Short Biography

Rebecca Andrea Thompson is an American actress, best known for her roles on the television series Falcon Crest, Babylon 5, JAG and NYPD Blue. Thompson`s first significant film role was in the 1987 film Wall Street. In 1989 she was cast on the soap opera Falcon Crest as the scheming Genele Ericson during the show`s final season and in 1993 on the science fiction television series Babylon 5 as telepath Talia Winters. Thompson left the series at the end of its second season. Thompson moved on to join the cast of JAG mid season as Commander Alison Krennick, as the aide to the head of the US Navy`s Judge Advocate General`s Corps. She was among several actors who left the show when it was canceled by NBC after one season before CBS picked it up. She then went on to play Detective Jill Kirkendall on three seasons of crime drama NYPD Blue, leaving in April 2000 to pursue a career in journalism. Thompson began work with CBS affiliate KRQE in Albuquerque, New Mexico as a general assignment correspondent for $26,000 per year. Thompson joined CNN Headline News as an evening anchor in June 2001. CNN had laid off 400 of 4000 employees in January, and was refocusing on personalities to draw in a younger crowd. Thompson had a recurring guest role on the third season of 24, beginning November 2003.

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