Paige Turco
- Actress
Paige Turco was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 17, 1965. When she was a year old her father passed away and her mother moved them to Springfield, Massachusetts. As
a child she studied to become a ballerina. She performed as a soloist
with the New England Dance Conservatory, The Amherst Ballet Theatre
Company and the Western Massachusetts Ballet Company, but her dreams
were shattered when an ankle injury terminated her career as a dancer
at the age of 14. She was forced to re-evaluate her career decision and
focused on drama and musical comedies instead. Paige graduated from the
University of Connecticut with a degree in drama.
She landed her first soap opera part in 1987 in CBS's
Guiding Light (1952),
as a troubled teenager who is adopted by a wealthy woman. The following
year she transferred to ABC's
All My Children (1970), where
she played Melanie Cortlant. In 1989 Paige left soaps and tried her
luck on the big screen, starring in such films as
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
and
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993),
The November Conspiracy (2000) and
Vibrations (1996) before
landing a lead role as Gail Emory in
Shaun Cassidy's controversial television
series
American Gothic (1995). The
series was canceled after only one season. She met and fell in love
with John Mese on the show and the couple got
engaged shortly after it ended. She and Mese went on to work alongside
each other in Dark Tides (1998) and
R2PC: Road to Park City (2000)
before the couple called off their engagement in 2001 and went their
separate ways. Paige starred in many independent films, including
Urbania (2000),
Astoria (2000),
Runaway Virus (2000) and
The Pompatus of Love (1995)
and had a few guest appearances in such television series as
NYPD Blue (1993),
Party of Five (1994),
The Fugitive (2000) and
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
before landing a lead role in
Wolfgang Petersen's and Shaun
Cassidy's series
The Agency (2005). Paige played
Terri Lowell, a graphical technician for the OTS department and
sometimes field agent. "The Agency" lasted two seasons before being
canceled by CBS. Paige recently finished filming two new movies,
The Empath (2002) and
Rhinoceros Eyes (2003).
a child she studied to become a ballerina. She performed as a soloist
with the New England Dance Conservatory, The Amherst Ballet Theatre
Company and the Western Massachusetts Ballet Company, but her dreams
were shattered when an ankle injury terminated her career as a dancer
at the age of 14. She was forced to re-evaluate her career decision and
focused on drama and musical comedies instead. Paige graduated from the
University of Connecticut with a degree in drama.
She landed her first soap opera part in 1987 in CBS's
Guiding Light (1952),
as a troubled teenager who is adopted by a wealthy woman. The following
year she transferred to ABC's
All My Children (1970), where
she played Melanie Cortlant. In 1989 Paige left soaps and tried her
luck on the big screen, starring in such films as
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
and
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993),
The November Conspiracy (2000) and
Vibrations (1996) before
landing a lead role as Gail Emory in
Shaun Cassidy's controversial television
series
American Gothic (1995). The
series was canceled after only one season. She met and fell in love
with John Mese on the show and the couple got
engaged shortly after it ended. She and Mese went on to work alongside
each other in Dark Tides (1998) and
R2PC: Road to Park City (2000)
before the couple called off their engagement in 2001 and went their
separate ways. Paige starred in many independent films, including
Urbania (2000),
Astoria (2000),
Runaway Virus (2000) and
The Pompatus of Love (1995)
and had a few guest appearances in such television series as
NYPD Blue (1993),
Party of Five (1994),
The Fugitive (2000) and
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
before landing a lead role in
Wolfgang Petersen's and Shaun
Cassidy's series
The Agency (2005). Paige played
Terri Lowell, a graphical technician for the OTS department and
sometimes field agent. "The Agency" lasted two seasons before being
canceled by CBS. Paige recently finished filming two new movies,
The Empath (2002) and
Rhinoceros Eyes (2003).