Emily Procter's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) CSI: Miami Calleigh Du…

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BIOGRAPHY:

Emily Procter is a native of Raleigh, N.C. who attended East Carolina University. "I tried to get in the theatre department", she says, "but it was full." After graduation, however, she moved to Los Angeles and landed a number of small roles in films such as Jerry Maguire (1996). "Then I got the chance to audition for "The West Wing" (1999) and I got the part", she says.


TRIVIA:

• Fronts her own 80s cover band called, "White Lighten."
• Her father, William, was a general practitioner. Her mother, Barbara, was a volunteer. They divorced when Emily was 2.
• Has a brother named Whit.
• Majored in journalism at University
• She collects bugs as a hobby.
• Although she plays a character with a very serious personality on _"CSI: Miami" (2002)_ (qv), says that she is a very "silly, goofy" person in real life.
• Before she became an actress, she was a weather reporter for a local TV station. She was promoted to crime reporter, but left soon afterwards because the work was "too gory".
• Does regular volunteer work at All Saints' Episcopal Church soup kitchen in Beverly Hills.