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Laura Leighton

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Fast Facts

  • Traveled across the country with a singing-dancing troupe called the Young Americans after graduating high school
  • Best known for portraying villain Sydney Andrews from 1993 to '97 on the Fox prime-time soap Melrose Place; she signed on to resurrect her presumed-dead character for the 2009 CW remake of the classic series
  • Dated Melrose Place costar Grant Show for several years before finding love with Doug Savant, another Melrose Place costar
  • Cast in the lead role for the 1994 film Shake, Rattle and Rock!, she pulled out after breaking her leg
  • Renée Zellweger got the part instead
  • Named as one of People Magazine's Most Beautiful People in 1995

Awards

  • 1995Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television: nominated

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