Andrea Thompson

Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio
Birthday: November 30, 1958

A successful modeling career led Andrea Thompson to the study of acting. Although she made her feature debut as a hooker in Oliver Stone's "Wall Street" (1987) and has a handful of other movies to her credit, most of this blonde's work has been for the small screen. Thompson played the vixen Genele Erickson on CBS's "Falcon Crest" for the 1989-90 season, earning a Soap Opera Digest Award for her performance. From 1994 to 1995, she portrayed the telepathic Talia Winters on the syndicated "Babylon 5" before moving on to her recurring role as Comm…more

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Actor

JAG
Commander Allison Krennick
NYPD Blue
Detective Jill Kirkendall
NYPD Blue
Detective Jill Kirkendall
Caribbean Music Awards
Presenter
Babylon 5
Talia Winters

Music

The Who Live at Royal Albert Hall
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Career Milestones

2002
Hired by Court TV to host three-hour blocks of programming on Saturday nights; the shows aired in the block include reruns on "NYPD BLUE"
2001
In April, hired to serve as an anchor for "CNN Headline News" and a national correspondent for CNN; resigned from CNN in early March 2002
2000
Became news anchor at local TV station in Albuquerque, New Mexico
1997
Played blonde neighbor Jade Norfleet in the feature "A Gun, a Car, a Blonde"
1996
Cast in the recurring role of Det. Jill Kirkendall on "NYPD Blue" (ABC); made regular at the start of the 1997-1998 season; left series in spring 2000