Emily Procter's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) CSI: Miami Calleigh Du…

Main Movie Roles 2006 - Big Momma's House 2 1999 - Body Shots 1999 - The Big Tease 1997 - Breast Men 1997 - Family Plan 1996 - Jerry Maguire 1995 - Leaving Las Vegas

BIOGRAPHY:

Emily Procter is a native of Raleigh, N.C. who attended East Carolina University. "I tried to get in the theatre department", she says, "but it was full." After graduation, however, she moved to Los Angeles and landed a number of small roles in films such as Jerry Maguire (1996). "Then I got the chance to audition for "The West Wing" (1999) and I got the part", she says.


TRIVIA:

• Does regular volunteer work at All Saints' Episcopal Church soup kitchen in Beverly Hills.
• Before she became an actress, she was a weather reporter for a local TV station. She was promoted to crime reporter, but left soon afterwards because the work was "too gory".
• Was chosen for a Distinguished Alumni Award by her high school, Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2006.
• Majored in journalism at University
• Loves construction, might have been an interior decorator.
• Her father, William, was a general practitioner. Her mother, Barbara, was a volunteer. They divorced when Emily was 2.
• Fronts her own 80s cover band called, "White Lighten."
• Has a brother named Whit.