Andrea Thompson

Rebecca Andrea Thompson (born in Dayton, Ohio) is an American actress, best known for her roles on the television series Falcon Crest, Babylon 5, and NYPD Blue. Born in Dayton, Ohio to a devoutly Catholic family, Thompson spent much of her childhood in Australia, returning to the United States to pursue an acting and modeling career. Her first significant film role was in the 1987 film Wall Street. In 1989 she was cast on the soap opera Falcon Crest as the scheming Genele Ericson during the show's final season and in 1993 on the science fiction television series Babylon 5 as telepath Talia Winters. Thompson left the series at the end of its second season. Thompson moved on to appear as Detective Jill Kirkendall on three seasons of crime drama NYPD Blue, leaving in April 2000 to pursue a career in journalism. Thompson began work with CBS affiliate KRQE in Albuquerque, New Mexico as a general assignment correspondent for $26,000 per year. Thompson joined CNN Headline News as an... full article at wikipedia