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Lori Loughlin Profile |
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Birth Date: July 28, 1964
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Birth Place: Queens, New York, USA
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Birth Name: Lori Anne Loughlin
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Height: 5'6"
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Biography |
Lori Ann Loughlin (pronounced "lock-lin") was born on July
28, 1965, in Queens, New York, and grew up in the town of
Hauppauge, Long Island. She began modeling when she was 12,
initially as a print model in national campaigns for
companies like Sears and Bradlees.
She soon made the move to television ads, and started taking
acting lessons when she was 14. The lessons paid off when
only a few months later, she landed her first big acting gig
when she was cast as Jody Travis on the ABC daytime soap,
The Edge of Night.
Right before getting the role, she appeared in her first
movie, the made-for-TV film Too Far to Go (1979). She was
the producer's original choice to play Emmeline, the female
lead in The Blue Lagoon (1980), but Loughlin turned it down
and it became the role that made Brooke Shields a star.
Urged by fellow The Edge of Night actor Joel Crothers, the
young actress set her sights on a career beyond daytime
drama.
After three and a half years on the soap, Loughlin left in
1983 to pursue film work. She appeared in several features,
including the horror flick Amityville 3-D (1983), the
thriller The New Kids (1985), the romantic comedy Secret
Admirer (1985), Rad (1986), a film about BMX racing, and the
beach-movie spoof Back to the Beach (1987).
Her TV film work included North Beach and Rawhide (1985),
Brotherhood of Justice (1986), and Babies Having Babies
(1986), a CBS Schoolbreak Special. She also made a couple of
guest appearances on the detective drama, The Equalizer
(1986-'87).
In 1988, Loughlin landed the role that made her a regular
guest in the homes of millions of TV viewers. As Rebecca
"Becky" Donaldson Katsopolis, girlfriend and later wife of
John Stamos' character on the ABC sitcom Full House,
Loughlin became a weekly TV fixture over the next seven
seasons.
During her time on the show, she kept busy with several
made-for-TV movies, most notably No Means No (1988) and
Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992), which also featured
up-and-comer Jim Carrey. She also appeared in Empty Cradle
(1993), Sidney Sheldon's A Stranger in the Mirror (1993),
One of Her Own (1994), and Abandoned and Deceived (1995).
After Full House ended production in 1995, Loughlin was cast
as series regular Melanie Clifford in the short-lived Hudson
Street (1995), which starred Tony Danza. More
made-for-television movies followed, including The Price of
Heaven (a.k.a. Blessed Assurance, 1996), In the Line of
Duty: Blaze of Glory, as well as the miniseries Medusa's
Child (both 1997). During this time she also made guest
appearances on several top-rated sitcoms, including Seinfeld
(the "Serenity Now" episode), The Larry Sanders Show and
Suddenly Susan.
After wrapping the made-for-cable movie Suckers (1999),
Loughlin took a couple of years off to start a family.
Loughlin married fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli in 1997;
daughter Isabella Rose was born in September 1998, while
Olivia Jade followed a year later. She is also stepmother to
Gianni, Giannulli's son from a previous marriage.
Loughlin returned to the screen in 2000, co-starring with
Treat Williams and Udo Kier in the action-thriller Critical
Mass. In 2001, she turned in a couple of guest appearances
on Spin City, and did likewise on The Drew Carey Show in
2002. That same year, she appeared on the WB drama Birds of
Prey and guest starred as herself in the ABC pilot Wednesday
9:30 (8:30 Central), which never got off the ground.
In 2003, she helped develop a new series for the WB, which
would make her a starring regular on a weekly drama.
The Warner Brothers network had expressed interest in
creating a series for Loughlin, and she decided to come up
with a concept that interested her. She came up with the
idea of a single woman in California who works in the
fashion world, and whose life suddenly changes when she must
raise her sister's three kids from Kansas.
After several months in the development stages, Summerland
premiered in June 2004. In addition to starring as Ava
Gregory, Loughlin also serves as the show's executive
producer. |
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Other
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Had lead role as Emmeline in The Blue Lagoon (1980), but
turned it down. The lead went to Brooke Shields.
Daughter, with Giannulli, Isabella Rose, born (7 lbs. 3 oz.)
[16 September 1998]
2nd child, Olivia Jade, born in L.A. [28 September 1999]
Her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, is the creator of the
popular "Mossimo" clothing line.
Grew up in Hauppauge, Long Island.
Measurements: 33-25-35 (as an Elite model 1982), (Source:
Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Became a print model at the age of 11.
Daughters: Isabella Rose and Olivia Jade.
Like others on the show, remains close with her "Full House"
(1987/I) cast mates, appearing in cameo roles in Mary-Kate
Olsen and Ashley Olsen's movies.
Was originally only contracted for six episodes of "Full
House" (1987/I) but after positive audience reaction, she
was given a full-time role. The initial storyline for her
was to be just Danny's co-host and go on one date with him,
realizing they would never work out in a dating relationship
and have their relationship remain just professional.
However, when she became a full-time character, they created
a storyline where she would fall in love with Jesse and
eventually marry him.
Her last name is pronounced "Locklin".
Shares a birthday with the late Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis,
Sally Struthers, Elizabeth Berkley, Tom Pelphrey, Laquayva
Anthony, and Leonor Watling. |
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