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PASSIONS Soap Star Stats
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Emily Harper was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has lived in Missouri, New Jersey and California. She majored in dance at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. In 2000, she landed a spot as a prestigious Laker Girl (a dance team for the L.A. Lakers NBA team), a gig she juggled with her studies until 2003, when she left the squad to concentrate on acting.
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Growing up in Oregon, Ben Masters did not let less-than-kind reviews of his high school performances derail him from pursuing his dream of being an actor. He graduated from University of Oregon as a theater major and moved to the Big Apple, where he landed a role in the off-Broadway play The Boys in the Band.
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After attending Modesto Junior College and California State University,
Fresno, Kim Johnson Ulrich graduated from CSU Stanislaus in Turlock, CA, as an art major with intentions of becoming an interior designer. On the side, she did
makeup at a local theater.
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Lindsay Hartley, born Lindsay Korman, was raised in Palm Springs, CA. The actress of Greek and Italian descent spent her teenage years often singing in pageants — and winning the talent competitions.
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Eric Martsolf grew up with brother Justin, mom Nancy (a teacher) and dad Rick (a lawyer) in Harrisburg, PA. In the early '90s, during his breaks from Dickinson College, he showed off his singing and dancing chops during a sweet gig at Hershey Park, a chocolate-theme park nearby.
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With Michael Westmore, an Emmy and Academy Award-winning makeup artist as a father, McKenzie Westmore was born into the Hollywood scene. She began acting a few months after her first birthday. Her TV debut? A Bold detergent commercial.
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With acting far from his mind, John Reilly attended St. Mary's College in Wynona, Minnesota, and received a business degree. He became an account executive for a packaging firm for about 10 years in the Chicago area, where he grew up. His professional life switched gears when a friend asked Reilly to replace an actor in a play he was producing at the prestigious Ivanhoe Theater.
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Liza Huber, daughter of daytime legend Susan Lucci, grew up in Garden City on Long Island, where she was a competitive equestrian and a high school cheerleader. She did her undergraduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she received a degree in communications with a specialty in film production.
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As the eldest child of Sir John Mills (Oscar-winning actor) and Mary Hayley Bell (distinguished novelist), sister of Hayley Mills (the original Parent Trap) and Jonathan Mills (producer), Juliet Mills has had a career most only dream of. From books to theater, film to TV, Mills has done it all.
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While going to high school in Los Angeles, Galen Gering tagged along with a friend to a hair salon, where he was asked to model for their ad. The spontaneous gig spearheaded Gering's modeling career. He headed to New York and completed his high school courses via mail.
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While studying acting at Rutgers University in New Jersey, Tracey Ross began a modeling career that landed her a contract with the Elite and Wilhelmina modeling agencies. In 1984, she applied to compete as an actor on STAR SEARCH, but the category was full. She gladly made a switch and ended up being the $100,000 spokesmodel grand champion.
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When James Hyde graduated from high school, he joined the Army and became a field medic, work he loved because it gave him the opportunity to make a difference and save lives. While stationed in Hawaii, he was spotted by a photographer and before long the 6-foot-1-inch Hyde became a favorite model of such designers as Versace, Ferre and Valentino.
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Born in New York City, Kathleen Noone began her career as a singer in nightclubs and performed in musicals while attending Ithaca College, then West Virginia University. She received her M.F.A. from Southern Methodist University.
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After obtaining her high school diploma, Brook Kerr moved to Los Angeles from Indianapolis to fulfill her dream of becoming an actress. After serving at L.A.'s posh Skybar, Kerr's first professional acting gig was portraying a waitress on the WAYANS BROS.
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Charles Divins pictured himself as a hospital administrator, but the road to that career went in a very different direction when a modeling agent approached the Armani Exchange salesman at a Dallas mall. Divins tried modeling while attending community college.
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Sharon Wyatt grew up in Carthage, TN. Before entering grade school, she began taking dance and piano lessons, and acted in plays on her porch. The natural performer went on to act in high school, and played alto saxophone for the University of Tennessee at Knoxville band.
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Leigh Taylor-Young was born in Washington, D.C. and studied economics at Northwestern University. She changed her major to theater and studied under Alvina Krause, who allowed her to perform as the youngest member of the distinguished Eaglesmere Summer Repertory Theatre.
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Though he was born in Chicago, Richard Steinmetz's family moved to Seattle when
he was 5 years old. By seventh grade, he realized he was meant to act. After graduating from high school, Steinmetz played for the Portland
Timbers soccer team.
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Amelia Marshall pursued her passion for dance by attending Houston's High School of Performing and Visual Arts. After graduating from the University of Texas, she worked as a telephone repair supervisor for Southwestern Bell. But her boredom pushed her to pack up and move to New York.
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At the age of 16 David Bailey joined the United States Air Force, where he remained for eight years. He then worked as an electrician, ditch digger, plumber and truck driver to support his family before deciding to make acting his full-time career.
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