Few people can be bold enough to give up a career in acting that could make hundreds of thousands of dollars per episode on average, for a career in journalism, especially when they have to start out as a low-level earning general correspondent. about $26,000 per year. Yet that’s what actress Andrea Thompson did in the early 2000s, after years of acting. Read on to know more about her acting career and other facts.
Biography of Andrea Thompson
Andrea Thompson was born Rebecca Andrea Thompson on January 6, 1960 in Daytona, Ohio. Little is known about her early life and family, the identity of her parents being unknown and it is unknown whether she has a brother or sister.
Around the age of six, Thompson and her parents reportedly moved from the United States to Australia. It is unclear what part of Australia the family lived in and where their daughter went to school. Although records show that Thompson did indeed attend high school, it is notorious that she did not complete it when she left at age 16. The young woman spent the next two years traveling the world before moving to New York to begin modeling and studying acting at Strasberg Studio and Herbert Berghof Studio.
Acting career
After studying with actress Uta Hagen, Andrea Thompson began her acting career by taking roles as a voice-over artist. Soon after, she began to take on acting roles, her first significant appearance on camera being in Wall Street (1987), starring Micheal Douglas and Charlie Sheen. In 1989, she played the role of Genele Ericson in the final season of the soap opera Falcon Crest, and also appeared in a Season 3 episode of Quantum Leap.
In the early 90s, Thompson appeared in the comedy film Delirious (1991) where she played nurse Helen Caldwell. She then played the telepath Talia Winters in the science fiction television series Babylon 5 (1993-1995) before joining the cast of JAG (1995-1996), playing the role of Commander Alison Krennick, assistant to the judge advocate general. of the Navy and direct supervisor of the series lead, Harmon Rabb. She eventually left the show after NBC’s cancellation, although CBS later picked her up.
Andrea Thompson’s next notable role was in the NYPD crime drama Blue where she played the character of Detective Jill Kirkendall. She participated in the series for four seasons before leaving in April 2000.
Journalism Career
In 1999, a year before her departure from NYPD Blue, Andrea Thompson earned her GED working with veteran CBS News reporter Jack Hubbard. She also participated in a writing seminar with KGO-TV journalist Wayne Freedman. She worked under these reporters to learn the skills needed to start a career in journalism. She then worked with CBS affiliate KRQE in Albuquerque, New Mexico as a correspondent.
In June 2001, Thompson joined the ranks of CNNHeadline News as an evening anchor. The popular TV channel chose to cast her in an attempt to attract young viewers, but the former actress spent just over a year with them. for CNN. Other sources, however, said it was Thompson who ended her career as a journalist, as the long hours reportedly kept her apart from her son.
Andrea Thompson then worked for Court TV, hosting Psychic Detectives in 2003, before choosing to return to acting. Her first notable role was a recurring guest appearance on the third season of 24. In 2007, she appeared on an episode of Bones.
Family
Between 1987 and 1990, Andrea Thompson was married to talent agent David Guc. Not much is known about Guc other than the fact that he was previously a longtime partner of actress Kathleen Turner and was the one who discovered actress Pamela Donnelly.
After that marriage ended, Thompson began a relationship with her Babylon 5 co-star, Jerry Doyle. The couple married in 1995 in a particularly brief ceremony in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur. Their marriage, however, lasted less than his first marriage, just two years, as they decided to leave him in 1997 for unknown reasons. Before getting married, Thompson and Doyle welcomed a son, Alec Doyle, born in 1992.
Body measurements
Andrea Thompson stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches (173 cm) and weighs around 126 lbs (57 kg). Her body measurements are 35-24-29 inches with a bra size of 40C and a shoe size of 9 (US). Her other notable features include a pair of blue eyes and blonde hair.