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KRISTANNA LOKEN BIOGRAPHY |
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A tall, attractive blonde who traded the
catwalks for the klieg lights, Kristanna Loken honed her craft
in a series of TV appearances before landing what undoubtedly
would be her breakthrough, the futuristic female robot that
takes on Arnold Schwarzenegger in the long-awaited sequel "Terminator
3: Rise of the Machines" (2003). Of Norwegian descent, this
daughter of a farmer (who also writes) and a former model ended
up following in her mother's stead when as a teenager she
entered the Elite "Look of the Year" contest in Ibiza, Spain and
placed third. Casting agents soon noticed her and she was hired
to play the troubled teen Dani Andropolous on CBS' long-running
"As the World Turns" in 1994. Although she did not catch on with
viewers and was replaced by Ashley Williams in the part, Loken
soon moved to primetime making guest appearances on hit shows
like Fox's "New York Undercover", NBC's "Law & Order" and ABC's
"Boy Meets World".
In 1996, the actress deployed her sultry screen persona in the
recurring role of Sable O'Brien on "Unhappily Ever After" (The
WB). The following season, Loken starred as the formerly
estranged daughter of a commander charged with training military
pilots in the syndicated show "Pensacola: Wings of Gold". Loken
segued to more action-related fare portraying the athletic thief
Taja, who has partnered with a monk and an ex-soldier to battle
a variety of villains in "Mortal Combat: Conquest" (syndicated
1998). Shifting gears, she was cast as an ambitious cable news
producer sharing a Georgetown home with her African-American
boyfriend, a womanizing lobbyist, a legislative aide and his
free-spirited sister on the short-lived drama "D.C." (The WB,
2000). While she had more or less found steady employment in a
career that isn't noted for its job security, Loken hadn't
really risen above anything more than a cult figure. All that
changed for her when director Jonathan Mostow tapped her to
portray TX, a female terminator out to wreak havoc in the highly
anticipated, high profile "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. |
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