Misplaced Pages

Paula Trickey

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
American actress (born 1966)
Paula Trickey
Trickey in 2016
BornPaula Sue Trickey
(1966-03-27) March 27, 1966 (age 58)
Amarillo, Texas, United States
OccupationActress
Years active1988–present
Known for
Spouse Rich Thurber ​ ​(m. 1996; div. 2010)
Children1

Paula Trickey (born March 27, 1966) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Cory McNamara on the USA Network series Pacific Blue (1996–2000), and for her roles in a number of television films.

Early life

This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately.
Find sources: "Paula Trickey" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Trickey was born in Amarillo, Texas to Virginia (Demorest) and Harold Trickey, and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she attended East Central High School.

While in high school, she appeared in local television commercials and began competing in pageants. In 1985, she was crowned Miss Oklahoma in the All-American Teen Pageant (a Miss USA production) only to lose in the finals to an unknown Halle Berry.

Career

This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately.
Find sources: "Paula Trickey" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Following high school Trickey moved to Dallas where she studied acting and worked in commercials and local film productions. She moved to Los Angeles in 1986.

Trickey is known for her role on the USA Network series Pacific Blue between 1996 and 2000, where she starred as Officer/Sgt. Cory McNamara. She has made guest appearances on many TV shows, including Beverly Hills, 90210, Baywatch, Renegade, Sliders, Walker, Texas Ranger, and One Tree Hill.

She appeared on the third and fourth seasons of The O.C., playing the mother of Harbor School socialite Taylor Townsend. She's acted as the lead in several Lifetime, LMN and Hallmark movies and is moving into producing as well. She hosts and produces several celebrity golf charity events and music events for charity.

Personal life

She is divorced, with one daughter.

She has adopted three dogs from Puppy Haven Rescue in Tulsa, OK from 2023-2024

Select filmography

  • Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
  • Beverly Hills, 90210 (1992–1993) (TV)
  • Renegade (1993-1994) (TV)
  • A Kiss Goodnight (1994) (TV movie)
  • Pacific Blue (1996–2000) (TV) (main role)
  • The Base (1999) (direct-to-video)
  • Walker, Texas Ranger (2000) (TV) - DEA Agent Leslie Clarkson
  • A Carol Christmas (2003) (TV movie)
  • One Tree Hill (2004) (TV)
  • McBride: Murder Past Midnight (2005) (TV movie)
  • Gone But Not Forgotten (2005) (direct-to-video)
  • Past Tense (2006) (TV movies)
  • The O.C. (2006–2007) (TV)
  • Til Lies Do Us Part (2007) (TV movie)
  • Locked Away (2010) (TV movie; aka. Maternal Obsession)
  • The Cheating Pact (2013) (TV movie)
  • Betrayed at 17 (2014) (TV movie)
  • Crimes of the Mind (2015)
  • Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015)
  • Bridal Bootcamp (2016) (TV movie)
  • Running Away (2017) (TV movie)

References

  1. "A Biography of Paula Trickey". paulatrickey.com. Archived from the original on 2010-06-29. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
  2. John Wooley, "Paula Trickey Featured on `Santa Barbara': Former Tulsan Stars on TV, Video, Movies", Tulsa World, April 5, 1992.
  3. John Wooley, "True Blue", Tulsa World, August 22, 1997.

External links


Stub icon

This article about a United States film and television actor born in the 1960s is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: