Trivia: Actress Janine Turner was trained at New York's Professional Children's School. (She can still do a mean tap-dance if called upon.) Though she endured the usual audition rounds while seeking out acting and modelling work, Turner's break came by way of fortuitous happenstance--at 17, she was spotted while standing in a supermarket checkout line by TV producer Leonard Katzman, who asked her to read for a small part on "Dallas." Two years later she was cast as kleptomaniac espionage agent Laura Templeton on TV's "General Hospital," a role that required her to dye her coffee-brown hair blonde. Turners's film debut was in Young Doctors in Love (1982), a spoof of daytime dramas that costarred several other soap regulars. In 1990, Turner was cast as fiesty Alaskan mail pilot Maggie O'Connell on the quirky prime-time series "Northern Exposure," a role that made her a major star. She continued to essay the part until the series' demise in 1995. Turner's more recent assignments have included a standard damsel-in-distress turn in the Sylvester Stallone vehicle Cliffhanger (1993), and a series of automobile advertisements, each as graceful and classy as Turner herself. In the years to come, Smith would remain active on screen, starring on the series Strong Medicine, and appearing on Friday Night Lights.

Trivia: Born December 19, 1972, quick-witted actress Rosa Blasi has gained as much attention for her sharp sense of humor as she has for her prowess as a serious stage performer, and thanks to a high-profile role on the long-running Lifetime medical drama Strong Medicine, she finally found her footing as a television actress after years of supporting roles on the small screen. Cast as single mother and Latino medico Dr. Luisa "Lu" Delgado on Strong Medicine, Chicago native Blasi gradually won over viewers thanks to her winning performance as an inner-city medical specialist who suddenly finds her clinic merging with the prestigious Rittenhouse Hospital.Having made her stage debut at the tender age of eight, Blasi was no stranger to the spotlight when she joined the Piven Performance Company and Second City in an effort to sharpen her skills as a performer, and thanks to roles on such popular sitcoms as Frasier, Becker, and The Drew Carey Show, the emerging actress grew increasingly comfortable on the small screen as well as the boards. In early 2006, Blasi took up her Strong Medicine role, which carried on for many seasons; meanwhile, she found time for movie roles as well. A dramatic part in the Showtime movie Noriega: God's Favorite preceded a fleeting appearance as the wife of Bill Pullman's ill-fated character in the horror hit The Grudge in 2004, with both offering fine examples of Blasi's undeniable onscreen charisma. In addition to her onscreen acting career, Blasi does frequent voice-over work and has become a regular fixture on the talk-show circuit.

Trivia: Best known for playing unapologetically mature, assertive, and intelligent adult women, African-American supporting actress Jenifer Lewis originally launched her career as a vocalist, singing in a church choir in Kinloch, MO. Lewis' passion (and gift) for singing carried her to the Great White Way, where she appeared in a number of sell-out Broadway musicals -- including Ain't Misbehavin' and Dreamgirls. She subsequently migrated to the West Coast for a string of appearances in TV programs such as Roc, A Different World, Murphy Brown, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Touched by an Angel, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and graduated to features in 1992. The films in which Lewis has appeared run the gamut of quality, from outstanding (What's Love Got to Do With It?, 1993) to satisfactory (Sister Act, 1992; The Preacher's Wife, 1996) to downright abominable (Frozen Assets, 1992); many, however, demonstrated her fine gifts. More recently, Lewis attained some much-deserved recognition (and ascended to higher than usual billing) with her multi-season portrayal of Lana Hawkins in the prime-time medical drama Strong Medicine (2000).

Trivia: Supporting actor Philip Casnoff appeared on screen beginning in the '80s.

Trivia: Sandra Nelson has achieved much screen attention, with a lot of her parts occurring on television series and movies. Cult lovers may recognize her in roles like her guest-starring one on Star Trek Voyager, and she can also be found in smaller parts in more mainstream pieces like the motion picture Life as a House, directed by Irwin Winkler in 2001. Carving out a niche for herself in the genre of drama, much of her experience has been playing roles on the more serious end of the performance scale. Officially a citizen of both the United States and Canada, she speaks fluently both Canadian French and American English. Having gained credited onscreen appearances by the early '90s appearing largely in dramatic roles, much of her experience came through television. In 1992, she was featured on the TV series Highlander, and counterbalanced her dramatic role there with an appearance in the comedy film The Halfback of Notre Dame in 1995. Maternal Instincts, also starring Delta Burke, featured Nelson in a leading role, and marked a professional return to both television and drama, this time in a film with a psychotic tone. In addition to several smaller roles in made-for-TV movies during the mid- to late-'90s, Nelson was featured on the daytime drama The Young and the Restless during the 1997-1998 season. She would also get involved in romantic drama as Marayna in an episode of Star Trek Voyager. As the 20th century came to a close, she could be found emerging more into the feature-length realm, making an appearance in The Dance in 1999. She appeared in Arthur A. Seidelman's modern Western film By Dawn's Early Light, which originally aired on television in 2000. In 2001, she played a small role in the contemplative drama Life as a House, starring Kevin Kline, and Kristin Scott Thomas.

Trivia: Left home at 15 to travel Europe before landing in New York's East Village in 1991. Discovered while working as a bartender in New York by director Michael Almereyda, who cast her---as a bartender--- in his film Another Girl Another Planet (1992). Produced and directed first film, In the A.M. of Dec. 26th at Mickey's (on the Corner of Cunningham & Kongosak in Barrow), in 2008. Was the first actor cast in the sci-fi television series Caprica.

Trivia: Raised in Richmond, CA. Decided to pursue acting while in college. Stage debut came in 1977's The Year of the Dragon with the San Francisco-based Asian American Theatre Company. Appeared in the 1981 off-Broadway production of Family Devotions. Played Data's father in the 1985 film The Goonies. His first TV series was the 1994 syndicated drama Valley of the Dolls. Provided the voice for Jimmy Ho on Fox's animated comedy The PJs. Likes to ride, build and restore single-speed bikes.