Janine Turner
Gender: Female
Born: 6th December 1962 (currently 49 years old)
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: Northern Exposure, Strong Medicine, Another World, Friday Night Lights, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Behind The Screen, Knight Rider, The Master, Boone, Happy Days, The Love Boat, The Paper Chase, The New Mike Hammer, The A-Team, General Hospital, Mr. Merlin, The Master, Santa Barbara, Quantum Leap
Movies: Dr. T & the Women, Leave It to Beaver, Cliffhanger, Steel Magnolias, The Night of the White Pants, Monkey Shines, Knights of the City, Miracle Dogs Too, No Regrets, A Secret Affair, Fatal Error, Tai-Pan, Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire, The Ambulance, A Fonder Heart, Birdie & Bogey, Beauty, Black Widow, Young Doctors in Love, Circle of Deceit, The Curse of Inferno, Stolen Women: Captured Hearts
Janine Turner (born Janine Loraine Gauntt; December 6, 1962) is an American actress who appeared in the television show Northern Exposure from 1990 to 1995. From 2000 to 2002, she appeared on the Lifetime original series Strong Medicine.
In 1978, the fifteen-year old Turner left home to pursue a modeling career with the Wilhelmina Modeling Agency. Turner began her acting career in 1980, appearing in several episodes of Dallas. She continued to make guest appearances on television shows throughout the 1980s before landing the role of Laura Templeton on General Hospital. In 1990, she was cast as Maggie O'Connell on Northern Exposure, a role that earned her an Emmy nomination.
After her breakthrough in Northern Exposure, Turner appeared in the action film Cliffhanger, opposite Sylvester Stallone. Turner next appeared as June Cleaver in a film adaptation of television's Leave it to Beaver.
In 2004, she wrote and directed Trip in a Summer Dress, a film about a strong-willed mother and her children. In 2006, she appeared in a low budget movie filmed in Dallas, The Night of the White Pants. In 2006, Turner was appointed a member of the President's Council on Service and Civic
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