- Farrah Forke
Farrah Forke, sometimes credited as Farrah R. Forke (born
January 12 1968 inCorpus Christi, Texas ), is an Americanactress known for her role as "Alex Lambert" on theNBC sitcom "Wings", and "Mayson Drake" on "". She also voices the characterBig Barda on theanimated television series "Batman Beyond " and "Justice League Unlimited ".Forke worked as a model prior to acting.Fact|date=August 2008
Biography
Forke attended
The Hockaday School , an all-girlsprivate school in Dallas. She also spent a year at North Side Middle School while living inElkhart, Indiana . [cite news | url = http://www.etruth.com/news/NewsStory.aspx?id=217374 | title = Actress keeping busy, enjoying life in New Mexico | publisher = "Elkhart Truth " | date =2003-04-21 | accessdate = 2007-05-01 dead link]She entered acting with a role in a Texas production of the musical "
The Rocky Horror Show ". [http://www.screenrush.co.uk/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=127894.html ScreenRush: Farrah Forke] ] After moving toNew York City and studing acting at theLee Strasberg Institute , she made her feature debut in the 1991 film "Brain Twisters " (1991). Other roles would include the movies "Whispers in the Dark", "Heat" (1995), and "Kate's Addiction " (1998), in which she and actressKari Wuhrer play woman in a lesbian love affair, and the TV-movies "Journey to the Center of the Earth " (NBC, 1993); "Complex of Fear" (CBS, 1993); "Bionic Ever After?" (CBS, 1994), aBionic Woman movie; and "Abandoned and Deceived" (ABC, 1995).She became best known as Alex Lambert, a former
U.S. Army Apache helicopter pilot duringOperation Desert Storm who afterward ran aNantucket Island helicopter service for two seasons on theNBC sitcom "Wings". The part was a recurring role during the 1992-93 season, and a regular cast role the following year.After "Wings", Forke played Carey, an office manager for a
computer software company, in the 1995 CBS sitcom "Dweebs" (1995), and then, from 1996 to 1997, aprep school teacher in NBC's "Mr. Rhodes " .Footnotes
References
* [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant/participant.jsp?spid=64042&apid=0 Turner Classic Movies: Farrah Forke]
External links
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