Andrea Thompson

Infobox actor
name = Andrea Thompson
birthname = Rebecca Andrea Thompson
location = Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
occupation = Actress
spouse = Jerry Doyle (1995-1997)
Davod Guc (1987-1990)
awards = New York International Independent Film & Video Festival for Best Actress
2001 "Rocket's Red Glare"

Rebecca Andrea Thompson (born in Dayton, Ohio ) is an American actress, best known for her roles on the television series "Falcon Crest", "Babylon 5", "JAG" and "NYPD Blue".

Career

Born in Dayton, Ohio to a devoutly Catholic family, Thompson spent much of her childhood in Australia, returning to the United States to pursue an acting and modeling career.

Her first significant film role was in the 1987 film "Wall Street". In 1989 she was cast on the soap opera "Falcon Crest" as the scheming Genele Ericson during the show's final season and in 1993 on the science fiction television series "Babylon 5" as telepath Talia Winters. Thompson left the series at the end of its second season.

Thompson moved on to join the cast of "JAG" mid season as Commander Alison Krennick, as the aide to the head of the US Navy's Judge Advocate General's Corps. She was among several actors who left the show (with no in series explanation) when it was canceled by NBC after season 1 before CBS picked it up. She then went on to play Detective Jill Kirkendall on three seasons of crime drama "NYPD Blue", leaving in April 2000 to pursue a career in journalism. ["CBS" May 17, 2000 [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/05/17/entertainment/main196489.shtml Moving From Fantasy To Facts] ]

Thompson began work with CBS affiliate KRQE in Albuquerque, New Mexico as a general assignment correspondent ["CNN" August 8, 2001 [http://archives.cnn.com/2001/COMMUNITY/08/08/obrien.thompson/index.html CNN Headline News co-anchors Miles O'Brien and Andrea Thompson] ] for $26,000 per year. ["Advertising Age" August 2002 [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go1545/is_200208/ai_n7121714 The Biz: Court TV tries to spice up Saturday] ]

Thompson joined "CNN Headline News" as an evening anchor in June 2001. [Time Warner April 24, 2001 [http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,668664,00.html Reporter, Former NYPD Blue Star Andrea Thompson Joins CNN Headline News] ] CNN had laid off 400 of 4000 employees in January, and was refocusing on personalities to draw in a younger crowd. [BBC 10 August 2001 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1484832.stm CNN sets sights on young] ] "A lot of people gave her credit for leaving her career to pursue journalism," said one CNN insider. ["The Industry Standard" Apr 26 2001 [http://www.theindustrystandard.com/article/0,1902,24060,00.html Too Blue for CNN?] ] Her first words on-screen as anchor were "Hi, I'm Andrea Thompson, and unless you've been living in a cave, you probably already know that." ["The Independent" Mar 17, 2002 [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article192930.ece Victory for old guard as actress quits TV news] ] Her hiring generated controversy in journalism circles, mostly because Thompson was a high school drop-out with just one year of journalism experience at that point. ["The Industry Standard" Apr 27 2001 [http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,24061,00.html CNN Goes Ahead With Thompson Hire] ] Nude pictures and videoclips of Thompson taken from her 1980s-era movies also began circulating on the Internet, causing some embarrassment for CNN. [Fox News May 3, 2001 [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,20075,00.html The New CNN: All the Nudes Fit for Air] ] Thompson left the network months later, in March 2002. It was speculated at the time that the long days kept her from her 9-year old son. ["People" March 15, 2002 [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,623794,00.html Andrea Thompson Quits As CNN Anchor] ]

After leaving CNN, she went to work for Court TV introducing episodes of NYPD Blue and "Forensic Files", as well as narrating the documentary series "The System". [Court TV May 28, 2002 [http://www.courttv.com/archive/press/thompson.html Former "NYPD Blue" Actor and CNN Anchor Andrea Thompson to host saturday night programming block on Court TV] ] She began hosting "Psychic Detectives" in 2003. [TV Guide January 14, 2003 [http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Interviews-Features/Article/default.aspx?posting={DA0CF0B7-3C0A-4567-ADF4-74A087FD0F06} NYPD Blue Gal Meets Psychic Detectives] ]

Thompson had a recurring guest role on the third season of "24", beginning November 2003. ["Variety" Aug. 14, 2003 [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117890908.html?categoryid=1238&cs=1 Thompson garners '24' gig] ]

Personal life

Thompson married David Guc in 1987. They divorced in 1990.

She married "Babylon 5" co-star Jerry Doyle in 1995, shortly before leaving the series. They divorced in 1997.

She has one son, Alec.

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