Paige's Biography
Born Jean Paige Turco on May 17, 1965 to Joyce and David Turco, Paige grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts, and lived with her mother and grandparents after her father died when she was nine months old from a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 27.
Paige loved to dance, and she performed with the New England Dance Company, the Amherst Ballet Theater Company and the Western Massachusetts Ballet Company. When Paige was 14, she hurt her ankle which also ended her dancing career and let her to acting. She was graduated from the University of Connecticut with a degree in drama.
Paige's television career began in daytime drama as Dinah on The Guiding Light in 1987. A year later, she co-starred on All My Children playing Dixie's sister Lanie.
In 1989, Paige made her debut in films. She starred in Teenage Mutant Ninjas 2 and 3, The Feminine Touch (a/k/a The November Conspiracy) and Dead Funny.
Paige returned to television in 1994 starring in Winnetka Road, then worked on Shaun Cassidy's series, American Gothic, which lasted one season.
While working on American Gothic, Paige began dating and later became engaged to co-star John Mese. The two worked together on the movies, Dark Tides and Road to Park City, before calling off the engagement in 2001.
In 2001, Paige once again found herself working with Shaun Cassidy; this time in his spy thriller The Agency. Paige played Terri Lowell for two seasons. During the second season, Paige met Jason O'Mara, who had joined the cast as A.B. Stiles.
On September 19, 2003, Jason and Paige were married in a ceremony in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. They have one son, David, named after Paige's father. They have residences in New York and Los Angeles, and on the Connecticut shore.
After a short break after David's birth, Paige returned to work as a guest star in FX's Rescue Me, opposite Denis Leary.
Most recently, Paige has been working with Disney, co-starring in two movies, Invincible and The Game Plan. She also co-starred in ABC's Big Shots during the 2007 season.
Paige will co-star in the HBO movie, Taking Chance, with Kevin Bacon that should air on HBO in 2008. She has also signed to play a friend of Sela Ward's character in the remake of The Stepfather.
