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Jorja Fox
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Who is Jorja Fox?
Jorja-An Fox is an American actress. The pronunciation of her name is “Georgia.” She is known for her character Sara Sidle in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Jorja has faced many situations in her life. Competing against those hard-full choices, she became a fine actress and has produced many movies and films over the years. Her popularity has increased by two folds over these years, and she has been supported by many of her fans. In this article, you will see the biography of Jorja Fox.
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Full Name | Jorja-An Fox |
Date of Birth | July 7, 1968 |
Birth Place | New York City, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress, producer, musician, songwriter |
Net worth | US $6 million |
Early life
Jorja is the smallest of her family. Her parents come from Montreal, and she grew up in Melbourne Beach, Florida. She attended high school for two years, and in three of which she won a modeling contest, which led her to move her residency to New York and pursue an acting career.
Career
The first role that brought her to public recognition was Dr. Maggie Doyle, the medical series R. E., the North American channel NBC in 1996. In 1999, she was cast in the role of Agent Gina Toscano Secret Service in the series The West Wing, also from the North American channel NBC.
Jorja Fox was cast in a criminal expert, Sara Sidle, on the show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, the US channel CBS, which was canceled in the 15 seasons. In this series, Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox) has an affair with Gil Grissom (William Petersen). Jorja, however, left the series when it was in the eighth season. She has made some appearances there since, as in 9×01 in the death of Warrick (Gary Dourdan), 9×10 in the departure of Grissom from the head of the Criminalistics laboratory, and some episodes of the tenth season when she returns (already married to Grissom) to supply a shortage of personnel in the Catherine.
In 2013, Jorja was producing an off-Broadway play. The musical is called Forever Dusty and tells the story of singer Dusty Springfield.
Together with singer and guitarist Heather Grody, Jorja Fox founded the production company “Honey Pot,” which specializes in theatrical performances and musicals.
Age, Height and other facts
Jorja Fox was born on 7th June 1968 in New York. So, her age as of 2020 is 52 years- old. She is an American born, and hence her nationality is American. Her ethnicity is White, and her Zodiac sign is Cancer. She pursued her career as a Tv producer and an actress.
Fox stands at the height of 5 feet 10 inches and weighs around 70 Kg (154 lbs. in the pound) at the moment of this writing. She has curly black hair and has mesmerizing black eyes. Being an actress, she has a slim body, and her face is very charming. The actress is also a Christian.
Personal life
Jorja Fox and her partner on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, George Eads, were fired after their dismissal in 2004. It is assumed that she did not deliver a notification to CBS on time, saying that she would be on time when filming began, hence her dismissal. The matter was resolved in less than a week, and both were hired again; however, they did not increase their salary, as happened to the rest of their colleagues. Fox was the first one CBS contacted about hiring, but she made the hiring contingent on her partner George.
On April 18, 2007, Jorja Fox had not yet signed her contract with TV Guide magazine and was reported she would not return on the eighth season in CSI. The season finale left viewers in suspense, as the life of her character Sara Sidle is endangered. The New York Post published that Jorja did not appear for this chapter’s filming due to some issues about her contract. Neither CBS nor Jorja’s agent has confirmed this information.
In September 2007, after some rumors about Jorja Fox leaving CSI, an online forum called Your Tax Dollars at Work, which has around 15,000 members from more than 50 countries, started a campaign to keep Sara Sidle (a fictional character played by Jorja Fox) at CSI. Dollars for Sense insisted on sending the program producers a dollar so that Jorja stays in CSI. The donation helped use an aerial banner on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the first two weeks of October to fly over the Universal Studios area in California, where the series is filmed. The aerial banner bears the message Keep Jorja Fox on CBS.
Net worth
According to celebrity net worth, Jorja Fox has an estimated net worth of $6 million.