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| This charismatic, red-haired TV performer with a clean prettiness gained notoriety as Sydney, the heart and soullessness of Fox's youth-oriented primetime soap "Melrose Place". The role was intended to be just a two-episode job but Laura Leighton turned it into a career-transforming showcase. From the time of her debut in January 1993 until she left the series at the end of the 1996-97 season, Sydney evolved from the younger sister with a case of sibling rivalry (and ribaldry) into a major nocturnal diva. Leighton gave her character, a sometimes hooker-coke head turned madam who blackmailed and married her sister's ex-husband, expressive facial movements, fiery intensity, and a surprising likable quality. Despite all her misdeeds, Sydney invariably became sympathetic when the show's treacherous tide turned against her. Leighton has turned her abilities to a handful of other TV appearances, mostly on award shows, but also in two TV-movies: "The Other Woman" (CBS, 1995) and "In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy" (Fox, 1995). |
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