Jean Paige Turco

Paige Turco, an American actor is known best as April O'Neil from two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films, which debuted in the early 1990s. Since she was young and a child, the actor born and raised in Massachusetts, USA, aspired to become professional ballerina. For this, she took ballet classes, and was a part of the New England Dance Conservatory as well as other dance companies. The decision to stop dancing came because of an injury to her ankle which ended her promising ballerina career. In the meantime the drama interest she had was a catalyst for her to pursue a degree from the University of Connecticut. Her debut came on television in 1987 as Dinah in 18 episodes in the soap-opera "Guiding Light". The show was followed by another support 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 as well as 'Teenage Ninja Turtles III'. She saw her first breakthrough as a professional at the beginning of her career. She has appeared on films like "Rhinoceros' Eyes," as well as on series as The Agency, The 100 and Person of Interest. The actress was part of the TV movie 'Separated From Birth'.