Celebrity Biographies
Janine Turner Biography
| Date of Birth: | 1962, December 6 |
|---|---|
| Years: | 57 years |
| Nation of birth: | United States of America |
| Height: | 5 feet 6 inches |
| Name | Janine Turner |
| birth name | Janine Loraine Gauntt |
| Dad | Turner Maurice Gauntt Jr. |
| Mother | Janice Loraine (ne Agee) |
| Nationality | American |
| Place of birth / city | Lincoln, Nebraska, United States |
| ethnicity | white |
| Profession | Actress, author, public speaker |
| Net worth | $4 million |
| eye color | Gray |
| Hair color | Dark brown |
| body measurements | 35C-23-36in |
| waist size | 23 in. |
| hip size | 36 in. |
| Shoe size | 9 United States |
| Boyfriend | Troy Aikman, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Sylvester Stallone |
| Married | Yes |
| Married to | Jerry Jones |
| Kids | Juliette Gauntt and Juliette Turner |
| Brothers | Tim |
Synopsis
Janine Turner is an American actress, best known for playing Maggie O’Connell on the television series, Northern Exposure , Katie McCoy on Friday Night Lights, and as Jessie Deighan, in the feature film Highlight .
Turner won Best Young Actress in a Daytime Series in 1983, for her role as Laura Templeton in the American daytime television medical drama General Hospital .
Early age and education
Janine Turner was born as Janine Loraine Gauntt on December 6, 1962 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America. She belongs to white ethnicity and has an American nationality.
Turner is the daughter of San Antonio, Texas, mother Janice Loraine and Athens, Texas, father Turner Maurice Gauntt, Jr., her father is a senior officer in the United States Ar Force and also a pilot for Braniff International, while her mother is a real estate agent.
Turner grew up with his brother, Tim Gauntt in Euless and Fort Worth, Texas.
Turned joined the Professional Children’s School in New York. During her school days, she was chosen as a model by a famous Wilhelmina agency and became the youngest from this agency to sign a contract in which Turner had done some commercials for various agencies.
Turner attended Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, United States. He also studied Marcia Haufrecht of The Actor Studio.
Turner trained to learn drama, tap, ballet, and modeling from a very young age of three and during her teens, she used to be a cheerleader.
Race
Jenine Turner began her career in 1989, appearing in several episodes of Dallas. During the 1980s, she appeared on various television shows and later landed a role on General Hospital as Laura Templeton. Frustrated by her various roles and wanting to land serious parts, she moved to New York to hone her talents and studied with Marcia Haufrecht of The Actor Studio.
Turner starred as Maggie O’Connel in Northern Exposure (1990), for which she earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Performance in 1993 and was also a Golden Globe nominee from 1992 to 1994.
In the year 2004, Turner released her directorial film about a stubborn mother and her children ‘Trip in a Summer Dress’, for which she is also the writer.
In 2008, Turner published a book titled Holding Your Head Up: Inspiration From 12 Single Moms Who Standed Up For Their Children And Changed History. During the year, she had eight recurring episodes on the NBC television series ‘Friday Night Lights’.
In 2011, Turner hosted a KLIF (AM) radio talk show in Dallas, which focuses on a two-hour, conservative-oriented talk show that began on May 21.
Personal life
Janine Turner is not married but has a daughter, Juliette Loraine Gauntt, born in 1997. Previously, she dated many celebrities.
Turner was in a relationship with Janine Turner, a former American football quarterback who played for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League.
Turner was engaged to Alec Baldwin in 1983. The couple had planned everything about their wedding and even the wedding dress. However, they broke off their marriage and separated in 1984.
Turner then dated Mikhail Baryshnikov in 1986. Mikhail is a Soviet and American dancer, choreographer, and actor.
Turner was linked again with Mark Grace in 1990. Mark is a former Major League Baseball first baseman with 16 seasons with the Chicago Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks.
In 1993, she had an affair with Sylvester Stallone who is an American actor, filmmaker, and screenwriter.
Additionally, Turner was also known to have an affair with director of sales and marketing, also executive vice president of the Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones Jr. in 1997.
There is a rumor that he is the father of their daughter, Juliette Loraine Gauntt, but Jerry denied the news.
Net worth
The Northern Exposure actress, Janine Turner has earned a large amount of net worth from her acting career. The current net worth of her is around $4 million.