Carrie Southworth

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Carrie Southworth is an American actress and model notable for her portrayal of Dr. Claire Simpson on the SOAPnet prime time serial "" in 2008.Coleridge, Daniel R. [http://soapnet.go.com/soapnet/article/path-articleNum_8389/category_shows "Night Shift"'s Model MD." SOAPnet.com.] July 16, 2008. Retrieved September 10, 2008.]

Biography

Southworth majored in economics at the University of Virginia, and started modeling for Elite Model Management at age 17. In a 2008 interview, Southworth noted, "After I graduated with my economics degree, I had a choice between modeling and working on the bond trading floor at Chase Manhattan Bank ... The bank was boring, so I went back to modeling. That led to acting, and here I am!"

In 2008 Southworth landed the contract role of new medical intern Dr. Claire Simpson in the second season of "General Hospital: Night Shift", a prime time spin-off of the ABC Daytime soap opera "General Hospital". [http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/news/2007/0212-nightshift.php "GH" Spinoff Planned For SOAPnet." - SoapCentral.com] February 12, 2007.] The 13-episode limited series aired from July 22, 2008 to October 14, 2008. As of March 2008, the first season of "Night Shift" was "SOAPnet's most-watched series ever."Nordyke, Kimberly. [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i92f29f82847baa410bb0749250d9db07 "SoapNet renews "Night Shift"." "The Hollywood Reporter."] May 27, 2008.] Southworth's character also headlined an online series of webisodes called "Night Shift: Claire & Kyle," with her "Night Shift" co-star Adam Grimes in his role of Dr. Kyle Julian. [http://soapnet.go.com/soapnet/search/path-type_all/tag_nightshiftclaireandkyle "Night Shift: Claire & Kyle" - SOAPnet.com] Retrieved September 10, 2008.] The actress had also appeared on "General Hospital" itself for three episodes in 2006 in the role of Dr. Gwen Miller, a minor love interest for one of the later contract roles on "Night Shift", Jason Thompson's Dr. Patrick Drake. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1249162/ Carrie Southworth profile - IMDb.com] Retrieved September 28, 2008.]

Southworth has also guest-starred on several television series, including the 2003 "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" episode "Dirty Girls," "Las Vegas" (2004/2005), "" (2006), "Pepper Dennis" (2006), "Justice" (2006) and "Rules of Engagement" (2007). She appeared in the films "The Look" (2003), "Phat Girlz" (2006) and "These Days" (2006).

Personal life

In 2005 Southworth married Coddy Johnson, [http://valleywag.com/tech/larry-page/ny-post-outs-lucy-southworth-larry-pages-girlfriend-157256.php "NY Post" outs Lucy Southworth, Larry Page's girlfriend." ValleyWag.com] February 27, 2006. Retrieved September 10, 2008.] son of Clay Johnson III, Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget at the White House. [http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/organization/office.html#ddm2 Clay Johnson III: Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget - WhiteHouse.gov] Retrieved September 10, 2008.] Coddy's godfather is U.S. President George W. Bush, who had been the roommate of the elder Johnson at Yale University.McCarthy, Megan. [http://valleywag.com/tech/larry-and-lucy/president-bush-clintons-to-meet-at-googler-wedding-331398.php "President Bush, Clintons to meet at Googler wedding?" ValleyWag.com] December 7, 2007. Retrieved September 10, 2008.]

Southworth's younger sister Lucinda is the wife of Google co-founder Larry Page.

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