Josie Bissett interview with eNews

Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by baotram in Actors

Josie Bissett interview with eNews regarding Melrose Place reunion, Tickle Monster book, and The Secret Life of an American Teenager.

About Josie Bissett

Josie Bissett (October 5, 1970) is an American actress best known for her role as Jane Mancini on FOX-TV’s Melrose Place. Bissett, a native of Seattle, Washington, began her career in front of the camera at the age of 12 as a model in print advertisements and television commercials. At 16, she left home and moved to Japan to further her career, and at 17 headed to Hollywood to make her mark.

Josie Bissett soon landed the role of Cara on The Hogan Family, where she spent two seasons. Within two years of her arrival in Los Angeles, she was cast on Melrose Place. She has made appearances in such projects as the ABC movies The Fire Above and Dare to Love, the FOX telefilm Deadly Vows and the USA cable film Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear. She most recently starred in the ABC Family Channel original telefilm I Do, They Don’t, a romantic comedy about blending two families into one. She has also made numerous guest-starring appearances, such as a 2004 appearance on NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2008 she guest-starred for 10 episodes on the ABC Family TV series, The Secret Life of the American Teenager. She starred in the Lifetime Television original film The Other Woman, based on the Joy Fielding novel and directed by Jason Priestley. It debuted on June 28, 2008.

Josie Bissett made her big-screen film debut in Oliver Stone’s The Doors, as the wife of Doors’ guitarist Robby Krieger. Her subsequent films include the coming-of-age comedy Book of Love and the psychological thriller Mikey.

She has appeared on several magazine covers, including TV Guide, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Shape’s Fit Pregnancy and New Woman. Bissett has also been the face of several national commercial campaigns, including Neutrogena’s skin care line, Dr. Scholl’s Pedicure Essentials, and Murad Skin Care. She also authored a children’s book, Tickle Monster, released in April 2008.

On June 18, 2009, People.com reported that Bissett would appear as a guest star in the 2009 series Melrose Place, reprising her role as Jane Andrews-Mancini.