Jennifer Finnigan

Infobox actor


imagesize = 150px
bgcolour =
name = Jennifer Finnigan
birthname = Jennifer Christina Finnigan
birthdate = Birth date and age|1979|8|22
location = Montreal, Quebec
deathdate =
deathplace =
height =
othername =
homepage =
notable role = Bridget Forrester Marone in "The Bold and the Beautiful" (2000-2004)
Annabeth Chase in "Close to Home" (2005-2007)
academyawards =
emmyawards = Outstanding Younger Actress
2002, 2003, 2004 "The Bold and the Beautiful"
spouse =

Jennifer Christina Finnigan (born August 22, 1979) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Bridget Forrester in the American soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful" from 2000 to 2004.

Biography

Jennifer Finnigan was born in Montreal. She is the daughter of popular radio personality Jack Finnigan who was a fixture on CJAD radio in Montreal for over thirty years. Finnigan married actor Jonathan Silverman on June 7, 2007 on the island of Mykonos in Greece.

Career

1998 - 2000

From 1998 to 2000, Jennifer appeared in a variety of Canadian shows. In 1998, she made a few guest appearances on "The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo". In early 1999, she appeared in one episode of "Big Wolf on Campus" and throughout the end of 1999, she starred in a sitcom called " Student Bodies" playing the role of Kim McCloud in the show's final season. Throughout the first half of 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? as well as making a guest appearance on "Le Femme Nikita".

2000 - 2004

In mid 2000, Jennifer moved to the United States and got the role of Bridget Forrester in the long-running soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful" in July 2000. In December 2000, Jennifer also starred in a true story in the telefilm "The Stalking of Laurie Show" about the real life murder of a young teenage girl. Jennifer Finnigan starred as Bridget on The Bold and the Beautiful from July 2000 until January 2004 and won three awards for her work on the show. She is the first person to win three consecutive Daytime Emmy Awards (29th, 30th, 31st Awards), all as "Outstanding Younger Actress". She left the show in January 2004 to pursue other acting roles.

2004 - 2005

From March 2004 until November 2004, Jennifer Finnigan was featured on 10 episodes of "Crossing Jordan" as pathologist Dr. Devan Maguire. Following her departure from Crossing Jordan she played the character Marni Fliss on the NBC series "Committed", which only aired for 13 episodes before the show was axed due to low ratings. The show aired from January until March of 2005. In mid 2005, she made a guest appearance as Alex Sinclair in "The Dead Zone" episodes "Double Vision,".

2005 - 2007

Starting in the fall of 2005, Finnigan was the star of the CBS television drama series "Close to Home", playing a deputy district attorney. In December 2005, while still starring in "Close to Home", Jennifer made a second guest appearance as Alex Sinclair in the episode "A Very Dead Zone Christmas," on "The Dead Zone". "Close to Home" aired for two seasons before it was cancelled in May 2007. In August 2007, Jennifer made one final guest appearance on "The Dead Zone" before the show ended in late 2007.

2008 to present

Jennifer will be appearing in a movie called Beethoven: The Reel Story set to released in late 2008.

External links

* [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/close_to_home/bios/jennifer_bio.shtml Jennifer Finnigan Bio at CBS - Close To Home]
*
* Jennifer Finnigan on [http://www.geocities.com/johnnyt84047/jennifer_f.html "The Dead Zone"]