Jean Paige Turco was born on May 17, 1965, to Joyce and David Turco. Paige grew up in Springfield Mass. She lived with her mother and grandparents after her father died when she was just 9 months old. He had a cerebral hemorrhage at age 27.
Paige was a dancer and performed with The New England Dance Company, The Amherst Ballet Theater Company and the Western Massachusetts Ballet Company. When Paige was 14 years old she suffered an ankle injury, which ended her dancing career. Paige went on to graduate from the University of Connecticut with a degree in
… More drama.Paige started her television career in soaps, she played Dinah on The Guiding Light in 1987. A year later she moved to All My Children playing Lanie.
In 1989 Paige left soaps for a movie career, she starred in Teenage Mutant Ninjas 2 and 3, The Feminine Touch and Dead Funny. Paige then went back to television in 1994 first starring in the short lived Winnetca Road, then in 1995 working with Shaun Cassidy in American Gothic which only lasted 1 season. While starring in American Gothic, Paige met and became engaged to John Mese. They went on to work together in Dark Tides and Road to Park City, before calling off their engagement in 2001.
Paige over the years had many guest roles on television including NYPD Blue, Party of Five, The Fugitive and Law and Order SVU. Her independent films include Rhinoceros Eyes, Astoria, Urbania, and Dead Dog.
In 2001 Paige once again worked with Shaun Cassidy in The Agency, a show about the inner workings of the CIA. Paige played Terri Lowell for two years before CBS cancelled the show in 2003. While playing Terri, Paige met co-star Jason O'Mara, who played A. B. Stiles in the second season. They got married on September 19, 2003.
They have one son, named David aftter her father. They have residences in both New York and Los Angeles, but visit Jason's family in Ireland often.
Recently Paige has filmed two more independent films not released yet. Waltzing Anna and The Favor in 2006.
She began working with ABC/Disney starring in two films Invincible and The Game Plan. This led to her role in ABC's Big Shots which was canceled after 11 episodes.
I've seen Paige's height listed a few times as being 5'. Does anyone know if that's right? She's always seemed way taller than that to me, and I would have thought she'd be more like 5'10" than just 5'. Or maybe she's just one of those people who looks much… More taller than she really is.
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I think Paige Turco has to be one of the most underrated actresses around. At one point she had roles on 2 hit shows at the same time. NYPD Blue and Party of Five, and she was great in both. She has definitely played a wide variety of roles in both movies and television, from the lesbian cop, the alcoholic love interest for Bailey, a CIA officer, to her recent roles in Disney movies. I'm sure we'll see much more of her in the future. She is definitely one of my all time favorite actresses, and really does deserve to have a hit show.
I loved her on All my children. She was great in American Gothic. She made The Agency worth watching. I even tuned into the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movies because of her. So why isn't she a bigger star? Why isn't she a household name?
I know she's had a few TV series, and I've even seen her pop up in a movie or two, but she should be more than that. It boggles my mind when I see what passes for A-list talent these days while someone like Paige Turco is considered such a non-entity.
Very beautiful. Very talented. And the ability to outshine practically anyone in any scene she's in. Yes, she should be much more than she currently is.
I first became a fan of Paige Turco when she was on All My Children playing Lanie. She is a very talented actress. She works very hard and at one time was working on 2 hit television shows at the same time, NYPD Blue and Party of Five. She did an excellent job in both roles. I was thrilled when she was on The Agency in 2001, her latest television role. She was excellent as Terri Lowell, graphic artist in the OTS department. This was by far my favorite role for her, it was here that she met her husband Jason O'Mara. Their scenes together on The Agency were my favorite. Paige has starred in numerous independent films over the years, now that her husband has a series due on at mid-season my hope is that she too will be looking for primetime work this season. I'm looking forward to seeing her on television again soon.
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