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Janine Turner (born Janine Gauntt on December 6, 1962) is an American actress, best known for her starring role on General Hospital from 1982 to 1983 and the prime time television show Northern Exposure from 1990 to 1995. She is also known for her role as Dr. Dana Stowe on the 2000-2002 Lifetime original series, Strong Medicine.

She was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, and raised in Euless, Texas. At the age of 15, she left home to pursue a modeling career with the Wilhelmina Modeling Agency. She began her acting career in 1980, at the age of 18, in an episode of Dallas. She continued to make guest appearances on popular television shows throughout the 1980s until landing the important role of Maggie O'Connell on Northern Exposure in 1990. She appeared In Music Video Ricochet By David Bowie

After her breakthrough in Northern Exposure, she appeared in the big budget action film Cliffhanger starring Sylvester Stallone. In 2004, she wrote and directed Trip in a Summer Dress, a film about a strong-willed mother and her children. She has worked with actor and director Mike Norris in a number of recent projects.

In 2006, she appeared in a low budget film filmed in Dallas, The Night of the White Pants.

In 1983, she became engaged to Alec Baldwin, but the two never made it to the altar. She lives on a ranch outside of Dallas, Texas with her daughter Juliette (born November 22, 1997).

Janine declared herself as a Republican on a special tenth-anniversary episode of Hannity & Colmes filmed live in Dallas on September 22, 2006. On that show, she sat beside Sean Hannity as he referred to her former fiance, Alec Baldwin as "That idiot".

• The Night of the White Pants (2006)
• Trip in a Summer Dress (2004).
• Dr. T & the Women (2000).
• Strong Medicine (2000) (TV series) (2000–2002)
• Leave It to Beaver (1997)
• Cliffhanger (1993)
• Northern Exposure as (Maggie O'Connell)(1990) (TV series)
• Steel Magnolias (1989)
• Tai Pan (1986)
• Another World (1984) (TV series) (1986–1987)
• General Hospital (1983) (TV series) (1982–1983)

• Official Janine Turner Web Site
• Janine Turner at the Internet Movie Database
• Janine Turner at All Music Guide