Jennifer Finnigan

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Jennifer Finnigan

Born Jennifer Christina Finnigan
August 22, 1979 (1979-08-22) (age 28)
Montreal, Quebec

Jennifer Christina Finnigan (born August 22, 1979) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Bridget Forrester in the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 2000 to 2004.

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Finnigan was born in Montreal. She is the daughter of popular radio personality Jack Finnigan who was a fixture on CJAD radio in Montreal for over thirty years. She starred in a sitcom called Student Bodies, and in a true story in the telefilm The Stalking of Laurie Show in December 2000, about the real life murder of a young teenage girl. Also in 2000, she played the character "Tara" in the episode "The Tale of the Last Dance" in Season 7 of Are You Afraid of the Dark?.

In 2004, she was seen in advertisements for Almay cosmetics. In 2005, she played the character Marni Fliss on the NBC series Committed, which only aired for 13 episodes before the show was axed due to low ratings.

Finnigan was featured on 10 episodes of Crossing Jordan as pathologist Dr. Devan Maguire in 2004. She is the only person to win three consecutive Daytime Emmy Awards (29th, 30th, 31st Awards), all as "Outstanding Younger Actress", for her role as Bridget Forrester in long-running soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.

Finnigan had the role of Alex Sinclair in The Dead Zone episodes "Double Vision," "A Very Dead Zone Christmas," and "Exile." From 2005-2007, Finnigan was the star of the CBS television drama series Close to Home, playing a deputy district attorney.

Finnigan married actor Jonathan Silverman on June 7, 2007 on the island of Mykonos in Greece.

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