Adrienne Wilkinson
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Adrienne Marie Wilkinson (born September 1, 1977) is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 actress.

Biography

Adrienne Wilkinson was born in Memphis
Memphis, Missouri
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, Missouri
Missouri
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. She is of Irish
Irish people
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, Scottish
Scottish people
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, English
English people
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, Cherokee
Cherokee
The Cherokee are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States . Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian language family...

, Danish and German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....

 heritage
Cultural heritage
Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations...

.

She graduated from Kickapoo High School
Kickapoo High School (Springfield, Missouri)
Kickapoo High School is a high school in Springfield, Missouri. Kickapoo officially opened its doors in October 1971, the fifth of Springfield's five high schools...

 in Springfield
Springfield, Missouri
Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. According to the 2010 census data, the population was 159,498, an increase of 5.2% since the 2000 census. The Springfield Metropolitan Area, population 436,712, includes the counties of...

, the high school that Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt is an American actor and film producer. Pitt has received two Academy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one...

 graduated from.

She moved to Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 to pursue acting after graduating highschool. She was two years old when she started taking dance lessons and performed on stage as a dancer throughout her youth until she moved to Los Angeles to become an actress. She has two younger sisters and a younger brother. Her younger sister Tracey Bradley is a director and producer for Pulse Studios. Her youngest sister Aimee Wilkinson is a musician. The three sisters worked on the film Expectation together in 2005.

Career

Adrienne Wilkinson is best known for her role of Livia/Eve
Eve (Xena)
Eve | Livia is a fictional character created by Robert Tapert for the popular TV series Xena: Warrior Princess. She is portrayed by Adrienne Wilkinson...

, the sometimes warrior sometimes saint daughter of Xena
Xena
Xena is a fictional character from Robert Tapert's Xena: Warrior Princess franchise. She first appeared in the 1995–1999 television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, before going on to appear in Xena: Warrior Princess TV show and subsequent comic book of the same name...

 on the popular TV series Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001....

. She started on television in an episode of Sweet Valley High
Sweet Valley High (TV series)
Sweet Valley High is an American comedy-drama series based on Francine Pascal's book series of the same name. The series ran from September 5, 1994 to October 14, 1997, and was produced by Saban Entertainment...

in 1996, and moved on to Saved By The Bell: The New Class
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Saved by the Bell: The New Class is a spin-off of the Saved by the Bell series which ran from September 11, 1993 to January 8, 2000. The series lasted for seven seasons on NBC as a part of the network's TNBC Saturday morning line-up. It was the fourth incarnation of the franchise...

, Chicken Soup for the Soul
Chicken Soup for the Soul
Chicken Soup for the Soul is a series of books, usually featuring a collection of short and dense inspirational stories and motivational essays. The 101 stories in the first book of the series were compiled by motivational speakers Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen.There have been over 200 titles...

and in 2001 she had several guest appearances on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

's show Undressed
Undressed (TV series)
Undressed is an American anthology series that aired on MTV from July 26, 1999 to September 5, 2002. The series was created and executive produced by British director Roland Joffé.-Synopsis:...

. In 2002 she starred as Nikki on the US version of the dramedy series As If. In 2003 she had a guest spot on the series Angel
Angel (TV series)
Angel is an American television series, a spin-off of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The series was created by Buffys creator, Joss Whedon, in collaboration with David Greenwalt, and first aired on October 5, 1999...

as a cheeky flapper from the 1920s, and as Linda Browning in an episode of NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

's popular soap opera Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...

. In 2005 she had guest appearances on the eighth season of the WB
The WB Television Network
The WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...

 show Charmed
Charmed
Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...

as Julie Bennett (Phoebe Halliwell
Phoebe Halliwell
Phoebe Halliwell is a fictional character from the television series Charmed. One of the featured leads, Phoebe is introduced in the series as a witch and, more specifically, a Charmed One one of the most powerful witches of all time. The character was portrayed by Lori Rom in the unaired pilot,...

