Jill Goodacre Connick (born March 29, 1964) is an American actress and former

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. She was one of

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's main models in the 1980s and early 1990s. She is married to singer Harry Connick Jr.

Career

Victoria's Secret

Goodacre was a primary lingerie and hosiery model for the relatively new

company in its mail-order catalogs and retail stores in the 1980s, and she appeared extensively in the catalogs. Goodacre, Stephanie Seymour and Dutch model

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helped Victoria's Secret grow from a new company to one of the world's giants in women's lingerie, hosiery, swimwear and clothing.

Other media

Goodacre appeared as herself in an episode (" The One with the Blackout") of the American sitcom '' Friends'' in 1994. Though billed as Jill Connick, she was called Jill Goodacre throughout the episode. She directed one of her husband's live performance videos ('' The New York Big Band Concert'') in 1992, and she appears in several of his

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Personal life

Born in Lubbock, Texas, Goodacre was raised in Boulder, Colorado. She is the daughter of real estate broker William Goodacre of Boulder, and sculptor

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, a native of Lubbock who resided in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her mother was remarried, to

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attorney C.L. Mike Schmidt. Goodacre has one brother named Tim.. Goodacre met Harry Connick Jr. as a result of the filming of the 1990 movie '' Memphis Belle'' in which her boyfriend,

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, acted with Connick. Goodacre and Connick were married in 1994 in a Roman Catholic wedding mass at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. They have three daughters.

Filmography

Actress

*1981 '' Play for Today'' – Golda (TV) *1983 ''The Nation's Health'' – Val Kane (TV) *1986 '' Odd Jobs'' *1987 ''Worlds Beyond'' (TV) *1991 '' Simply Mad About the Mouse: A Musical Celebration of Imagination'' - herself, with Harry Connick Jr. *1994 '' Friends'' – Jill Goodacre (as herself) (TV) (" The One with the Blackout") *1997 ''

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'' (TV) (voice) *1997 '' The Uninvited'' – Rose (TV)

Director

*1993 '' Harry Connick Jr.: The New York Big Band Concert'' (director)

Self

*1993 ''Boxout'' – exercise video with

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodacre, Jill 1965 births Female models from Texas Living people People from Lubbock, Texas 21st-century American women