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Andrea Thompson (born on January 6, 1960Andrea Thompson is an American actress, best known for her roles on the television series .

Born in Dayton, Ohio, Thompson spent much of her childhood in Australia, returning to the United States to pursue an acting and modeling career. Her first significant film role was in the 1987 film co-star Jerry Doyle in 1995, shortly before leaving the series at the end of its second season; they had one son, Alec Doyle, but divorced in 1997. Thompson moved on to appear as "Detective Jill Kirkendall" on three seasons of crime drama , leaving in 2000 to pursue a career in journalism.

After working for only a year as a reporter and backup anchor on CBS affiliate KRQE in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Thompson was scouted and hired by CNN as an evening anchor for in August of 2001. Her first words on-screen as anchor were "Hi, I'm Andrea Thompson, and unless you've been living in a cave, you probably already know that." She left the network only a few months later, in March of 2002. [1] She stated at the time of her departure that she had grown bored with the nightly news routine.

After leaving CNN, she went to work for Court TV introducing episodes of NYPD Blue and Forensic Files, as well as narrating the documentary series "The System". [2]

More recently, Thompson had a recurring guest role on the third season of