's "permanent" disguise), the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

 show Eyes
Eyes (TV series)
Eyes is an ABC television series starring Tim Daly as Harlan Judd. Eyes follows the firm of Judd Risk Management which uses marginally legal means to investigate individuals and crimes where law enforcement would fall short...

and was a temporary love interest of Dr. Ray Barnett
Ray Barnett
Dr. Ray Barnett is a fictional doctor portrayed by actor Shane West on the television show ER. The character first appeared in fall 2004 at the start of the 11th season...

 on the hit NBC drama ER
ER (TV series)
ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...

where the ripped-from-the-headlines plot of a porch collapse nearly killed her character.

Her film career is just taking off, with appearances in six films released and screened in 2006 including the lead in Lakeshore Drive written and directed by Michael Grais
Michael Grais
Michael Grais is a screenwriter, most well-known as the co-writer of Poltergeist .He has also produced such movies as Great Balls of Fire! , Marked for Death and Sleepwalkers .- Biography :...

 and starring Adrienne and Peter Dobson
Peter Dobson
Peter Dobson is an American actor who has appeared in Drowning Mona, The Frighteners, The Poseidon Adventure, and the film adaptation of Last Exit to Brooklyn. He also had a cameo role in Forrest Gump as Elvis Presley. Peter also credits himself under alternate name Derek Hoyle...

. She had a small part in the 2001
2001 in film
The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...

 film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 Pomegranate, and was the female lead in 2002
2002 in film
The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...

's Interceptor Force 2
Interceptor Force 2 (movie)
Interceptor Force 2 is a 2002 Sci-Fi TV movie directed by Phillip J. Roth, starring Olivier Gruner, Roger R. Cross. Government-trained soldiers called The Interceptors are assigned to look at a crash site of an alien spacecraft in Russia where they find a alien that can change shapes.-Plot:Night...

.

In 2008, she starred in the multiple award-winning short film Reflections directed by Barry Caldwell and co-starring Matt Long
Matt Long
Matthew Clayton "Matt" Long is an American actor. He played the teenaged Jack McCallister on Jack & Bobby, the younger Johnny Blaze in Ghost Rider, and Tyler Prince in Sydney White....

, James Morrison
James Morrison (actor)
James Paige Morrison is an American actor. He was born in Bountiful, Utah, the son of an office manager, and was raised in Anchorage, Alaska.-Biography:...

, Louis Lombardi
Louis Lombardi
Louis Lombardi is an American actor.Lombardi was born in The Bronx, New York City, the son of Louis Lombardi, Sr. On television, Lombardi had a recurring role on The Sopranos as Agent Skip Lipari, and guest starred on such shows as Entourage, Heroes and CSI. He was a cast member of a 1990s...

, Jim Beaver
Jim Beaver
James Norman "Jim" Beaver, Jr. is an American stage, film, and television actor, playwright, screenwriter, and film historian...

, Zoë Bell
Zoë Bell
Zoë E. Bell is a stuntwoman and actress from New Zealand. Some of her most notable stunt work includes doubling for Lucy Lawless on Xena: Warrior Princess and for Uma Thurman in Kill Bill. As an actress, she has appeared both on television and in feature films and also starred in the web series...

 and Ana Harrison. She received 4 acting awards for her performance.

She is sought after for her voice over work which includes more than 40 characters in several videogames
VideoGames
VideoGames may refer to:*VideoGames, a mid-1990s magazine about video games.*Video games in general....

, animated videos and commercials. She also plays the part of Maris Brood, the female Jedi
Jedi
The Jedi are characters in the Star Wars universe and the series's main protagonists. The Jedi use a power called the Force and weapons called lightsabers, which emit a controlled energy flow in the shape of a sword, in order to serve and protect the Republic and the galaxy at large from conflict...

 in the Star Wars
Star Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...

video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is a multimedia project developed by LucasArts along with Dark Horse Comics, Lego, Hasbro, and Del Rey Books...

