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Karri Turner

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Karri Turner
Turner at the American Freedom Festival
Born
Karri Kathleen Turner

(1966-12-21) December 21, 1966 (age 57)
OccupationActress
Years active1994–present

Karri Kathleen Turner (born December 21, 1966) is an American television actress who is best known for playing Lieutenant Harriet Sims in the television series JAG (1997–2005).

Biography

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Turner was born in Fort Worth, Texas and raised in Bentonville, Arkansas. She originally considered a Drama/Tele/Film degree at Oklahoma's Oral Roberts University before committing entirely to acting and moving to southern California to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. At one time, she was a member of The Groundlings, a California improvisational comedy troupe.

Her recent film credits include Get Smart and An American Carol. She has had extensive stage experience in such plays as Godspell and Charley's Aunt, and appeared in 2003 as Susan in the award-winning comic short The Date.[1] She has also had recurring roles in Caroline in the City, The X-Files and South Park.

She accompanied comedians Kathy Griffin and Michael McDonald to Iraq to perform for troops serving for the United States stationed there, a performance broadcast as part of Griffin's series My Life on the D-List and has completed 13 USO tours as of 2012, as well as work for other groups such as the young challenge program Nation Guard, American Freedom Foundation and five tours with Stars for Stripes.

In January 2020 it was revealed that Turner would return to her acting career with an appearance in the NCIS episode "In the Wind", as "Micki Kaydar".[citation needed]

Partial filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1997 Who's the Caboose? Wendi
2008 Get Smart Mom in Minivan
2008 An American Carol Lab Tech 2
2009 Hurricane in the Rose Garden Ashley

Television

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Live-action

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Year Title Role Notes
1994 Wild Oats Tanya Kavasi 2 episodes
1997 Suddenly Susan Marcy Episode: "Love and Divorce American Style: Part 2"
1996–1997 Caroline in the City Honey Potts 2 episodes
1997 The X-Files Tara Scully 2 episodes
1997–2005 JAG Lt. Harriet Sims Recurring role, 112 episodes
2006 Heroes Lisa 2 episodes
2020–2021 NCIS Micki Kaydar 2 episodes

Animated

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Year Title Role Notes
1996 South Park Wendy Testaburger / Liane Cartman / Veronica Crabtree Episode: "Unaired pilot"
1997 South Park Kathie Lee Gifford Episode: "Weight Gain 4000"

Video game

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Year Title Role
1996 Soviet Strike Delilah (voice)

References

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  1. ^ The Date, at MediocreFilms.com Archived 2007-03-08 at the Wayback Machine (requires QuickTime .mov or Flash Player to view film)
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