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Andrea Thompson

Stats

Date of birth: 1962
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Height: 5'8"
Spouse: Davod Guc (1987-1990)
Spouse: Jerry Doyle (1995-1997)
Son: Alec (1992)

Biography

Andrea, although born in Ohio, spent most of her 'formative' years in Australia. She grew up one of four children raised in a very strict Catholic household. Her father apparently was a hotel manager, so the family traveled around quiet a bit. Her parents divorced when she was in her teens, and mom hauled the kids back to the US, settling in Florida. Andrea graduated from high school at the tender age of 16, and moved to New York City. There she was discovered by the powerful agent, Irene Marie, and began a successful modeling career. During those years she also hit the road and spent sometime traveling this blue globe of ours. In her 'spare' time from modeling she had a number of interesting jobs, such as, a parts runner and cook for a gold mine in Northern California, sailing and fishing in the Caribbean, Jamaica, and Grenada. Her other adventures took her to Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Rio and most of Europe. Settling down again in New York, she pursued acting under the tutelage of Uta Hagen, at the Herbert Bergdorf Studios and at the Strasberg Studio, before she was accepted into the prestigious Actors Studio. While at the Actors Studio, a compliment from Arthur Millers' daughter (Andrea had been performing a scene from "After the Fall") gave her the confidence to start going to auditions. Then she headed to Hollywood!

Her first audition landed her the lead in the quirky sci-fi movie DOIN' TIME ON PLANET EARTH (although she did do a couple of things before Doin' Time, so I don't know if saying she landed her first role on her very first audition is accurate!). From there she has kept on going, starting with small roles in WALL STREET and DELIRIOUS, and then landing as a series regular on FALCON CREST as Genele Erickson. As 'bad' girl Genele, she earned a Soap Opera Digest award nomination for her performance. Andrea bounced around TV, doing guest roles here and there, before landing the role as telepath Talia Winters, in the sci-fi series BABYLON 5. While on B5, she married fellow cast member Jerry Doyle. She has a son, Alec (born in 1992), from a brief relationship. Leaving after two seasons on B5, Andrea jumped over to JAG for a recurring role as Commander Allison Krennick. In the mists of that show shuffling from one station to another, Andrea didn't. Luckily for us all, David Milch, creator of NYPD Blue was looking for another actress to add to his assemble cast. Andrea got her feet wet in some episodes of season four, and then moved up to regular cast status starting in season five.

Not only is she a regular cast member of NYPD Blue, but she has starred in several other features, A GUN, A CAR, A BLONDE which premiered at the 1997 Slamdance Festival in Park City, Utah. Last year, Andrea guest-starred on the hit HBO series, ARLI$$, and completed filming a starring role in the feature, THE LOST VALLEY. She has also done some production work and is developing several film features.

For her role as Detective Jill Kirkendall she did a little 'hands on' research and hit the streets of New York City. Andrea spent 14 hours a day, for a week, in a squad car and precincts. She even got to work with one of the detectives who worked on both the, Son of Sam and Zodiac murder cases. What is Kirkendall like, well I differ to Mr. Sipenwall for his excellent character summary, "The emotional rock to partner Diane Russell's tower of Jell-O, Kirkendall is the most competent and confident cop in the precinct not named Sipowicz or Simone (and often tops them both)." Okay, now with Simone gone, I do think that 'tower of Jell-O' is a bit harsh for Russell, she's hardened up a bit. Because of her distinctive throaty voice, Andrea also has a successful voice-over career, which continues today. Recently she did a port for the Braun Thermoscan thermometer.

Work

1988 | A Gun, a Car, a Blonde (The Blonde/Jade)
1998 | Lost Valley (Sandy Franzetti)
1997 | Arli$$: Visionary for a New Millenium ep #2.8 (8/5/97)
1996 | NYPD Blue (Det. Jill Kirkendall) [TV Series] to present
1995 | JAG (Cmdr. Allison Krennick ) [TV Series (1995-1996)
1994 | Babylon 5 (Talia Winters) [TV Series] (1994-1995)
1993 | Silk Stalkings: Meat Market ep #2.18 (JoJo Cardell) (2/18/93)
1991 | Delirious (Nurse Helen Caldwell)
1991 | Baywatch: Nightmare Bay, Part 2 ep #2.2 (Devon Connar)
1991 | Baywatch: Nightmare Bay, Part 1 ep #2.1 (Devon Connar)
1991 | Quantum Leap: Dreams ep #4.60 (11/13/91)
1991 | Murder, She Wrote: Unauthorized Obituary ep #8.3 (Kristy Parrish) (9/29/91) 1990 | Quantum Leap: The Leap Home, Part 2 (Maggie Dawson)
1989 | Falcon Crest (Genele Ericson) [TV Series] (1989-1990)
1988 | Doin' Time on Planet Earth (Lisa Winston)
1988 | Monsters: New York Honey ep #1.3 (11/5/88)
1987 | Wall Street (Hooker)
1986 | Manhattan gigolò
1986 | Nightmare Weekend (Linda)
1986 | Spenser: For Hire: Hawk's Eyes ep #3.20 (Martha)

Links

Andrea Thompson 'Presence'
Andrea Thompson Web Page
Andrea Thompson
Small picture gallery

c h a r a c t e r s

CURRENT
Lt. Arthur Fancy
PAA John Irvin
Det. Jill Kirkendall
Det. James Martinez
Det. Greg Medavoy
Det. Diane Russell
Det. Andy Sipowicz
Det. Danny Sorenson

PAST
ADA Sylvia Costas RIP
Det. Bobby Simone
RIP
Det. John Kelly
PAA Donna Abandando
Det. Adrienne Lesniak
PW Janice Licalsi
ADA Laura Michaels

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1998-99   SIX
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