Tammy Lynn Michaels

Tammy Lynn Michaels and Melissa Etheridge have announced they are splitting. The pair who exchanged marriage vows in 2003 and legally in 2008 announced the split through People Magazine on April 15, 2010. In the announcement they ask for the time and respect to be able to work through the difficult time.http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20361139,00.html

Tammy Lynn Michaels is an actress who hit mainstream popularity on the WB series Popular. When the show completed it's run, Michaels publicly came out as a lesbian and began dating singer Grammy winning singer Melissa Etheridge. The two exchanged commitment ceremony vows in 2003, but announced on October 1, 2008, that they were legally getting married in California. Melissa and Tammy's vows in September of 2003 included a a wedding featured on ABC’s “InStyle Celebrity Weddings.”http://gantdaily.com/2010/04/15/melissa-etheridge-and-tammy-etheridge-split-after-nine-year-relationship/

In 2006, following the breast cancer battle fought by Etheridge, Tammy Lynn gave birth to twins, a boy (Miller) and a girl (Johnnie Rose). Etheridge has two other children, Bailey (age 13) and Beckett (age 11) which her previous partner, Julie Cypher.http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2010/04/melissa-etheridge-tammy-lynn-michaels-split/

Nicole Julian From 1999 to 2001 Michael's played the hit character of Nicole Julian on the TV series Popular. The show, creator Ryan Murphy's first high school type series (before current hit Glee), was about two high school girls whose parents married. The differences in the school lives of the two, from opposite popularity zones, was the focus of the show. Michael's played the best from of the popular girl (Brooke McQueen) played by Leslie Bibb. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0202748/

Other Roles In addition to Popular Tammy Lynn Michaels as starred in several other television shows. She made several guest appearances in That 80's Show; in 2002 and also appeared in three episodes of The L Word in 2004. Her most recent televsion series appearances were in 2005 when she appeared in a number of episodes in the romantic television show Committed. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005582/