Jennifer Christina Finnigan (born August 22, 1979) is a

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actress, best known for her role as

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in the American

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'' from 2000 to 2004, for which she won three

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for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series. She also appeared on the CBS legal drama '' Close to Home'' (2005–2007) and the ABC sitcom '' Better with You'' (2010–2011). Finnigan also starred on the FX series ''

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'' (2014–2016). She later starred in the CBS sci-fi drama ''

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'' (2017–2018).

Early life and education

Finnigan was born in

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. She is the daughter of Diane Rioux Finnigan, and popular radio personality Jack Finnigan, who was a fixture on

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radio in Montreal from 1972 to 2005. She attended The Sacred Heart School of Montreal, a Catholic, all-girl private school from which she graduated in 1996.

Personal life

Finnigan married actor

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on June 7, 2007, on the island of

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. She and Silverman have a daughter, Ella Jack, born on September 29, 2017.

Career

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 ''

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,'' as well as making a guest appearance on '' La Femme Nikita''.

2000–2004

In mid-2000, Finnigan moved to the United States and got the role of

in the long-running soap opera ''

'' in July 2000. In December 2000, she also starred in a true story in the telefilm ''

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'' 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

(

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, 30th, 31st Awards), all as "

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". She left the show in January 2004 to pursue other acting roles.

2004–2005

From March 2004 until November 2004, Finnigan was featured on 10 episodes of ''

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'' as

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Dr. Devan Maguire. Following her departure from the show, she played the character Marni Fliss on the

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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".

2005–2007

Starting in the fall of 2005, Finnigan was the star of the CBS television drama series '' Close to Home'', playing a deputy

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. 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 "

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", just before the show ended in late 2007.

2008–present

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

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/ Lifetime Original Movie, broadcast as ''What Color is Love?'' in the United States. Finnigan starred in the ABC

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'' Better with You'', which was cancelled after only one season. She co-starred alongside

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in the ''

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'' sixth-season episode, "Neil Simon's Lover's Retreat". She has also done ''Shadow Island Mysteries: The Last Christmas'' and ''Shadow Island Mysteries: Wedding for One''. In 2013, she starred on the TNT series '' Monday Mornings'' on which her real life husband

was a recurring cast member. The series was canceled after one season. She also starred on the FX series ''

'', which began on June 24, 2014. ''Tyrant'' aired its final episode on September 7, 2016, after three seasons. She appeared as Grace Barrows, the Pentagon's press secretary, on the CBS action drama ''

''. Barrows was one of a few people initially informed when the Pentagon learned Earth will collide with an asteroid with potential extinction-level destruction capacity. The series ran for two seasons.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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