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Biography for
nicole eggert
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Chyler
eggert Potts wasnot even born when Duran Duran released Rio, but
that's not going to stop this youngster, who's stared in Not
Another Teen Movie and the hit Fox series That '80s Show, from
conquering the decade that spawned Pac-Man, Pop Rocks and Cindy
Lauper.
nicolewas born on April 10, 1982 in Charlotte, North Carolina. At
age 2 her family moved to Virginia Beach, Virginia She attended
Trantwood Elementary and Great Neck Middle School. Ten years later
her parents divorced and her mother moved nicoleand her brother
Christopher to Miami, Florida, while her father chose to stay in
Virginia.
In her new found home, Miami, nicoleattended Nautilus Middle
School and an unknown High School before dropping out to persue
her acting career. She joined up with a private acting coach
Sharon Lane and was soon represented by Lane Management. Very
soon, due to her great looks and dedication, she picked up
numerous modeling jobs and commericals. The most memorable being
for the world reknown beverage corporation Coca-Cola and then the
hamburger restaurant Wendy's.
1996 lead to her first big break in the offering of a co-hosting
spot on a syndicated talk show called "Hall Pass" which
lasted for two years and finally closed in 1996.
During the start of 1999, nicoleauditioned and won a role on the
WB series called "Safe Harbor". Little did she know but
her brother, Christopher Lee, additioned and won the role for her
opposite co-star. this may seem like a dream come true but the
unwittingly producers cast the siblings in the roles of teenage
love birds! This was easy enogh to do as both nicoleand
Christopher refrain from using there last name professionally and
they were both at the time living in seperate citys. Once the the
network executives found out: "They were like, 'Oh shit, now
we have to rewrite everything,'" eggert says laughing.
"My brother had been living in Los Angeles, and I was in
Miami, when we auditioned for the show. It was weird." This
dashed any hopes of getting the two characters together and their
parts and hour long show only aired from September 1999 - November
1999.
Following the imiment flop of "Safe Harbor", Chyler
became more popular and landed two lead roles in the pilot episode
series of "Saving Graces" and "Wilder Days".
Living up to her past success both series were rejected and not
picked up by a network and both series were over. Somewhere along
the way after this she moved to Los Angeles and also switched
management to The Gersh Agency.
nicolemanaged to advance her career further by being cast with
guest spots on the short lived M.Y.O.B, and the WB's top rated
series "7th Heaven". "7th Heaven" was the
movie where nicolefirst met her finace, actor Nathan West, as
they costarred as troubled teen parents Frankie & Johnny. In
this show the pair had to overcome various obstacles like being
alienated from their own parents for having a child so young,
drugs, alcohol, and spousal abuse. The story ended withthe unusual
twist when Frankie (Chyler) leaved her child with Johnny (Nathan)
and took off to Vegas with her drug dealer.
nicolefinaly got here biggest break yet in the the lead role, The
Pretty Ugly Girl - Janey Briggs, in the highly rated takeoff movie
"Not Another Teen Movie". nicoleoriginally auditioned
for the small role as "Amanda Becker - The Perfect Girl"
but secretly wanted the more indepth character that she finally
was casted at. However, she says "My manager told me, 'Don't
get your hopes up, they're probably going to want someone with a
bigger name than you.' So I went in and the director looked at me
and goes, 'You know what? I want to give you Janey.'"
She followed the previous movies success and was casted in the
lead role of Tuesday (rebel punk rock chick), on the the Fox
spinoff series "That 80's Show". Once again she
auditioned for a different role ("Sophia") but when
executive producer Terry Turner met eggert, he had an inspiration -
"We had her read for the part of Tuesday. After the audition,
we said, 'Wow!' She's perfect.' "
The only surprise for nicolewas that she was going to be sporting
a mohawk for the series. "It's a pretty painful process. They
color it -- make it darker -- and then they basically tease it at
the bottom and put about 9 pounds of hair spray on it. I have to
keep the hair short enough so it doesn't fall over when they spike
it up." And did the new 'do stay? "She'll be spiked in
every show," said Turner. The end finally came for the series
when Fox pulled the plug after the original 13 episodes aired.
nicolewsigned on to star in the new David E. Kelley series
"Girls Club" the same day her other series was cancelled
and won the part of Sarah Mickle (one of the three main
characters). Fox let Mr. Kelley loot the cast of "That 80's
Show" as both nicoleand Eddie Shin stared in the new show.
Girls club is a series about lawyers. However, this one is nothing
like Ally McBeal. The other characters included Gretchen Mol and
Kathleen Robertson who work well as Chylers young lawyer
counterparts. The meat of the show lies in the relationships
between the characters: love/hate relationships, "real"
people, and the idea that neat and tidy endings are rarely
possible. Much like "Boston Public".
After two airings however, Fox has returned its verdict on its
legal drama "Girls Club," and the news was not good as
thhe network canceled the heavily promoted show after it posted a
significant decline from its already weak premiere episode.
That first showing finished fifth in its time slot, according to
Nielsen Media Research, and was 82nd for the week out of 131 total
rated programs.
The second episode was down 16 percent in total viewers from the
first show and down 16 percent in the ratings among audiences aged
18 to 49, a key demographic for advertisers.
The show was dogged by negative reviews and largely failed to draw
young women, its target audience.
With no new roles being shown it may look gloomy for a while but
with her great looks, dedication and acting ability it's obvious
that we will be hearing lots more out of nicole eggert over the
next few years!
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