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Teri Ann Linn at her Punahou School reunion in June 2009 |
Teri Ann Linn (born April 2, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American actress and singer who was also popular in Finland and Italy. She pioneered the role of Kristen Forrester Dominguez on The Bold and the Beautiful, a role she played from 1987-1994. She returned for a guest appearance from April to September 1997. She then returned to the show as a series regular again in April 1999, signing a two-year contract. She again exited the role in the fall 1999 when then head writer, Bradley Bell informed Teri Ann Linn that Kristen was no longer needed in the show's current storylines and that she would be let go. She was released from her contract and written off the show's canvas in November 1999. She made appearances on Hawaii Five-O, Magnum, P.I., Herman's Head, Hill Street Blues, Mike Hammer, Flamingo Road, Dallas, and T. J. Hooker.
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A former Miss Hawaii USA and fourth runner-up to Miss USA 1981, Linn was also a semi-professional tennis player and played in charities with Farrah Fawcett.
Although generally cast as the nice, pretty girl, People Magazine quoted her as saying "No problem creating bitchiness; everybody has it in them."[1]
Known for big hair in the eighties, Linn later appeared with a more sophisticated look in a movie, Pure Danger, which also featured Marcus Chong. In another movie, Fallout, with Daniel Baldwin, she plays a NASA computer engineer with square-rimmed glasses.
The quasi-debut CD Teri received positive reviews among crossover audiences (going gold on the European charts) for its Paris Hilton-like "sexy dance cuts",[2] a more successful effort than her earlier European-only CD, Love is The Answer.
A schoolmate of US President Barack Obama at Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii, Miss Linn was quoted in an Italian daily saying "He had a cute afro", "He dressed like John Travolta", and "He must not have been very good at tennis, or we would have played tennis together."[3]
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| Preceded by Carol Ching |
Miss Hawaii USA 1981 |
Succeeded by Vanessa Dubois |
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