontal Assault on Your Senses"
- "Starlog" (USA), May 1991, Iss. 166, by: Daniel Dickholtz, "Another April in Turtleland"
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- "Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 20 March 1998, Iss. #423, pg. 65, by: Shawna Malcom, "A Paige out of Life"
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- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), July 2003, Iss. 26, pg. 24-27, by: staff, "Children...Behave: Paige Turco"
- "Playboy" (USA), January 1995, Vol. 42, Iss. 1, pg. 202, by: Miranda Shen, "Grapevine: Just Hold the Pearls"
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- TV commercial for Special K cereal
- TV commercial for Reebok sneakers (1991)
- TV commercial for LactAid
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- "You need to talk about sex with a sense of humor, especially because sex is a sensitive area for a lot of people. The other thing is that you may not want to tell the world everything you do in bed."
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- Paige and her husband 'Jason O'Mara' (qv) had similar career reversals in their early life. Paige trained to be a classical ballerina, then broke her foot at age 14 during a rehearsal, and was forced to end her dancing career. Jason was an avid rugby player until he too was sidelined by injury. While recuperating, he tried out for a school play and got hooked. Jason and Paige met while they were starring in the TV series _"The Agency" (2001)_ (qv).
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