Lauren Jones

Lauren Jones

Lauren Jones (born August 27, 1982) is an American film and television actress, Model (Barker's Beauty on the Price is Right), TV Host, and TV personality.

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residence = Los Angeles, California and New York, New York
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birth_name = Lauren Lorraine Jones
birth_date = birth date and age|1982|8|27
birth_place = Jackson, Mississippi
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website = [http://www.laurenjones.net LaurenJones.net]
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hair = Blonde
eyes = Blue
height = 5'8"
weight = 122 lbs

Biography

Early life and career

Jones was raised in Jackson, Mississippi, the only child of Debi Martinson Pearsall and Jim Jones, and the great-niece of State Representative Rita Martinson (Madison, Mississippi). She attended junior high school at St. Andrew's in Ridgeland, Mississippi, where she played Juliet in a school production of William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet." At age 14, Jones, accompanied by her mother, moved from Jackson to NYC. At 17, Jones was encouraged to pursue an acting career, subsequently living in London, England, Boston, Massachusetts, New York City, New York and Los Angeles, California. She was a high school homecoming queen and a cheerleader.

She came to prominence initially after winning a national modeling contest sponsored by "Seventeen" magazine in 2000, and appearing on "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee".

In 2003, Jones earned a BBA degree in design and management from Parsons School of DesignFact|date=August 2007 and studied abroad at The University of Westminster in London, England. While in NY attaining her undergraduate degree, she concurrently studied theater, TV and film at various performing art schools.

Actress/Model

Jones will guest appear on Rescue Me & has previously appeared on the Nickelodeon TV series "The Naked Brothers Band" as Double X. Jones has also appeared on MTV2's "Wonder Showzen", the soap opera, "Guiding Light", in the feature film "Spider-Man 3", and as a Barker's Beauty on the CBS' game show "The Price is Right", where she appeared for five weeks in April and May 2007 before leaving to film the TV show Anchorwoman.

On stage, Jones has played the parts of Marty Maraschino in the production of "Grease" and Ti Moon in "Once on This Island". Jones has studied the performing arts at schools such as "The Actors Studio", Weist Barron and Three of Us Studios in NYC.

Lauren Jones is also known as the star of Fox's Anchorwoman. The show debuted August 22nd, 2007 on FOX. [http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6471406.html]

Jones has appeared in magazines including "Fortune", "Seventeen", "Sync", and "Men's Health" among others, as well as on the covers of "Sound & Vision", "LA Health News", "Tyler Today", "New Living", and "The New York Sportscene". Her modeling clients have included Axe deodorant, Burger King, Coppertone sunscreen and Met-Rx, of which Jones is an endorser, holding the title of "Miss Met-Rx 2007".

"Anchorwoman"

Jones starred in the scripted/reality hybrid series "Anchorwoman (TV series)", [ [http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Jul23/0,4670,TVNewsShows,00.FoxNews.com Jones Becomes Anchorwoman] ] premiering on the Fox Broadcasting network August 22, 2007. Jones was cast as the principal role of Anchorwoman. The role was primarily scripted and part improvisational, with a great deal of comedic undertones. Some journalists voiced outspoken criticism of the scripted 30-day broadcast-news stunt at a small Tyler, Texas television station. The show was canceled from the network after airing two back to back episodes. The debut scored 2.0 rating on fast nationals, and reported to have 2.7 million viewers overall. [ [http://www.tvseriesfinale.com/2007/08/anchorwoman_this_just_in_its_cancelled.php Anchorwoman: This Just In... It's Cancelled!] ]

Prior to filming Anchorwoman, Jones worked on the Baywatch workout video series, "Baywatch Beach Body Workout, with Lauren Jones", which released in stores and on the Internet on December 4th, 2007.

DVDs

*2007: "Baywatch Beach Body Workout, with Lauren Jones" (Rodale Publications [http://www.amazon.com/Baywatch-Beach-Workout-Lauren-Jones/dp/B000VUHDB8] )

World Wrestling Entertainment

She also had a short-lived stint with the WWE on its SmackDown! brand and participated in the first ever SmackDown! Rookie Diva of the Year, with Joy Giovanni being declared the winner.

Filmography

Films

Footnotes

References

* [http://www.LaurenJones.net Lauren Jones official website]
* [http://www.fox.com/programming/new/anchorwoman.htm Lauren Jones to Star on Fox]
* [http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Jul23/0,4670,TVNewsShows,00.html Lauren Jones Becomes Anchorwoman]
* [http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/05/24/publiceye/entry2846257.shtml Lauren Jones on CBS News]
* [http://www.movieweb.com/tv/news/58/20358.php Lauren Jones at Movieweb]
* [http://ibc.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=149505 Lauren Jones: Anchorwoman Debut]
* [http://www.tylerpaper.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070320/NEWS07/70320014 Lauren Jones, Tyler Texas TV's new Anchorwoman]
* [http://www.orato.com/node/2206?PHPSESSID=e90e37d0fedf900228425c61e51783f1 Lauren Jones Creates a Stir]

External links

*imdb name|1332563
*MySpace|LaurenJonesWWEDiva
* [http://www.lahealthnews.com/JONESING-FOR-JONES_1015.html Lauren Jones interview: "LA Health News"]


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