Josie Bissett

Josie Bissett (born October 5, 1970 in Seattle , Washington ; actually Jolynn Christine Heutmaker ) is an American actress .

life and career

Bissett went to Japan at the age of 16 to begin a modeling career. There she adopted the stage name Josie Bissett . She first appeared in a music video in the 1980s and later took acting classes. Then she got smaller roles (including Parker Lewis , Doogie Howser ) and some offers for commercials (including Sprite , Calvin Klein ).

In 1991 Bissett met fellow actor Rob Estes at an audition , whom she married a year later on May 1, 1992. In 1992 she got the lead role of Jane Mancini in the television series Melrose Place , which she played until the middle of the fifth season. She left the series when she became pregnant, but returned to the series in 1998 after a miscarriage. The US magazine People voted her among the 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1996.

In the fall of 2003, after a four-year hiatus, Bissett made a guest appearance on the series Law & Order: New York . In 2005 she made the film Your, Mine, Our Children , in which she plays the mother of an extended family alongside Rob Estes .

At the beginning of 2006, Bissett separated from Estes, with whom they had two children (* 1999 and * 2002). However, it wasn't until August 2006 that she officially announced the separation from Estes on a television show and requested a divorce.

Filmography

• 1989: Paura nel buio
• 1990: Doogie Howser, MD (TV series, episode)
• 1990: Desideri
• 1990: A Family for Joe (TV series, episode)
• 1990: Tutoring in matters of love (Book of Love)
• 1990: Back to the Past ( Quantum Leap , TV series, an episode)
• 1990–1991: Valerie (TV series, 16 episodes)
• 1991: The Doors
• 1991: Parker Lewis - The Cool One at School ( Parker Lewis Can't Lose , television series, an episode)
• 1991: I Was a Playmate ( Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories , Movie made for TV)
• 1991: Shadow of Murder (All-American Murder)
• 1992: PSI Luv U (TV series, an episode)
• 1992: Mikey
• 1992: Secrets (TV movie)
• 1992: Halfway House (short film)
• 1992–1999: Melrose Place (TV series, 172 episodes)
• 1994: Burke's Law (TV series, episode)
• 1994: The Wedding of Death ( Deadly Vows , TV movie)
• 1995: Bodystrip - Bare Soul ( Dare to Love , TV movie)
• 1998: Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear (TV movie)
• 1999: Countdown: The Sky is Burning ( The Sky's on Fire , TV movie)
• 2003: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series, episode)
• 2005: Your, my, our children ( I Do, They Don't , TV movie)
• 2006: Obituary (TV movie)
• 2008: The Other Woman (TV movie)
• 2008-2013: The Secret Life of the American Teenager (TV series, 90 episodes)
• 2009–2010: Melrose Place (TV series, two episodes)
• 2013: Christmas with Tucker (TV movie)
• 2014: Paper Angels (TV movie)
• 2015: A Mother's Instinct (TV movie)
• 2016: Pregnant at 17 (TV movie)
• 2016: The Wedding March (TV movie)
• 2016: Operation Chromite
• 2017: Wedding March 2 - Resorting to Love (TV movie)
• 2017-2018: Janette Oke: The Coal Valley Saga ( When Calls the Heart , TV series, four episodes)
• 2018: Wedding March 3 - Here Comes the Bride (TV movie)
• 2018: Wedding March 4 - Something Old, Something New (TV movie)
• 2019: Wedding March 5 - My Boyfriend's Back (TV movie)

Web links

• Josie Bissett in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Official Bissett website
• Josie Bissett in the German dubbing file