Jennifer Finnigan
Born	Jennifer Christina Finnigan August 22, 1979 (1979-08-22) (age 30) Montreal, Quebec[1]
Occupation	actress
Spouse(s)	Jonathan Silverman (2007-present)

Jennifer Christina Finnigan (born August 22, 1979)^[1] is a Canadian actress, perhaps best-known for her role as Bridget Forrester in the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 2000 to 2004.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Career 2.1 1998–2000 2.2 2000–2004 2.3 2004–2005 2.4 2005–2007 2.5 2008— 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Biography

Finnigan was born in Montreal. She is the daughter of popular radio personality Jack Finnigan who was a fixture on CJAD radio in Montreal from 1972 to 2005.^[2] She attended The Sacred Heart School of Montreal, a Catholic, all-girl private school, from which she graduated in 1996. Finnigan married actor Jonathan Silverman on June 7, 2007 on the island of Mykonos in Greece.^[3]

[edit] Career

[edit] 1998–2000

From 1998 to 2000, Finnigan appeared in a variety of Canadian shows. In 1998, she made a few guest appearances on "The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo". In early 1999, she appeared in one episode of "Big Wolf on Campus" and throughout the end of 1999, she starred in a sitcom called Student Bodies playing the role of Kim McCloud in the show's final season. Throughout the first half of 2000, she played the character "Tara" in the episode "The Tale of the Last Dance" in Season 7 of Are You Afraid of the Dark?, as well as making a guest appearance on La Femme Nikita.

[edit] 2000–2004

In mid 2000, Finnigan moved to the United States and got the role of Bridget Forrester in the long-running soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful in July 2000. In December 2000, she also starred in a true story in the telefilm The Stalking of Laurie Show about the real life murder of a young teenage girl. Finnigan starred as Bridget on The Bold and the Beautiful from July 2000 until January 2004 and won three awards for her work on the show. She is the first person to win three consecutive Daytime Emmy Awards (29th, 30th, 31st Awards), all as "Outstanding Younger Actress". She left the show in January 2004 to pursue other acting roles.

[edit] 2004–2005

From March 2004 until November 2004, Finnigan was featured on 10 episodes of Crossing Jordan as pathologist Dr. Devan Maguire. Following her departure from the show, she played the character Marni Fliss on the NBC series Committed, which only aired for 13 episodes before being cancelled due to low ratings. The show aired from January until March 2005. In mid-2005, she made a guest appearance as Alex Sinclair in The Dead Zone episode "Double Vision".

[edit] 2005–2007

Starting in the fall of 2005, Finnigan was the star of the CBS television drama series Close to Home, playing a deputy district attorney. In December 2005, while still starring in Close to Home, she made a second guest appearance as Alex Sinclair in the episode "A Very Dead Zone Christmas," on The Dead Zone. Close to Home aired for two seasons before it was cancelled in May 2007. In August 2007, Finnigan made one final guest appearance on The Dead Zone in the episode "Exile", just before the show ended in late 2007.

[edit] 2008—

Finnigan co-starred with her husband, actor Jonathan Silverman, in Beethoven's Big Break, the latest installment in the Beethoven film series; the film was released direct-to-DVD in late 2008. She also starred in Playing for Keeps, a CTV/Lifetime Original Movie broadcast as What Color is Love? in the United States.^[4][5]

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo	Christie Sayers	4 episodes
1999	Big Wolf on Campus	Vesper	1 episode
1999-2000	Student Bodies	Kim McCloud	16 episodes
2000	La Femme Nikita	Dory	1 episode
2000-2004	The Bold and the Beautiful	Bridget Forrester#3	469 episodes
2000	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Tara Martin	1 episode
2000	The Fearing Mind	unknown	1 episode
2000	The Stalking of Laurie Show	Laurie Snow	TV
2000	Largo Winch	Tamara Ross	1 episode
2004	Crossing Jordan	Dr. Devan Maguire	9 episodes
2005	Committed	Marni Fliss	12 episodes
2005-2007	Close to Home	Annabeth Chase	43 episodes
2005-2007	The Dead Zone	Alex Sinclair	3 episodes
2006	Nice Guys	Morgan	aka High Hopes
2008	What Color Is Love?	Nicole Alpern	aka Playing for Keeps
2008	Beethoven's Big Break	Lisa	V
2008	The Thacker Case	Nancy Pepper
2009	Inside the Box	Lauren Thomas	T.V

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Jennifer Finnigan Bio at CBS - Close To Home
• Jennifer Finnigan at the Internet Movie Database
• Jennifer Finnigan on The Dead Zone

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