Jean Paige Turco

Paige Turco is an American actor, most famous for her role as April O'Neil in the two "Teenage Muppets Turtles" films of the 1990s' early years. From the time she was little the actress, who was raised and born in Massachusetts, USA, aspired to become a professional ballerina. In pursuit of this goal, she began training in ballet, and then joined New England Dance Conservatory. When her ballerina career was getting good results, she got an injury to her ankle, after which she was unable to dance. In the meantime, she was interested in acting. She graduated with a Drama degree from University of Connecticut. She made her debut on the television screen in 1987 playing Dinah in 18 episodes of the soap-opera "Guiding Light". It was followed by a second supporting role in "All My Children". The actress began her career in film in 1991 with 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II The Secret of the Ooze and 'Teenage Ninja Turtles 3'. This was when she was able to make a career-defining breakthrough from in the early years. As time passed she starred in films like 'Vibrations' as well as 'Rhinoceros Eyes' and series like 'The Agency", "The 100" and "Person of Interest.". She was a part of the TV movie 'Separated From Birth'.