Adrienne Wilkinson

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Adrienne Wilkinson
Born	Adrienne Marie Wilkinson (1977-09-01) September 1, 1977 (age 34) Memphis, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present
Website
http://www.adriennewilkinson.com/

Adrienne Marie Wilkinson (born September 1, 1977) is an American actress.

Biography

Adrienne Wilkinson was born in Memphis, Missouri. She is of Irish, Scottish, English, Cherokee, Danish and German heritage.

She graduated from Kickapoo High School in Springfield, the high school that Brad Pitt graduated from.

She moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue acting after graduating highschool. She was two years old when she started taking dance lessons and performed on stage as a dancer throughout her youth until she moved to Los Angeles to become an actress. She has two younger sisters and a younger brother. Her younger sister Tracey Bradley is a director and producer for Pulse Studios. Her youngest sister Aimee Wilkinson is a musician. The three sisters worked on the film Expectation together in 2005.

Career

Adrienne Wilkinson is best known for her role of Livia/Eve, the sometimes warrior sometimes saint daughter of Xena on the popular TV series Xena: Warrior Princess.^[1] She started on television in an episode of Sweet Valley High in 1996, and moved on to Saved By The Bell: The New Class, Chicken Soup for the Soul and in 2001 she had several guest appearances on MTV's show Undressed. In 2002 she starred as Nikki on the US version of the dramedy series As If. In 2003 she had a guest spot on the series Angel as a cheeky flapper from the 1920s, and as Linda Browning in an episode of NBC's popular soap opera Days of our Lives. In 2005 she had guest appearances on the eighth season of the WB show Charmed as Phoebe Halliwell's first disguise of the season, the ABC show Eyes and was a temporary love interest of Dr. Ray Barnett on the hit NBC drama ER where the ripped-from-the-headlines plot of a porch collapse nearly killed her character. Her most recent projects include series regular roles in the sitcom Goodnight Burbank and the soap Venice: The Series.

Her film career includes Lakeshore Drive, (written and directed by Michael Grais and starring Adrienne and Peter Dobson), Pomegranate, and she was the female lead in the Sci-Fi channel film Interceptor Force 2 (AKA: Alpha Force) and Missy Blue in the film The American Failure. Adrienne's producer credits include the films Perfection and Seconds, which showcases a woman's triumph over depression and self-injury.

In 2008, she starred in the multiple award-winning short film Reflections directed by Barry Caldwell and co-starring Matt Long, James Morrison, Louis Lombardi, Jim Beaver, Zoë Bell and Ana Harrison. She received 2 acting awards for her performance, and an additional 2 nominations (see table below).

She is sought after for her voice over work which includes more than 50 characters in several videogames, animated videos and commercials. She also plays the part of Maris Brood, the female Jedi in the Star Wars video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Not only is she the voice of the latest female Jedi, she is the physical character as well, as the video game used the most technologically advanced motion capture available to capture the actor's likeness and performance down to its tiniest detail. Adrienne recently wrapped a guest role on the animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars series, voicing "The Daughter", and plays Mina Tang in the new Alpha Protocol video game.

Adrienne is also known for her charity works which includes a focus on literacy programs, animal welfare and children. Her website hosts an annual charity auction each November which helps to support families dealing with medical expenses.

Filmography

Video games

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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