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Josie Bissett
Born	Jolyn Christine Heutmaker October 5, 1970 (1970-10-05) (age 39) Seattle, Washington
Spouse(s)	Rob Estes (1992-2006)
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Josie Bissett (October 5, 1970) is an American actress best known for her role as Jane Mancini on FOX-TV's Melrose Place.

Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Filmography 3.1 Film 3.2 Television 4 References 5 External links

Career

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.^{citation needed}

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 2003 appearance on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2008, she began a recurring role 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 28 June 2008.¹

She 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.

Bissett has hosted television shows on the topic of parenting, including Parenting & Beyond., which offered parents creative solutions to everyday problems. She also hosted the PBS educational special, Teach More, Love More, which follows four families, each with a child in a stage of early childhood development.²

She has appeared on several magazine covers, including TV Guide, Rolling Stone³, Entertainment Weekly, Shape's Fit Pregnancy and New Woman.⁴

Bissett has been the face of several national commercial campaigns, including Neutrogena's skin care line, Dr. Scholl's Pedicure Essentials, and Murad Skin Care.⁵

Bissett has co-edited two books, Little Bits Of Wisdom and Making Memories, which compile parenting stories and advice from parents around the world. She also authored a children's book, Tickle Monster, released in April 2008.⁶

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. ⁷

Personal life

Bissett and Rob Estes were married in 1992, and divorced in 2006 after more than 13 years of marriage, Estes, 42, told Entertainment Tonight Bissett, 34, had "decided to move on to greener pastures."[1] They had two children together - Mason Tru (born 21 July 1999) and Maya Rose (born 14 April 2002). She currently resides in Seattle.⁸

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Fear In The Dark	Daniela Foster	Film Debut
	Hitcher In The Dark	Tiffany	Supporting Role
1990	Book of Love	Sophie Armstrong	First Main Role
	No Going Back	Steph	Supporting Role
1991	The Doors	Casey Scott	Main Role
	I Posed for Playboy	Claire	Main Role
1992	Halfway House	Debbera "Debbie" Sutherland	Main Role
	Lies, Or Things That Arnt True	Cindy Kunningham	Supporting Role
	Secrets	Gabby Smith	Supporting Role
	Mikey	Jesse Owens	Main Role
1993	All American Murder	Tally Fuller	Main Role
1994	Deadly Vows	Bobby Gilbert Weston	Main Role
1995	Hot and Steamy	Leanne	Supporting Role
1996	Dare To Love	Jessica Wells	Main Role
1998	Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear	Ann Lenz	Main Role
2000	Man-Child	Donna Goodwhin
2005	I Do They Dont	Carrie Lewalyon	Main Role
	The Other Woman	Haylie	Supporting Role
	Hollywood	Herself	Cameo
	Call off The Doggs	Tammy Crustrissna	Supporting Role
	Gimmie The Truith	Holly	Main Role
	The Facts	Lynnette America	Main Role
2006	Obituary	Denise Wilcox	Main Role

Television

Year	Title	Role	No. Episodes	Season
1989-1990	Doogie Howser	Crista Benson	10 Episodes	1
1990	Quantum Leap	Becky	1 Episode	3
1990-1992	The Hogan Family	Nikki Black	44 Episodes	2-3
1990-1992	Valerie	Cara	40 Episodes	1-2
1991	Parker Lewis Can't Lose	Sarah	2 Episodes	1
1992	P.S. I Luv U	Dianne Peters	4 Episodes	2
1992	Burkes Law	Connie O'neal	1 Episode	7
1992-1997, 1998-1999	Melrose Place	Jane Andrews-Mancini	172 Episodes	1-5, 7
2003	Law and Order: SVU	Jennifer Fulton	1 Episode	5
2008-	The Secret Life of the American Teenager	Kathleen Bowman	22 Episodes	1-
2008-	Joy Fielding's The other woman	Jill Plumley
2009-	Melrose Place	Jane Andrews

References

External links

• Josie Bissett at the Internet Movie Database
• Josie Bissett at Allmovie
• Josie Bissett at Yahoo! Movies
• Josie Bissett Official Website
• Tickle Monster Book and Mitts Website