Adrienne Wilkinson

Adrienne Wilkinson (born Adrienne Marie Wilkinson on September 1, 1977 in Memphis, Missouri) is an American actress.

Biography

Adrienne Marie Wilkinson 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. 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 Julie Bennett (Phoebe Halliwell's "permanent" disguise), 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 film career is just taking off, with appearances in six films released and screened in 2006 including the lead in Lakeshore Drive written and directed by Michael Grais and starring Adrienne and Peter Dobson. She had a small part in the 2001 film Pomegranate, and was the female lead in 2002's Interceptor Force 2.

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 and Zoe Bell. She received 4 acting awards for her performance.

She is sought after for her voice over work which includes more than 40 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 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.

In October 2007, Adrienne signed on as a producer of the short, indie film "Seconds," which is a film about a woman's struggle with depression and self injury. Originally she was asked to star in the film, but due to other commitments, was unable to do so, which was when she joined the project as a producer because of her interest in the script and the story.

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

Voice Over Credits

Awards and nominations

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Adrienne Wilkinson

• Adrienne Wilkinson at the Internet Movie Database
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• Official Adrienne Wilkinson Site