Janine Turner
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Janine Turner (born Janine Loraine Gauntt; December 6, 1962) is an American actress best known for her roles as Maggie O'Connell in the television series Northern Exposure , as Jessie Deighan in the feature film Cliffhanger, and as Katie McCoy in Friday Night Lights. She is an active author, public speaker, and founder and co-chair of Constituting America 2010.

Turner was born Janine Loraine Gauntt in Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of Janice Loraine (née Agee), a real estate agent, and Turner Maurice Gauntt, Jr., a United States Military Academy at West Point graduate, veteran of the United States Air Force, and a pilot for Braniff International. Her father is from Athens, Texas, while her mother is from San Antonio, Texas. She has a brother, Tim, and was raised in Euless and Fort Worth, Texas.

In 1978, the fifteen-year-old Turner left home to pursue a modeling career with the Wilhelmina Modeling Agency in New York City. She began her acting career in 1980 in Hollywood, appearing in several episodes of Dallas. She continued to make guest appearances on television shows throughout the 1980s before landing the role of Laura Templeton on General Hospital.