Jorja Fox
Birth name	Jorja-An Fox
Born	July 7, 1968 (1968-07-07) (age 39) New York, New York, United States
Other name(s)	Jorjan Fox
Official site	http://www.jorjafox.org

Jorja Fox (born Jorja-An Fox July 7, 1968 in New York, New York) is an American actress. She is best known for having played major roles in three successful television dramas: ER (1994), The West Wing (1999) and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-present). If you hold the copyright to an image (e. ... is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the state. ... is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the state. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... This article is about the drama series. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... This article is about a TV show. ... This article is about the year. ... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...

In 2003, she was ranked #80 in Stuff magazine's list of the 103 sexiest women. She is annually nominated for PETA's "World's Sexiest Vegetarian". Stuff is a mens magazine featuring interviews, pictorials, and other articles of interest to a predominantly male audience. ... People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals logo People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is an animal rights organization based in the United States. ...

Biography

Early life

Jorja Fox was born in New York City, the youngest child of Montreal-born parents, and was raised on a narrow barrier island in Melbourne Beach, Florida. Jorja Fox describes herself as being overweight while growing up, with a prominent gap between her teeth. Over the years she had a variety of strange items stuck between her two front teeth, including a quarter ^[1] and some rocks.^[2] By her twenties, neither her wisdom teeth nor braces had appreciably helped, and Jorja said "forget it". ^[3] New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Nickname: Motto: Concordia Salus (well-being through harmony) Coordinates: , Country Province Region Montréal Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1][2][3]  - City 365. ... In geography, a bar is a linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water. ... Melbourne Beach is a town located in Brevard County, Florida. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami metropolitan area Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ...

After attending Melbourne High School for two years, she began a modeling career after winning a local contest. Subsequently she enrolled as a drama student at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York, under the tutelage of actor William Hickey. Photograph of the once famous model Dovima A model is a person who poses or displays for purposes of art, fashion, or other products and advertising. ... The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute is a school for the performing arts located at 115 East 15th Street in New York City, and at 7936 Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, that is dedicated to teaching the techniques of method acting developed by Lee Strasberg. ... William Hickey (September 19, 1928 – June 29, 1997) was an American actor. ...

Career

After appearing in several minor films and TV series, inlcuding a 1993 episode of Law & Order, Fox entered the limelight in 1996 when she appeared (originally as "Jorjan Fox") on the hit NBC television series ER, as the no-nonsense medical vegetarian intern Maggie Doyle. This recurring character was eventually revealed to be a lesbian; playing up that fame, Fox appeared on the coming out episode of Ellen ("The Puppy Episode Part 2", 30 April 1997). Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the original television series. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the television network. ... This article is about the drama series. ... For other uses, see Coming out (disambiguation). ... Ellen (originally titled These Friends of Mine for the first season) was a U.S. television sitcom which ran on the ABC network from 1994 to 1998. ... is the 120th day of the year (121st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ...

Jorja Fox and William Petersen on a 2003 episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Fox went on to appear in the movies Velocity Trap and Food for the Heart. In 1999, she was cast as another recurring character: Secret Service Agent Gina Toscano on NBC's series The West Wing. She also appeared briefly in Christopher Nolan's Memento, playing Guy Pearce's wife in occasional flashbacks. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... William Louis Petersen (born February 21, 1953) is an American actor, known for playing Gil Grissom on CSI. // Petersen was born in Evanston, Illinois to parents who worked in the furniture business. ... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... Velocity trap is a movie directed by Philip Roth. ... This article is about the year. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Counter Assault Team. ... The West Wing is a popular and widely acclaimed American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin and produced and co-written by John Wells. ... Christopher Nolan (born July 30, 1970) is an Academy Award nominated film director, writer and producer. ... Memento is a neo-noir–psychological thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, adapted from his brother Jonathans short story Memento Mori. ... Guy Pearce in Memento (2000). ...

In 2000 she became one of the lead characters of the CBS series CSI, in which she portrays a Las Vegas forensic scientist called Sara Sidle. Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... Vegas redirects here. ... Agents of the United States Army Criminal Investigation Division investigate a crime scene Forensic science (often shortened to forensics) is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to the legal system. ... Sara Sidle (born September 16, 1971) is a fictional character featured in the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. ...

Fox is the co-founder of Honeypot Productions, an independent avant-garde theatre company in Los Angeles. The company has produced five original plays, with Jorja starring in four. She also wrote three of the productions and directed one of them. Her friend and HoneyPot co-founder Heather Reid wrote Dear Bernard, which Fox helped produce. A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

Fox is also a musician: she plays guitar (badly, she says) and recently purchased a drum kit. She also sings and writes songs, most notably the song "Lullabye" for the movie Traveling Companion, as well as the song "Satellite" which she published on her official web site. Jorja and CSI co-star Marg Helgenberger sang "Stand by Me" as a duet for What a Pair 4!!, an annual charity event to raise money for breast cancer research. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Stand By Me is the title of a song performed by Ben E. King and written by Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. ... Breast cancer is cancer of breast tissue. ...

