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Jorja Fox was born on the 7th July 1968, in New York City, USA, and is an actress and producer, best known for her roles in TV series such as “ER” from 1996 to 1999, “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” from 2000 to 2015, and “The West Wing” in 2000. These parts in popular shows, especially the CSI, increased her net worth. Her career started in 1989.
Have you ever wondered how rich Jorja Fox is, as of mid-2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Jorja Fox’s net worth is as high as $6 million. In addition to being a successful actress, Fox is also a producer, musician, and songwriter, all of which have significantly improved her wealth.

Jorja Fox Net Worth $6 Million

Jorja Fox was born to Edward and Marilyn Fox, who came to New York from Montreal in the ’60s; she is of French, Belgian and Irish descent, and was raised in Melbourne Beach, Florida with her older brother Jeff. Jorja had problems with overweight during his childhood, but later lost the extra pounds and even became a model after spending two years at Melbourne High School. She then went to study drama at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York, the actor William Hickey was her mentor. Fox also worked as a candy stripper when she was a teenager.
Fox launched her career in 1989 when she made her debut in the neo-noir film called “The Kill-Off,” directed by Maggie Greenwald. Jorja had some minor film roles until she appeared in three episodes of “ABC Afterschool Special” in 1992, and in one episode of “Law & Order” in 1993. Jorja finally secured a bigger part in the series “Missing Persons” (1993-1994), in which she starred as Officer Connie Karadzic in 17 episodes. Soon after, Fox was cast in “ER”, one of the most popular series of the ’90’s, appearing in 33 episodes as Dr. Maggie Doyle from 1996 to 1999. Jorja also starred in two movies in 1999: Werner Molinsky’s comedy “Forever Fabulous” with Jean Smart, Jennifer Elise Cox, Robert Wagner, and Emily Procter, and Gregory Ruzzin’s “The Hungry Bachelors Club” with Bill Nunn. Her net worth was growing steadily.
In 2000, Jorja appeared in Christopher Nolan’s “Memento”, her last notable big screen film to date, while she also had a role in the political drama series “The West Wing”, as Agent Gina Toscano/White House Press Reporter in six episodes. However, Jorja’s biggest project is her role in “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”, also known as “CSI: Las Vegas”, and she was a series regular from 2000 to 2015 as forensic scientist Sara Sidle. Together with other colleagues from the show, she was awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2005.
When it comes to speak about her personal life, Jorja Fox loves animals and has two cats and a dog, which seem to be her partners as there is no information on relationships, although rumours about her sexuality. She has been a vegetarian since 19, and works with PETA, helping them promoting vegetarianism. Her hobbies are traveling, playing the guitar, and singing. Fox is an animal advocate and supports the non-profit farm sanctuary, Animal Acres.



Full Name Jorja Fox
Net Worth $6 Million
Date Of Birth July 7, 1968
Place Of Birth New York City, New York, U.S.
Height 1.78 m
Profession Actress
Education Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, Melbourne High School
Nationality American
Parents Marilyn Fox, Edward Fox
Siblings Jeff Fox
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JorjaFoxworldwide
Twitter https://twitter.com/jorjafoxofficia
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289080/
Awards Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Movies Memento, 3 Weeks to Daytona, Velocity Trap, How to Make the Cruelest Month, The Jerky Boys: The Movie, Forever Fabulous, The Kill-Off, Lion Ark, Dead Funny, House of Frankenstein, How I Became An Elephant, Strangers Within, The Hungry Bachelors Club
TV Shows CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ER, ABC Afterschool Special, Missing Persons, Courthouse
Trademark
1 Gap between Her teeth
Title Salary
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) $100,000 /episode (2002-)
Quote
1 I can see myself in a snail or a whale. It’s easy, actually. My empathy and compassion for the human condition came first, and then it expanded.
2 It’s not your childhood that messes you up the most, it’s the rest of your life.
3 If I read the scripts, before I go to bed, I still get nightmares [on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)] – The View (1997), February 2004.
4 The thing that surprises me is how much people just wanna be dead bodies on the show [CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)] – CTV’s “eTalkDaily”, April 2006.
5 I’ve got to say for the record: If you’ve got to get fired, it’s really fabulous to get fired with a friend.
Fact
1 Costarring in Season Thirteen of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000). [September 2012]
2 Co-producing “Stay Forever: The Life and Music of Dusty Springfield”, which runs February 7-24 at The Renberg Theatre in Los Angeles. [February 2008]
3 In 1984, Jorja Fox played the lead in a high school play – the play was “Pillow Talk”, she played Jan Morrow, the role made famous by Doris Day.
4 According to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) writer David Rambo (interviewed on the WGA picket line in November 2007 by the shipper site YTDaW), Jorja Fox herself wrote Sara’s farewell note to “Grissom” in the episode, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Goodbye and Good Luck (2007).
5 Has a purse named after her from the brand Matt & Nat. (www.mattandnat.com) which is an entirely vegan brand from Montreal, Canada.
6 During the late 1980s when she was modeling in NYC, Jorja was roommates with Paula Ciccone – Madonna’s sister.
7 Good friend of actress Amy Carlson, whom she met on the Chicago set of the short- lived television series Missing Persons (1993) in 1993.
8 She enjoys traveling, playing the guitar, and singing.
9 She ranked #80 in Stuff’s “103 Sexiest Women” (2003).
10 Fox has a dog named Bexar. She was found wandering the streets of Bexar County, Texas.
11 Is a dedicated vegetarian, and an aspiring vegan.
12 In July 2004, Fox was fired from the hit show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) for refusing to sign documentation stating she would return to work. Her co-worker, George Eads, was fired the day after she was for not showing up to work. Both actors were rehired within the week.
13 Co-founded the experimental theater group Honeypot Productions.
14 Her parents immigrated from Montreal: mother Marilyn (Belgian-Canadian, b. 1927, d. 1996), father (Irish-Canadian, b. 1924). She also has an older brother, Jeff (b. 1957).
15 Her mother was from Montreal, Canada.
16 Her name, Jorja, is pronounced Georgia (like the state in the U.S.).
17 Went to Melbourne High School in Melbourne, Florida, for three years before being “discovered” in a model search at a local mall.
18 She is part of a production company called “Honeypot” with Heather Grody (The Murmurs singer/guitarist). They produce plays and recently a musical called “Dear Bernard”, written by Grody.

