- Azura Skye
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Azura Skye Born Azura Dawn Storozynski
November 8, 1981
Northridge, Los Angeles, U.S.Occupation Actress Years active 1985–present Azura Skye (born November 8, 1981) is an American actress who first gained recognition for her role as Jane on The WB television sitcom, Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane. She also had a brief but memorable appearance (2 episodes) as Cassie Newton in the seventh season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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Life and career
Early life and family
Skye was born Azura Dawn Storozynski in her grandmother's home in Northridge, California. Her parents being amateur gemologists, named her after azurite, a semi-precious mineral. Azure is a color often associated with the sky; thus the stage name "Azura Skye." Being from a show business family, she started her career as a stage actress at the age of three and toured Europe with the Santa Monica Playhouse theatre group at the age of eleven. She received her education at the Brentwood School.[1]
Her grandfather, Brad Johnson, who died before her birth, was an actor known for his role as deputy sheriff Lofty Craig in the Western series, Annie Oakley (1954–1957), as well as a real estate developer in Los Angeles.[2]
Movie and television career
Skye made her first television appearance on the show Total Security in 1997. Then she played a couple of smaller parts on Touched by an Angel and Chicago Hope, and made appearances in a number of television movies before she was cast for the role as "Jane" in Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane in 1999. Zoe..., as the show was renamed for the second season, was a short-lived (two seasons) sitcom about four teenagers - Skye's character being one of them. In 2000, the same year that Zoe... ended, Skye's first major movie production premiered. In 28 Days, she starred alongside Sandra Bullock and Viggo Mortensen.[3]
Two years later, in 2002, Skye appeared in two episodes of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In the episode "Help" she plays Cassie Newton, a teen girl at Sunnydale High who possesses the power of precognition and who foresees her own death, and whom Buffy tries to help. In the episode "Conversations with Dead People", she plays an incarnation of the First Evil, impersonating a ghost of Cassie, who attempts to persuade Willow to commit suicide by pretending to bring a message from her dead girlfriend Tara.
Also in 2002, she appeared in Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister alongside Matthew Goode and Stockard Channing.
During this time she also appeared in other projects, doing smaller parts. She has played Susie Keaton in four episodes of CSI: Miami and has made guest appearances in shows such as Smallville and Judging Amy. Skye has also played parts in movies like Bandits (with Bruce Willis and Cate Blanchett), The Salton Sea (with Val Kilmer) and Red Dragon (with Anthony Hopkins).[3]
Skye appeared as Ruby Bates in the 2006 drama Heavens Fall. In 2007, she starred as Sara in 20 Years After and in What We Do Is Secret. In 2008, she had a major part in the American remake of the Japanese movie One Missed Call, which was released in the US on January 4, 2008.[3]
Her most recent television appearances includes the voice of Veronica in an episode of American Dad, fall 2007 episodes of House, Bones and Ghost Whisperer, a 2009 episode of The Mentalist, and the second episode of American Horror Story.[3]
Filmography
- Films
Year Title Role 1997 Alone Jocelyn 1998 Cab to Canada Jet 1999 EDtv Interview teenager Dementia Veronica 2000 28 Days Andrea 2001 Buck Naked Arson Janey Town & Country Spider Bandits Cheri 2002 The Salton Sea Teresa Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister Iris Fisher Red Dragon Bookseller 2003 Carolina Georgia Mirabeau 2005 Thanks to Gravity Nina The Wendell Baker Story May Sexual Life Lorna Laying Down Arms Janet 2006 Wristcutters: A Love Story Tania Heaven's Fall Ruby Bates 2007 What We Do Is Secret Casey Cola 2008 One Missed Call Leann Cole 20 Years After Sara 2009 Two Other Dreams Galen - Television
Year Title Role Notes 1997 Total Security Episode: "A Man for Half a Season" Touched By an Angel China Episode: "Children of the Night" Chicago Hope Cashier Episode: "Brain Salad Surgery" 1999–2000 Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane Jane 24 episodes 2000 Batman Beyond Deanna Clay Episode: "Inqueling" 2001 Gideon's Crossing Haley Episode: "The Crash" John Doe Karen Episode: "Unaired Pilot" 2002 Smallville Amy Palmer Episode: "Shimmer" Judging Amy Rhonda Petty Episode: "Lost in the System" Buffy the Vampire Slayer Cassie Newton Episode: "Help" Episode: "Conversations With Dead People"
2003 The Handler Amber Episode: "Homewrecker's Ball" 2003–2005 CSI: Miami Susie Barnam Keaton 4 episodes 2005 Missing Marissa Episode: "Have You Seen This Man? " 2006 The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman Skyler 9 episodes American Dad! Veronica Episode: "The American Dad After School Special" 2007 House M.D. Irene Episode: "Guardian Angels" Bones Amber Kippler Episode: "Mummy in the Maze" Ghost Whisperer Sophie Owens Episode: "Double Exposure" 2009 The Mentalist Tamzin Dove Episode: "Red Rum" Hawthorne Mary Barth Episode: "Yielding" 2010 Cold Case Claire Shepard Episode: "Bullet" 2011 American Horror Story Fiona Episode: "Home Invasion" References
- ^ "Lycos Movies". Biography on Azura Skye. http://entertainment.lycos.com/movies/celeb_bio.php?id=15062. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
- ^ Gus Thomson (2010-07-22). "Brad Johnson is Auburn's best-known actor you've never heard of". Auburn Journal. http://auburnjournal.com/detail/155034.html. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
- ^ a b c d "Azura Skye on Internet Movie Database". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005439/. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
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Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- American child actors
- American film actors
- American television actors
- American voice actors
- American people of Polish descent
- Actors from California
- People from the San Fernando Valley
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