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It’s okay if you don’t recognize her name or picture right off the bat, because you’ve probably heard Papillon Soo quoted throughout pop culture so often you don’t realize it’s her. The model only made a brief foray into acting during her ongoing career, but it counted in ways that paid off for her big time.
Fans probably know actress Janine Turner for her role as Nancy Beth Marmillion in Steel Magnolias, Maggie O’Connell in the TV series, Northern Exposure in the early to mid-1990s, and more recently, for her role as Katie McCoy in Friday Night Lights.
Writers for many Hollywood studios are on strike, with the Writers Guild of America picketing outside many major studios for compensation from streaming projects, higher wages (most have part or full-time jobs besides writing), and protection from the artificial intelligence boom that’s currently plaguing the literary and film worlds.
Scarlett Pomers is a former actress and singer-songwriter, who is best known for her role as Naomi Wildman on Star Trek: Voyager and as Kyra Hart on the television series “Reba”.
Estella Warren became a household name in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She was known for international modeling with the likes of Chanel, as well as for Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes and early 2000’s movies. But what has she been up to since then?
When one role in a horror film leads the late great Roger Ebert to name you a scream queen on the level of Shelley Duval in The Shining, where is there to go after? For Alison Lohman, the answer was surprising, with the actress choosing to eschew the Hollywood life not long after staring in the Sam Raimi hit Drag Me To Hell in 2009.
Terri Hatcher made waves in her younger days as fearless, smart, and beautiful Lois Lane on the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Her knack for playing spirited and stunning women was later highlighted in the Bond film, Tomorrow Never Dies. And who could forget Susan Mayer from Desperate Housewives?
But that was in the nineties and early aughts. What is the gorgeous and witty Terri Hatcher doing now? You may be surprised to find out that acting is only one of her many talents!
Finn Carter is an American actress, best known for her role as Rhonda LeBeck in the 1990 horror-comedy film “Tremors”.
Is Joey Lauren Adams a name that rings a bell? Maybe, but if you heard her voice you could probably place her in an instant. The actress has appeared in everything from the Kevin Smith View Askewniverse to critically acclaimed series like United States of Tara. Where have you seen her lately though?
Kids these days will never know how impossible it was to go five feet in public without seeing a Vote for Pedro shirt somewhere. The plain red font became iconic, and Pedro himself rose to stardom in turn as actor Efren Ramirez took off in Hollywood.
When it comes to Geena Davis, most fans remember her for her role as Dottie in A League of Their Own, Thelma in 1991’s Thelma & Louise or as Barbara in Beetlejuice.
You might recognize her as the sweet, precocious youngest child in 7th Heaven. But what has Mackenzie Rosman been up to since it ended?