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• Janine Turner is an American actress who is known for her five year role as pilot Maggie O'Connell, on the television series Northern Exposure. She was nominated for an Emmy award in 1993, and received three Golden Globe nominations in 1992, 1993, and 1994 for that same role.

  Turner joined Glenn Beck at the Alamo to protest taxes, during the tea bag protest on April 15, 2009.My SA Blogs: Actress Janine Turner to join Beck in S.A. (April 14, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Birth name: Janine Lorraine Gauntt
  2. Birth date: December 6, 1962
  3. Birthplace: Lincoln, Nebraska
  4. Residence: Colleyville, Texas
  5. Parents: Janice and Turner Gauntt
  6. Awards: Young Artist Award (1983)
  7. Was engaged to Alec Baldwin; never marriedZap2it: Alec Baldwin dating... (April 11, 2009)
  8. Signed with the Wilhelmina Modeling Agency
  9. Daughter: Juliette
  10. Debut television show: Dallas (1980)
  11. Author of Holding Her Head High: Inspiration from 12 Single Mothers Who Championed Their Children and Changed History
  12. Campaigned for Governor Sarah Palin as Vice President elect in the 2008 election

• Notable Roles

  • Laura Templeton in General Hospital (1982 - 1983)

  • Patricia Kirkland in Another World (1986 - 1987)

  • June Cleaver in the Leave it to Beaver film adaptation (1997)

  • Maggie O'Connell in Northern Exposure (1990 - 1995)

  • Dr. Dana Stowe in Strong Medicine (2000 - 2002)

• Recent works

  Turner directed and starred in a film about a 1950s mother and her two children, Trip in a Summer Dress, in 2004.

  Turner stars as Rachel in the 2009 film release titled Black Widow, and has performed in seven episodes of Friday Night Lights, as Katie McCoy.

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  Northern Exposure | Steel Magnolias | Another World | General Hospital | Dallas | Nick Stahl | Tom Wilkinson | Selma Blair | Kate Jackson | Sally Field | Julia Roberts | Dolly Parton | Shirley MacLaine

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