Biography
Although born in the heartland, Turner was raised in Texas where she began to compete in beauty pageants as a child. By age 15, she had moved to NYC to pursue a modeling career and within a year was under contract with the Wilhelmina agency as one of its youngest ever models. Then a pert brunette with long luxurious hair, Turner moved from posing to acting with a three-episode stint as a friend to Lucy Ewing (Charlene Tilton) on the popular …
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Career Milestones
2000 | Had featured role in Robert Altman's "Dr. T and the Women" | |
2000 | Returned to TV series work as a regular on "Strong Medicine"; made directorial debut with an episode in fall 2001 | |
1999 | Played leading role of a successful businesswoman in "Barbara Taylor Bradford's 'A Secret Affair'" | |
1998 | Starred in title role in "Beauty" (CBS), a contemporary retelling of the "Beauty and the Beast" story | |
1998 | Producing debut, the ABC telepic "Circle of Deceit"; also starred | |
1997 | Played a kidnapped frontierswoman in "Stolen Women: Captured Hearts" (CBS) | |
1997 | Returned to features as Mrs. Cleaver in the big screen version of "Leave It to Beaver" | |
| Acted in the busted CBS pilot "Fully Clothed, Non Dancing Girls" | ||
1993 | First leading role in features, "Cliffhanger" | |
| Starred in CBS primetime comedy-drama "Northern Exposure" as an unlucky-in-love pilot; nominated for 1993 Emmy Award as Lead Actress in a Drama Series | ||
1989 | Appeared as Clairee's niece in "Steel Magnolias" | |
1986 | Moved back to NYC; performed in several Off-Broadway plays | |
1986 | Co-starred in "Tai-Pan" | |
1982 | Made feature film debut in cameo as a soap opera actress in the uneven spoof "Young Doctors in Love" | |
1982 | Played featured role of "blonde bombshell" kleptomaniac spy Laura Templeton in ABC daytime serial, "General Hospital"; Demi Moore cast as her sister | |
1981 | TV series debut as regular in the behind-the-scenes drama "Behind the Screen" (CBS) | |
1980 | Made first television appearance in three episodes of the popular CBS primetime serial drama, "Dallas", playing a friend of Lucy Ewing's | |
1979 | Signed by the Wilhemina model agency where, at age 16, was one of their youngest models | |
| Moved to NYC at age 15 | ||
| Grew up in Euless, Texas; veteran of child beauty pageants; named Little Miss Texas La Petite at age 6 | ||
Awards
1995 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Northern Exposure |
1993 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Northern Exposure |
1993 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in Northern Exposure |
1992 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Northern Exposure |
1991 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Northern Exposure |