Biography
Discovered while performing in a school musical in the eighth grade, the Illinois native soon signed with an agent and began doing commercial work. She trained on stage at Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater, and made her film debut with a brief turn in 1986's "Touch and Go". The following year Ross began her run on "Days of Our Lives" as Eve, a doe-eyed, cherubic-looking teenage prostitute who descended on Salem in search of her biological …
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Career Milestones
| Had a two-episode recurring role on "Murder One" (ABC) | ||
| Played an ambitious vice president of development for a struggling network on the Showtime TV series "Beggars and Choosers" | ||
| Trained at Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater, performing in productions including "A Chorus Line", "Pippin" and "The Lion in Winter" | ||
| Was a regular on the CBS comedy "The Five Mrs. Buchanans", playing the wife of the last Buchanan son to marry | ||
1976 | Made acting debut at age eight, featured in her dentist's industrial film "My First Mouthpiece" (date approximate) | |
1982 | Signed with an agent at age 14 (date approximate) | |
1986 | Made feature film debut with a small role in "Touch and Go" | |
1987 | Played conniving teenage prostitute Eve on the daytime drama "Days of Our Lives" (NBC); first collaboration with Charles Shaughnessy; received two Daytime Emmy nominations | |
1991 | Starred as a young woman accused of murder in the the NBC TV-movie "She Says She's Innocent" | |
1992 | Guest starred on episodes of "Empty Nest" (NBC), "Drexell's Class", and "Married... With Children" (both Fox) | |
1992 | Put her singing skills to use as a regular on the Fox musical series "The Heights" | |
1993 | Acted in a challenging cameo role as a heroin addict in the independent crime drama "Love and a .45" | |
1994 | Appeared in the Canadian feature "Savage Land" and the US-French co-production "Foreign Student" | |
1996 | Gave a memorable performance in a guest role as an AIDS-infected alcoholic on NBC's "ER" | |
1996 | Starred in the NBC TV-movies "A Kiss So Deadly" and "Fall Into Darkness", the former pairing her romantically with her "Days of Our Lives" father Charles Shaughnessy | |
1997 | Played a gold-digging young trophy wife on the inane Fox sitcom "Pauly" | |
1998 | Had a recurring guest role as the wife of a police officer suspected of murder on "NYPD Blue" (ABC) | |
1998 | Played a hippie political activist from a long line of progressive women in the NBC miniseries "A Will of Their Own" | |
1998 | Starred on the short-lived NBC series "Trinity" as a successful stockbroker with a troubled personal life | |
1999 | Appeared in the quirky romantic comedy "Looking For Lola", which premiered on Showtime | |
1999 | Starred as a young woman abducted at sea in the USA Network thriller "Kidnapped in Paradise" | |
2001 | Was cast as the female lead in "NYPD Blue" | |
Awards
1989 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Juvenile Female In a Daytime Drama Series in Days of Our Lives |
1990 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in Days of Our Lives |