American-Canadian actress and producer

Jorja-An Fox ( GEOR-gia ; [ 1 ] born July 7, 1968 ) is an american english actress and manufacturer. She first came to prominence with a recurring role in the NBC medical drama ER as Dr. Maggie Doyle from 1996 to 1999. This was followed by another critical achiever in the recurring function of Secret Service Agent Gina Toscano in the NBC political drama The West Wing in 2000. She played Sara Sidle in the CBS police procedural drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, both as a regular ( 2000–2007, 2010–2015 ) [ 2 ] and recurring ( 2008–2010 ) form member. She reprised the role in the sequel CSI: Vegas, which premiered on October 6, 2021 .

early biography [edit ]

Fox was born in New York City to Montreal -born parents Edward and Marilyn Fox and is of French-Canadian, belgian and irish descent. [ 3 ] She was raised on a minute barrier island in Melbourne Beach, Florida. She has an older buddy, Jeff. She describes herself as being overweight while growing up, with a big break between her teeth. [ 4 ] By her 20s, she observed that neither her wisdom teeth nor braces had appreciably helped ( although wisdom teeth are no long considered as causing herd of the front tooth teeth [ 5 ] ), and Fox said “ forget it. ” [ 6 ]

After attending Melbourne High School [ 7 ] for two years, she began a mold career after winning a local contest. She subsequently enrolled as a drama scholar at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City, under the tutelage of actor William Hickey .

career [edit ]

Fox had minor roles in films and television series, including the opening setting of a 1993 episode of the NBC legal drama Law & Order. Fox ‘s big dampen was a recur function in the third, fourth and fifth seasons ( 1996–99 ) of the NBC medical drama ER. She played Dr. Maggie Doyle, a lesbian, no-nonsense and vegetarian emergency intern. Fox appeared in “ The Puppy Episode Part 2 ”, the April 30, 1997 sequence of the situation comedy Ellen, in which that series ‘ chief quality came out as cheery. From 1999 to 2000, she had a recurring function as Secret Service Agent Gina Toscano in the first and moment seasons of the NBC political drama The West Wing. Fox has appeared in the films Velocity Trap and Food for the Heart and she besides briefly appeared in Memento, playing the chief character ‘s wife in flashback footage .

CSI [edit ]

In 2000, she gained a regular function on the CBS police adjective drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sara Sidle, a Las Vegas forensic scientist .
CSI, March 2004 Fox on the set of, March 2004 She and her CSI co-star George Eads were fired from the read in 2004. Fox had allegedly failed to submit a letter to CBS confirming that she would be on time for shooting. The disputes were resolved in barely over a week, and the two were rehired by CBS, but neither Fox or Eads ‘ wage was raised, in hurt of early cast members receiving raises. It was besides reported that of the two, Fox was approached first to resume her contract with CSI, but she refused until Eads was rehired adenine well. [ 8 ] On April 18, 2007, TV Guide began reporting that Fox might not be returning for the eighth season of CSI, having not yet signed a newly shrink. [ 9 ] The seventh season stopping point turned out to be a cliffhanger involving her character, Sara Sidle. [ 10 ] The New York Post reported that Fox did not show up to film the finale because of ongoing issues over her employment. [ 11 ] Neither CBS nor Jorja ‘s agent confirmed the allegations.

In September 2007, after rumors emerged about Fox ‘s passing from the appearance, [ 12 ] an on-line forum called “Your Tax Dollars at Work”, started a political campaign to keep Sara Sidle on CSI ; the crusade ( called Dollars for Sense ) includes mailing the express ‘s producers a dollar so as to keep Fox on the indicate. With the serve of donations, the campaign besides organized plane flyovers over the Universal Studios lot in California where CSI is filmed. The banners read “Keep Jorja Fox on CBS”. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] On October 15, 2007, Fox told Entertainment Weekly that she left CSI, saying that she wanted a break “ from the commitment of a weekly television series. ” [ 15 ] Fox requested that the money collected during the “ Dollars for Sense ” campaign be donated to CASA, an organization dedicated to aiding foster children. On November 15, 2007, the sequence “ Goodbye and Good Luck “ marked the character ‘s final examination regular appearance in an sequence of CSI until the show entered its tenth season. In May 2008, Fox returned for CSI’ s ninth season as a guest star. [ 16 ] After coming back for the inaugural, second, and fifth episodes, she returned for William Petersen ‘s last sequence as the star ( “ One To Go ” ) in the survive view, when Gil Grissom ( Petersen ) turns up in the hobo camp, surprise Sara, and in the episode finish up wherein the two shared a passionate kiss. In the summer of 2009, CBS announced that Fox would be returning to CSI. Fox was initially scheduled to appear in the tenth season premier ( “ family Affair, ” which aired September 24, 2009 ) and four extra episodes. [ 17 ] however, administrator producer Carol Mendelsohn confirmed that Fox ‘s stay had been made “ more permanent ” and her character extended indefinitely. [ 18 ] By July 2011, Fox was confirmed as a full-time, regular draw member again on CSI for the one-twelfth season, but she was added back to the open credits for the eleventh season. [ 19 ] She remained in the main hurl until the prove ended after the fifteenth season in September 2015 .

After CSI [edit ]

After leaving CSI in 2007, Fox produced the musical Stay Forever: The Life and Music of Dusty Springfield starring Kirsten Holly Smith, about the tension between the public persona and private life of bisexual musician Dusty Springfield, [ 20 ] which played at the Renberg Theatre in the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center. Fox guest-starred in the Lifetime situation comedy Drop Dead Diva. The episode, which aired on August 16, 2009, had her playing a soccer ma with a condemnable past. She besides did a model fritter for green With Glamour. Fox is the co-founder of Honeypot Productions, an autonomous avant-garde field company in Los Angeles that has produced five original plays. Her friend and HoneyPot co-founder Heather Reid wrote Dear Bernard, which Fox helped produce. Fox is a musician ; she plays guitar ( badly, she says ) and has a brake drum kit. She sings and writes songs, most notably the sung “ Lullabye ” for the movie Traveling Companion a well as the song “ Satellite, ” which she published on her official web web site. Fox and her CSI co-star Marg Helgenberger sang “ Stand by Me “ as a couple at the one-fourth annual benefit called “ What A Pair 4—A Celebration of Women ‘s Duets ” to benefit breast cancer research at the John Wayne Cancer Institute. It was held Sunday June 11, 2006, at the Wiltern/LG Theatre .

activism and politics [edit ]

Fox is a supporter of the Human Rights Campaign [ 21 ] and has been a consecrated vegetarian since the age of 19, working with PETA to help promote vegetarianism [ 22 ] and besides working with ADI to bring abstemious to the suffer of animals in circuses. [ 23 ] She has a purse named after her by the Montréal company Matt & Nat, which designs vegan purses. [ 24 ] Fox attended and read at the Los Angeles bible launch of Karen Dawn ‘s Thanking The Monkey, and was seen on Access Hollywood discussing how being vegetarian helps the environment. [ 25 ] In 2008, Fox volunteered her time to film a Public Service Announcement for the New York–based non-profit Orangutan Outreach, [ 26 ] which supports Borneo Orangutan Survival and other projects aimed at ensuring the orangutan ‘s retain survival. The 30-second clip was shown on Animal Planet during the award-winning serial Orangutan Island. [ 27 ]

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