Moon Bloodgood

Moon Bloodgood

Bloodgood in July 2012
Born Korinna Moon Bloodgood
September 20, 1975
Alliance, Nebraska, U.S.
Occupation Actress, model
Years active 1997–present
Spouse(s) Grady Hall (m. 2011)
Children Pepper (b. 2012)

Korinna Moon Bloodgood (born September 20, 1975) is an American actress and model, known for her role as Lt. Blair Williams in the 2009 film Terminator Salvation and as Anne Glass in the TNT television series Falling Skies.

Early life

Bloodgood was born in Alliance, Nebraska, on September 20, 1975, but was raised in Anaheim, California.[1][2] Her father, Shell Bloodgood, is an American of Dutch and Irish descent, and her mother, Sang Cha, is Korean.[3] Her father was stationed in South Korea, where he met her mother.[4]

Career

On the cover of KoreAm, April 2007
Bloodgood during publicity for Terminator Salvation, July 18, 2008

At age 17, Bloodgood became one of the Laker Girls.[2][5]

In 2005, she was ranked #99 on Maxim's magazine's Hot 100 list.[2][6] She subsequently ranked #53 in 2006,[7][8] #40 in 2007[9] and #20 in 2009.[10]

In Day Break (2006–2007), she portrayed Rita Shelten, the girlfriend of a detective who is framed for murder and arrested in the span of a day, but continually finds himself reliving that same day. In 2007, Bloodgood starred as Livia Beale in the American science-fiction television series Journeyman on NBC.[11]

She had a role in the movie Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, which opened in February 2009. She starred as Blair Williams in Terminator Salvation, the fourth film in the Terminator series and reprised her role in the video game and the prequel series of short film Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series.[12][13]

In early 2009, she joined the third season of the show Burn Notice in a recurring role as Detective Michelle Paxson.[14]

Since 2011, she has portrayed Dr. Anne Glass in TNT's science fiction series Falling Skies executive produced by Steven Spielberg.[15] In 2012, Bloodgood won the "Special Jury Prize" for dramatic ensemble acting in The Sessions with John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, and William H. Macy.

She also voice acts the role of Uriel the Archangel in the video game Darksiders.

Personal

Bloodgood is married to film director/producer Grady Hall. On December 15, 2012, Bloodgood gave birth to their first child, daughter Pepper. [16]

Filmography

Film

Bloodgood at a Falling Skies Q&A, 2011
Year Title Role Notes
2004 Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! Gorgeous Woman
2005 A Lot Like Love Bridget
2006 Moonlight Serenade Marie Devrenier
2006 Eight Below Katie
2007 Pathfinder Starfire
2008 What Just Happened Laura
2009 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li Detective Maya Sunee
2009 Terminator Salvation Lt. Blair Williams
2010 Faster Marina Humpheries
2010 Bedrooms Beth
2011 Beautiful Boy Trish
2011 Conception Nikki
2012 The Sessions Vera Sundance Film Festival's Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Acting
2012 The Power of Few Mala

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Just Shoot Me! Penny Episode: "Halloween? Halloween!"
2003 Fastlane Maid Episode: "Iced"
2003 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Dancer Episode: "Assume Nothing"
2005 North Shore Maid Episode: "Vice"
2005 Monk Haley Episode: "Mr. Monk Gets Cabin Fever"
2006–2008 Day Break Rita Shelten 13 episodes
2007 Journeyman Livia Beale 13 episodes
2009 Burn Notice Detective Michelle Paxson 3 episodes
2010 Human Target Doctor Jessica Shaw Episode: "Tanarak"
2011 NTSF:SD:SUV:: Vivica Episode: "Full Hauser"
2011–present Falling Skies Anne Glass Main cast, 42 episodes
Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television

Voice acting

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Nuclear Strike (PlayStation/N64/PC) Naja Hana
2009 Terminator Salvation (PS3/Xbox360/PC/mobile) Blair Williams
2010 Darksiders (PS3/Xbox360/PC) Uriel, The Archangel

References

  1. Cohn, Paulette (June 8th, 2013). . Xfinity Comcast.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Today's Girl: Moon Bloodgood". Maxim. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  3. Sanico, Jeff (April 2007). "Rising Moon". KoreAm.
  4. Rorke, Robert (December 3, 2006). "To Die For". New York Post.
  5. "Moon Bloodgood". Maxim. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  6. "The 2005 Hot 100 List". Maxim. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  7. "The 2006 Hot 100 List". Maxim. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  8. "2006 Hot 100". Maxim. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  9. "2007 Hot 100". Maxim. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  10. "2009 Hot 100". Maxim. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  11. Welsh, James (May 11, 2007). "NBC gives 'Journeyman' the green light". Digital Spy.f
  12. "Bloodgood Back In T4". SciFi Wire. 2008-04-21. Archived from the original on 2008-04-24. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  13. Kit, Borys (2008-04-20). "Moon Bloodgood lined up for "Terminator" sequel". Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  14. Goldman, Eric (March 19, 2009). "Terminator Star Joins Burn Notice". IGN.
  15. "TNT Brings Steven Spielberg's Falling Skies to Comic-Con". MovieWeb. 2010-07-10. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
  16. http://celebritybabies.people.com/2013/01/03/moon-bloodgood-welcomes-daughter-pepper/

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