Actress

Title Year Status Character
CSI: Immortality 2015 TV Movie Sara Sidle
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000-2015 TV Series Sara Sidle
3 Weeks to Daytona 2011 Cheryl
Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story 2010 Narrator
Drop Dead Diva 2009 TV Series Marianne Neely
Next Exit 2005 Terri
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Dark Motives 2004 Video Game Sara Sidle (voice)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2003 Video Game Sara Sidle (voice)
Down with the Joneses 2003 Bev Jones
The West Wing 2000 TV Series Agent Gina Toscano
Memento 2000 Leonard’s Wife
The Hungry Bachelors Club 1999 Delmar Youngblood
Forever Fabulous 1999 Liz Guild
ER 1996-1999 TV Series Dr. Maggie Doyle
Velocity Trap 1999 Alice Pallas
How to Make the Cruelest Month 1998 Sarah Bryant
House of Frankenstein 1997 TV Mini-Series Felicity
Ellen 1997 TV Series The Attractive Woman
Alchemy 1995 TV Movie Josie
Courthouse 1995 TV Series Maureen Dawes
The Jerky Boys 1995 Lazarro’s Young Lady (as Jorjan Fox)
Dead Funny 1994 Fate 3 (as Jorjan Fox)
Missing Persons 1993-1994 TV Series Officer Connie Karadzic
Law & Order 1993 TV Series Paula Engren
Lifestories: Families in Crisis 1993 TV Series Maggie Glendon
ABC Afterschool Specials 1992 TV Series Diane Dravecki
Happy Hell Night 1992 Kappa Sig Girl (uncredited)
The Kill-Off 1989 Myra Pavlov (as Jorjan Fox)

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Roll with Me 2017 Documentary co-executive producer post-production
Lion Ark 2013 Documentary producer
How I Became an Elephant 2012 Documentary producer

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Traveling Companion 1998 Short performer: “Lullabye” / writer: “Lullabye”

Self

Title Year Status Character
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Season 15: All Dolled Up 2015 Short Herself
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Season 15: Cool Cars 2015 Short Herself
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Season 15: Following the Evidence 2015 Short Herself
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Season 15: Girls Gone Gadgets 2015 Short Herself
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Season 15: That’s All, Stokes 2015 Short Herself
Entertainment Tonight 2001-2015 TV Series Herself
Extra 2015 TV Series Herself
Unity 2015 Documentary Narrator (voice)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Season 14: Back to Basics 2014 Video documentary short Herself
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Season 14: Guest Who’s Coming to Visit? 2014 Video documentary short Herself
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Season 14: The Making of Girls Gone Wild 2014 Video documentary short Herself
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Season 14: Throwback 300th 2014 Video documentary short Herself
The Talk 2013 TV Series Herself – Guest
Lion Ark 2013 Documentary Herself
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Season 13: Providing Food and Shelter 2013 Video short Herself
A Crime a Dozen: Season 12 of CSI 2012 Video short Herself
A Farewell to Marg 2012 Video short Herself
Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas 2012 Video short Herself
Skin Trade 2010 Documentary Herself
Previously On: E.R. 2009 TV Movie documentary Herself
23rd Annual Genesis Awards 2009 TV Special Herself
The View 2002-2007 TV Series Herself – Guest
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 2007 TV Series Herself – Guest
Your Mommy Kills Animals! 2007 Documentary Herself – CSI
CBS Cares 2001-2006 TV Series Herself
TV Land’s Top Ten 2005 TV Series documentary Herself
11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2005 TV Special Herself – Winner: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
The 31st Annual People’s Choice Awards 2005 TV Special Herself – Winner
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2004 TV Series Herself – Guest
10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2004 TV Special Herself
Pulse 2004 TV Series documentary Herself
The 30th Annual People’s Choice Awards 2004 TV Special Herself
The 29th Annual People’s Choice Awards 2003 TV Special Herself
I Love the ’70s 2003 TV Series documentary Herself
9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2003 TV Special Herself
E! News Live 2003 TV Series Herself
The Early Show 2001-2003 TV Series Herself
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn 2001-2002 TV Series Herself – Guest
Larry King Live 2002 TV Series Herself – Guest
Hollywood Squares 2002 TV Series Herself
8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2002 TV Special Herself
The Test 2001 TV Series Herself – Panelist

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Entertainment Tonight 2015 TV Series Herself
De ‘Los Serrano’ a ‘Cuenta atrás’ 2007 TV Movie Sara Sidle

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2005 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2004 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
2003 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
2002 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
1998 OFTA Television Award Online Film & Television Association Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series ER (1994)

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