Lindsay Hartley
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| Lindsay Hartley | |
| Born | April 17, 1978 (age 28) Palm Springs, California |
| Notable roles | Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald in Passions |
Lindsay Nicole Hartley (nee Korman), born in Palm Springs, California on April 17, 1978), is an American actress and singer. She has played Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald on the soap opera Passions since its debut in 1999.
[edit] Her Life & Career
Born to business entrepreneurs Jeff and Wendy Korman on April 17, 1978, Lindsay Hartley was bitten by the ‘show-biz’ bug early on. Hartley jumped onto the beauty pageant circuit. She developed her voice and began singing professionally at eleven years old. During her pageantry days, Lindsay won numerous competitions including national pre-teen talent winner of the Young Miss America Beauty Pageant and Miss Supreme Beauty in 1990. Hartley has also won many vocal competitions, such as The L.A. Philharmonic’s Award Vocal Opera, The National Date Festival and America’s Showcase Starlet.
Wanting to embark on a new challenge, Hartley began to audition for musicals. At fourteen, she landed the role of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Realizing she wanted to be a performer, Lindsay honed her skills in many productions including Jesus Christ Superstar. At sixteen, she moved to Las Vegas with her family. A year later, she became the youngest person ever to land the lead in Viva Las Vegas at the Sands Hotel.
Even with her busy schedule, Hartley still found time to graduate from high school a year early with honors. She enrolled at University of Nevada-Las Vegas for a year and a half. She also had the opportunity to record tracks with Jackie Jackson and Robin Thicke.
Seth Riggs, her long-time vocal technician, arranged for Lindsay to audition for the role of Sandy in a Broadway production of Grease. She didn’t snag the role, but gained a spot in the ensemble. On her own for the first time, Hartley moved to New York to be a part of the production. When the show closed, Lindsay went on to play the coveted role of Maria in West Side Story at the Paramount Theatre located in Austin, Texas. Soon after, Hartley won the role of Galatea in Pygmalion: The True Story, which toured the Greek Islands.
After her stint in Pygmalion: The True Story, she returned to California and snagged the role of the Bride in Universal Studios’ Beetle juice's Rocking Graveyard Review. During this time, Hartley switched agents, wanting to try her luck in television and film. At twenty-one, Lindsay went on an audition for the soap opera Passions.
Enter the controversial character Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald. Hartley read for the part three times before landing the life-changing role. Passions, a daytime soap which dwells in the supernatural, marked her television debut. The show premiered on July 5th, 1999.
Hartley's portrayal of the young heroine/ingénue has garnered a great deal of praise from critics and audiences. In the show’s first year, Lindsay was nominated for Outstanding Female Newcomer at the 16th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards. She has been honored with performer of the week multiple times in Soap Opera Digest and Soap Opera Weekly. The discontinued Soap Opera Update also praised Hartley’s work, garnering her many honorable mentions and a Star Shine Article for her dynamic work during Julian Crane and Theresa’s drunken night fiasco in Bermuda in 2001. In 2003, Lindsay was nominated again for Outstanding Younger Lead Actress at the 18th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards.
Passions has allowed Lindsay to explore her singing career as well. When the show informed Hartley that her character would be singing a duet with her love interest Ethan, she took the opportunity to write an original song. She called upon friend Mark A. Provart, who she had met during her time a Universal Studios, to help write the music for ‘Kiss Me.’ On April 17, 2000, Hartley and Travis Schuldt (ex-Ethan) belted out the original song. Hartley, Provart and Schuldt would team up again for a production of Sam Shepard’s Fool For Love, directed by Donn Swaby (ex-Chad).
Hartley's other television appearances include The Weakest Link and The Other Half in 2002.
Lindsay also lent her voice to the tracks Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree, Miss You Most At Christmas, and We Wish You A Merry Christmas on Swirling Records Another Soap Sessions Christmas 2001, Volume VI. She continues to sing at Passions Events and other events and hopes to release her own cd one day.
Despite her demanding schedule, Hartley manages to lend a hand to worthy causes such as AIDS and breast cancer awareness.
In 2003, Lindsay began dating co-star Justin Hartley (Passions' Nicolas Foxworth Crane). After six months, the two became engaged on November 13th, 2003. In honor of their first date, Lindsay and Justin married in a small ceremony on May 1st, 2004. The newlyweds welcomed their first child, Isabella Justice, on July 3rd, 2004.