. Not only is she the voice of the latest Jedi, she is the physical character as well, as the video game used the most technologically advanced motion capture
NaturalMotion
NaturalMotion is a software company with offices in Oxford and San Francisco. Founded in November 2001 as a spin-off of Oxford University, the company specialises in creating animation technology for the game and film industries.-Technology:...

 available to capture the actor's likeness and performance down to its tiniest detail. Adrienne recently wrapped a guest role on the animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)
-Production:At April 2005's Star Wars Celebration III, Lucas stated that "we are working on a 3-D continuation of the pilot series that was on the Cartoon Network; we probably won't start that project for another year." In July 2005, pre-production had begun on the series, according to Steve...

series, voicing "The Daughter", and plays Mina Tang in the new Alpha Protocol
Alpha Protocol
Alpha Protocol is a third-person espionage role-playing video game, developed by Obsidian Entertainment, their first title for an original IP, and published by Sega. The game revolves around the adventures of field agent Michael Thorton...

video game.

In October 2007, Adrienne signed on as a producer of the short, indie film Seconds," which is a film about a woman's struggle with depression and self injury. Originally she was asked to star in the film, but due to other commitments, was unable to do so, which was when she joined the project as a producer because of her interest in the script and the story.

Among her various voice work, Adrienne also recently shot the ABC pilot Freshmen.

Adrienne is also known for her charity works which includes a focus on literacy
Literacy
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 programs, animal welfare
Animal welfare
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 and children. Her website hosts an annual charity auction each November which helps to support families dealing with medical expenses.

Filmography

Film & Television
Year Title Role Notes
1996 Return Tara/Girl
1996 Sweet Valley High
Sweet Valley High (TV series)
Sweet Valley High is an American comedy-drama series based on Francine Pascal's book series of the same name. The series ran from September 5, 1994 to October 14, 1997, and was produced by Saban Entertainment...

Tara Episode: "The Tooth Hurts, Doesn't It?"
1997 Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Saved by the Bell: The New Class is a spin-off of the Saved by the Bell series which ran from September 11, 1993 to January 8, 2000. The series lasted for seven seasons on NBC as a part of the network's TNBC Saturday morning line-up. It was the fourth incarnation of the franchise...

Sonya Episode: "Suddenly Ryan"
2000 Chicken Soup for the Soul Vikkie Episode: "The Right Thing"
2000 Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001....

Eve
Eve (Xena)
Eve | Livia is a fictional character created by Robert Tapert for the popular TV series Xena: Warrior Princess. She is portrayed by Adrienne Wilkinson...

2000–2001 (10 episodes)
2001 Undressed
Undressed
Undressed is an American anthology series that aired on MTV from July 26, 1999 to September 5, 2002. The series was created and executive produced by British director Roland Joffé.-Synopsis:...

Lois 4 episodes
2002 As If
As If
As If is a British comedy-drama series broadcast on Channel 4. There were 76 episodes across four series, the first broadcast on January 22, 2001 and the last on July 31, 2004.-Premise & Facts:...

Nikki 7 episodes
2002 Interceptor Force 2 Dawn DeSilvia TV movie
2003 Angel
Angel (TV series)
Angel is an American television series, a spin-off of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The series was created by Buffys creator, Joss Whedon, in collaboration with David Greenwalt, and first aired on October 5, 1999...

Flapper Episode: "Orpheus"
2003 Days of Our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...

Linda Browning 1 episode
2005 Pomegranate Commercial Actress
2005 Eyes
Eyes (TV series)
Eyes is an ABC television series starring Tim Daly as Harlan Judd. Eyes follows the firm of Judd Risk Management which uses marginally legal means to investigate individuals and crimes where law enforcement would fall short...

Melody Episode: "Wings"
2005 ER
ER (TV series)
ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...

Jessica Episode: "The Show Must Go On"
2005 Charmed
Charmed
Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...

