Jorja Fox

Jorja Fox is an American producer, musician, television, stage and film actress. In 2008, she left the show CSI after portraying the character Sara Sidle since the show first aired. November 15, 2007, marked the last day of Sidle's regular appearance on the show. Since leaving CSI, Fox has extended her producting credits with the musical Stay Forever: The Life and Music of Dusty Springfield. Fox's other acting credits include Missing Persons, ER, The West Wing, Memento, Happy Hell Night and Kill-Off.

Fast Facts

1. Full Name: Jorja-An Fox
2. Born: July 7, 1968
3. Birthplace: New York City
4. Currently resides in Los Angeles
5. Name pronounced like "Georgia"
6. Fired from CSI in 2004 then quickly rehired
7. Previously appeared on The West Wing and ER
8. Supporter of the Human Rights Campaign
9. A vegetarian since she was 20

CSI Members Leave

On July 15, 2008, it was announced that actor William Petersen is leaving CSI "sometime mid-season." The departure for Petersen comes off the heels of Fox and Gary Dourdan's decisions to leave the show. Although Fox is no longer a regular on the show, producers stated that Fox is scheduled to appear in "multiple" episodes, including the September 2008 premiere.¹

Quotes from Jorja Fox

1. "Theater is one of my loves, so I'm open for that after 11½ years of working in prime-time TV, for 'ER,' 'The West Wing,' and 'CSI.' I've never been to college, and I think about that. But I kept putting it off, and I am also thinking about having a child, and that's really important. Also, I want to do a lot of traveling and surfing - two of my hobbies. Maybe the universe will get tired of me. I have a one-woman little play about Dusty Springfield opening February 2nd, at the Renberg Theater in Hollywood." — Jorja Fox on her future
2. "Eric "broke up with me" in a magazine last summer. We were working a little tension on the show between Greg and Sara, when I read in a magazine that Eric was done with all that. I called him and said, "If you want to break up with me, at least do it in person." It's so great to have your private relationships play out in the press." — Jorja Fox on Sara's relationship with Greg
3. "I sit every once in a while and I think about plays and films I can do with William Petersen into our eighties. He's the most incredible scene partner I've ever had. And again, I've never had the opportunity to work with somebody for seven years like that. It's a really unique experience as an actor to have a scene partner for that long. And then at the end of the seven years to think more highly of them than you did in the first year, to find them even more complex and interesting…. He's a great friend and I feel like I couldn't have scored any higher than getting William Petersen to be my boyfriend on TV. It's been amazing." — Jorja Fox on relationship with William Petersen
4. "If you just cut down [on meat] or tried [vegetarianism], you might find that you love it. And the list of things that you’d be doing positively to affect the planet and the next seven generations that come after you is humongous." — Jorja Fox on vegetarianism

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