Karri Turner

Karri Turner
Turner at the American Freedom Festival
Born	Karri Kathleen Turner (1966-12-21)December 21, 1966 Fort Worth,Texas,U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–present

Karri Kathleen Turner(born December 21, 1966) is an Americantelevisionactress who is best known for playingLieutenant Harriet Simsin the television seriesJAG(1997–2005).

Biography

Turner was born inFort Worth, Texasand raised inBentonville, Arkansas.She originally considered a Drama/Tele/Film degree atOklahoma'sOral Roberts Universitybefore committing entirely to acting and moving to southernCaliforniato attend theAmerican Academy of Dramatic Arts.At one time, she was a member ofThe Groundlings,a Californiaimprovisational comedytroupe.

Her recent film credits includeGet SmartandAn American Carol.She has had extensive stage experience in such plays asGodspellandCharley's Aunt,and appeared in 2003 as Susan in the award-winning comic shortThe Date.She has also had recurring roles inCaroline in the City,The X-FilesandSouth Park.

She accompanied comediansKathy GriffinandMichael McDonaldtoIraqto perform for troops serving for the United States stationed there, a performance broadcast as part of Griffin's seriesMy Life on the D-Listand has completed 13USOtours as of 2012, as well as work for other groups such as the young challenge program Nation Guard,American Freedom Foundationand five tours withStars for Stripes.

In January 2020 it was revealed that Turner would return to her acting career with an appearance in theNCISepisode "In the Wind", as "Micki Kaydar".

Partial filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Who's the Caboose?	Wendi
2008	Get Smart	Mom in Minivan
2008	An American Carol	Lab Tech 2
2009	Hurricane in the Rose Garden	Ashley

Television

Live-action

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Wild Oats	Tanya Kavasi	2 episodes
1997	Suddenly Susan	Marcy	Episode: "Love and Divorce American Style: Part 2"
1996–1997	Caroline in the City	Honey Potts	2 episodes
1997	The X-Files	Tara Scully	2 episodes
1997–2005	JAG	Lt. Harriet Sims	Recurring role, 112 episodes
2006	Heroes	Lisa	2 episodes
2020–2021	NCIS	Micki Kaydar	2 episodes

Animated

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	South Park	Wendy Testaburger/Liane Cartman/ Veronica Crabtree	Episode: "Unaired pilot"
1997	South Park	Kathie Lee Gifford	Episode: "Weight Gain 4000"

Video game

Year	Title	Role
1996	Soviet Strike	Delilah (voice)

External links

• Karri TurneratIMDb