She currently resides in Los Angeles with her dog Ali and two cats, Rumplestiltskin and Sid Poitier. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... The Boxer is a German-developed breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog, with a smooth fawn or brindled coat, with or without white markings, and a square muzzle. ...

Activism

Fox is a supporter of the Human Rights Campaign^[4] and—being a dedicated vegetarian since the age of 20—has worked with PETA to help promote vegetarianism.^[5] HRC logo The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is one of the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equal rights organization in the United States. ... This article refers to human nutrition and diet, for plant based diets in the animal kingdom see herbivore A variety of vegetarian food ingredients Vegetarianism is the practice of a diet that excludes all animal flesh, including poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea, and slaughter by-products. ... People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals logo People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is an animal rights organization based in the United States. ...

Jorja Fox's advert for PETA.

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Controversy

She and CSI co-star George Eads received some bad publicity in 2004 when they were fired. Fox had allegedly failed to submit a letter to CBS confirming that she would be on time for shooting. The disputes were resolved in just over a week, and the two were rehired by CBS; however, neither actor's salary was raised like the rest of their co-workers. It was also reported that of the two, Fox was approached first to resume her contract with CSI - but she refused until Eads was rehired as well.^[6] George Eads George Coleman Eads III (born March 1, 1967) is an American actor, best known for his role as Nick Stokes on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On April 18, 2007, TV Guide began reporting that Jorja Fox may not be returning for the eighth season of CSI, having not yet signed a new contract.^[7] The season finale turned out to be a cliffhanger involving her character, Sara Sidle.^[8] The New York Post reported that Jorja did not show up to film the finale because of ongoing issues over her employment.^[9] Neither CBS nor Jorja's agent have confirmed the allegations. is the 108th day of the year (109th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... TV Guide is the name of two North American weekly magazines about television programming, one in the United States and one in Canada. ... The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily. ...

In September 2007, after rumors emerged about Fox's departure from the show^[10], an online forum called "Your Tax Dollars At Work", that has about fifteen-thousand members, started a campaign to keep Sara Sidle on CSI, the campaign (called Dollars for Sense) includes mailing the show's producers a dollar so as to keep Fox on the show. With the help of donations, the campaign also organized plane flyovers, on Tuesdays and Thursdays of October's two first weeks, over the Universal Studios, in California, where CSI is filmed. The banners read"Keep Jorja Fox on CBS".^[11][12] This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... Sara Sidle (born September 16, 1971) is a fictional character featured in the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. ... This article is about the American media conglomerate. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

Trivia

• Her name is pronounced as "Georgia". She is most often credited as Jorja Fox, but has also been credited as Jorjan Fox. Emily Procter, one of Jorja's friends and a co-star in Forever Fabulous, calls her "Horha", how Jorja would be pronounced in Spanish, as a nickname.

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Partial filmography

• The Kill-Off (1989) (as Jorjan Fox) .... Myra Pavlov
• Summer Stories: The Mall (1992) (mini) TV Series (as Jorjan Fox) .... Diane
• Happy Hell Night (1992) (uncredited) .... Kappa Sig Girl
• Dead Drunk (1993) (as Jorjan Fox) .... Maggie Glendon
• Law & Order .... Paula Engren (1 episode, 1993)
• Missing Persons (1993) TV Series .... Officer Connie Karadzic
• Dead Funny (1994) (as Jorjan Fox) .... Fate 3
• The Jerky Boys (1995) (as Jorjan Fox) .... Lazarro's Young Lady
• Alchemy (1995) (TV) .... Josie
• Velocity Trap (1997) .... Pallas
• Ellen .... The Attractive Woman (1 episode, 1997)
• House of Frankenstein 1997 (1997) (TV) .... Felicity
• How to Make the Cruelest Month (1998) .... Sarah Bryant
• ER .... Dr. Maggie Doyle (33 episodes, 1996-1999)
• Forever Fabulous (1999) .... Liz Guild
• The Hungry Bachelors Club (1999) .... Delmar Youngblood
• Memento (2000) .... Catherine Shelby
• The West Wing .... Agent Gina Toscano / ... (6 episodes, 2000)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation .... Sara Sidle

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References

External links

• Jorja Fox at the Internet Movie Database
• Jorja Fox Bio at CBS - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• Jorja Fox: Online