Jean Paige Turco

Paige Turco was born and raised in Massachusetts, USA. The actress is best known for her part as April O'Neil on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies from beginning of the 1990s. She was born and raised in Massachusetts, USA, and was aspired to be a ballerina ever since she was a kid. In order to achieve this goal, she began taking ballet lessons and eventually signed up for New England Dance Conservatory. The decision to stop dancing came after an ankle injury ended her promising ballerina career. Then, she became interested in acting. She graduated with a degree from the University of Connecticut in Drama. In 1987, she had her television debut playing part of a support role as Dinah Chamberlain on 18 episodes of the soap-opera titled "Guiding Light" and was followed by another supporting role in the soap opera "All my Children". She began her film career in 1991 with 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze' and 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3'. This was when she made a breakthrough in her career in the early years. Her appearances have been in a several films, among them 'Rhinoceros' Eyes and Vibrations and 'Rhinoceros's Eyes and Vibrations', as with series like The Agency, The 100 the 100 and Person of Interest. In addition, she was in a secondary role in the television film titled 'Separated at Birth.'