Phoebe #2 Episode: "Still Charmed and Kicking"
2006 Yesterday's Dream Emily
2006 WalkAway Mystery Woman
2006 Expectation The Girl Next Door
2006 Going Up! Mary TV movie
2006 Lakeshore Drive Sally Stein
2008 Reflections Carol Anderson
2008 This Can't Be My Life Monica Episode: "The Pink Pages"
2011 Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)
-Production:At April 2005's Star Wars Celebration III, Lucas stated that "we are working on a 3-D continuation of the pilot series that was on the Cartoon Network; we probably won't start that project for another year." In July 2005, pre-production had begun on the series, according to Steve...

Daughter 3 episodes

Video games

Video games
Year Title Role Consoles
2003 Kill.switch
Kill.switch
Kill.Switch is a third-person shooter video game developed by Namco in 2003 for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows. A Game Boy Advance adaptation was released in 2004...

Duchess PS2, Xbox, PC
2004 Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Daphne
2004 EverQuest II
EverQuest II
EverQuest II is a 3D fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Sony Online Entertainment , based on EverQuest, and shipped on 8 November 2004...

Danielle Clothespinner / Andrea Dovesong / Breeza Harmet PC
2005 Dead to Rights II
Dead To Rights II
Dead to Rights II is a third-person shooter video game, developed by Widescreen Games and first published by Namco on April 12, 2005. It is a prequel to Dead to Rights. It begins with the story of Jack Slate and Shadow before the events of Dead to Rights...

Ruby PS2, PC, Xbox
2005 Neopets: The Darkest Faerie
Neopets: The Darkest Faerie
Neopets: The Darkest Faerie, released on November 15, 2005, is a single-player PlayStation 2 action-adventure game based on the popular Neopets universe.-Setting:...

Malice PS, PS2
2006 Saints Row
Saints Row
Saints Row is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ. It is the first title in the Saints Row series and is succeeded by Saints Row 2. A PlayStation 3 port was cancelled after protracted development time...

Samantha Xbox 360
2006 The Sopranos: Road to Respect
The Sopranos: Road to Respect
The Sopranos: Road to Respect is a 2006 video game based on the HBO series The Sopranos, which aired from January 10, 1999 to June 10, 2007...

Multiple Characters PS2
2007 Bratz 4 Real
Bratz 4 Real
Bratz: 4 Real is a video game of the Bratz franchise for the Nintendo DS and Windows/Macintosh. It is based on the Bratz: The Movie....

Meredith PC, Nintendo DS
2008 Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath is an expansion pack for the 2007 real-time strategy video game Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Developed by Electronic Arts Los Angeles and BreakAway Games studios, it was released on March 24, 2008 in the United States and on March 28, 2008 in Europe by...

Zone Raider PC, Xbox 360
2008 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is a multimedia project developed by LucasArts along with Dark Horse Comics, Lego, Hasbro, and Del Rey Books...

Maris Brood PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360, PC
2008 Saints Row 2
Saints Row 2
Saints Row 2 is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 systems. It is the second title in the Saints Row series, after the release of Saints Row in 2006. It is succeeded by Saints Row: The...

Sorority Girl / Stewardess / Hippy / Stripper PC, PS3, Xbox 360
2010 Alpha Protocol
Alpha Protocol
Alpha Protocol is a third-person espionage role-playing video game, developed by Obsidian Entertainment, their first title for an original IP, and published by Sega. The game revolves around the adventures of field agent Michael Thorton...

Mina Tang PC, PS3, Xbox 360
2011 Star Wars: The Old Republic
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Star Wars: The Old Republic, abbreviated as TOR or SWTOR, is an upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game based in the Star Wars universe. Currently in development by BioWare Austin and a supplemental team at BioWare Edmonton, the game was first announced on October 21, 2008, at an...

TBA PC

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations
Year Event Film Award Result
2008 Big Easy Shorts Festival Reflections Best Actress Won
2008 Beverly Hills Shorts Festival Reflections Best Actress Won
2008 Long Island International Film Expo Reflections Best Actress Honorable Mention
2008 Action on Film Festival Reflections Best Actress Nominee

External links

  • Official forum
  • Adrienne Wilkinson on Facebook
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  • Adrienne Wilkinson on Youtube
    YouTube
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