Josie Bissett

Actress

Birthday October 5, 1970

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Age 53 years old

Nationality United States

Height 1.7 m

#20256 Most Popular

1970

Jolyn Christine Heutmaker (born October 5, 1970), known professionally as Josie Bissett, is an American actress.

1989

Bissett's acting debut was in the 1989 Italian-American produced horror film Hitcher in the Dark. By that time, she had adopted her mother's maiden name as her stage name, after her original surname Heutmaker was found too difficult for agents to pronounce.

1990

In early 1990, Bissett played a recurring role on the sitcom The Hogan Family for two seasons.

1991

Bissett's feature film debut was in 1991, in Oliver Stone's The Doors, as the girlfriend 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 series 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.

The second wife, Tammy Petrin, was gunned down along with a co-worker at a Burger King in Woonsocket, Rhode Island in 1991.

Angel Luis Valentin-Ramos, 38, of Framingham was arrested about 4 p.m. Sunday near the Ted Williams Tunnel in Boston.

1992

She is known for her role as Jane Mancini on the television series Melrose Place (1992–1999), and for her television film appearances over the past three decades.

A native of Seattle, Washington, Bissett began her career in front of the camera at the age of 12 as a model in print advertisements and television commercials.

In 1992, she was cast as fashion designer Jane Andrews-Mancini on the prime time soap opera Melrose Place.

In 1992, Bissett married actor Rob Estes, who also starred on Melrose Place.

The couple have two children together.

1994

Bissett played Bobbi Gilbert (Tammy Petrin) in the 1994 television movie called Deadly Vows.

1996

Bissett remained with the series for five-and-a-half seasons until halfway through the 1996–97 season when she suffered a real-life miscarriage.

1997

She has also been the spokesperson of the 1997 Lee National Denim Day with the Lee Company.

This was to help raise money for the fight against breast cancer and for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

She has co-edited two books, Little Bits Of Wisdom and Making Memories, which compile parenting stories and advice from parents around the world.

1998

She then took some time off from the series, but returned to the show in 1998 for its final season.

Ronald Harnois, a convicted bigamist serving a 20-year sentence for trying to kill his first wife with a car bomb, was charged in 1998 with the murder-for-hire of Petrin and her Burger King co-worker.

Harnois was convicted in the murder of Petrin as well.

He is now serving three life sentences for Petrin's murder on top of the 20-year sentence he got for attempting to kill his second wife.

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

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.

2003

She has also made numerous guest-starring appearances, such as a 2003 appearance on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

2006

They announced their plans to divorce in January 2006.

Bissett resides in Seattle.

2008

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 novel by Joy Fielding and directed by Jason Priestley.

It debuted on June 28, 2008.

She also authored a children's book, Tickle Monster, released in April 2008.

2009

In 2009–10, Bissett made guest appearances in two episodes of The CW's updated version of Melrose Place, reprising her role as Jane Andrews-Mancini.

She has made appearances in such projects as the telefilms The Fire Above and Dare to Love on ABC, Deadly Vows on FOX, Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear on USA, and I Do, They Don't on ABC Family.

2017

She married Thomas Doig on July 4, 2017.