Azura Skye Explained

Birthname:Azura Dawn Storozynski
Birth Date:1981 11, mf=yes
Birth Place:Northridge, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1985–present
Relatives:Brad Johnson (grandfather)

Azura Dawn Storozynski (born November 8, 1981), known professionally as Azura Skye, is an American actress who first gained recognition for her role as Jane on The WB television sitcom Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane. She also had a 2-episode role as Cassie Newton in the seventh season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Early life

Skye was born in her grandmother's home in Northridge, California. Her parents being amateur gemologists, named her after azurite, a semi-precious mineral. Azure is a color often associated with the sky; thus the middle name "Dawn" and the stage name "Azura Skye". Being from a show business family, she started her career as a stage actress at the age of three and toured Europe with the Santa Monica Playhouse theatre group at the age of eleven. She received her education at the Brentwood School.[1]

Her grandfather, Brad Johnson, who died before her birth, was an actor known for his role as deputy sheriff Lofty Craig in the Western series, Annie Oakley (1954–1957), as well as a real estate developer in Los Angeles.[2]

Career

Skye made her first television appearance on the show Total Security in 1997. Then she played a couple of smaller parts on Touched by an Angel and Chicago Hope, and made appearances in a number of television movies before she was cast for the role as "Jane" in Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane in 1999. Zoe..., as the show was renamed for the second season, was a short-lived (two seasons) sitcom about four teenagers – Skye's character being one of them. In 2000, the same year that Zoe... ended, Skye's first major movie production premiered. In 28 Days, she starred alongside Sandra Bullock and Viggo Mortensen.[3]

Two years later, in 2002, Skye appeared in two episodes of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In the episode "Help" she plays Cassie Newton, a teen girl at Sunnydale High who possesses the power of precognition and who foresees her own death, and whom Buffy tries to help. In the episode "Conversations with Dead People", she plays an incarnation of the First Evil, impersonating a ghost of Cassie, who attempts to persuade Willow to commit suicide by pretending to bring a message from her dead girlfriend Tara.

Also in 2002, she appeared in Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister alongside Matthew Goode and Stockard Channing.

During this time she also appeared in other projects, doing smaller parts. She has played Susie Keaton in four episodes of and has made guest appearances in shows such as Smallville and Judging Amy. Skye has also played parts in movies like Bandits (with Bruce Willis and Cate Blanchett), The Salton Sea (with Val Kilmer) and Red Dragon (with Anthony Hopkins).[3]

Skye appeared as Ruby Bates in the 2006 drama Heavens Fall. In 2007, she starred as Sara in 20 Years After and Casey Cola in What We Do Is Secret. In 2008, she had a major part in the American remake of the Japanese horror movie One Missed Call, which was released in the US on January 4, 2008.[3]

Her most recent television appearances include the voice of Veronica in an episode of American Dad!, fall 2007 episodes of House M.D., Bones and Ghost Whisperer, a 2009 episode of The Mentalist, and Fiona in .[3]

Filmography

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1999EDtvInterview Teenager
1999DementiaVeronica
200028 DaysAndrea
2001Buck Naked ArsonJaney
2001Town & CountrySpider
2001BanditsCheri
2002Confessions of an Ugly StepsisterIris
2002Teresa
2002Red DragonBookseller
2003CarolinaGeorgia Mirabeau
2005May
2005Sexual LifeLorna
2005Why Don't You Dance?Short film
2005Laying Down ArmsJanetShort film
2006Tania
2006Love and DebateNina
2006Heavens FallRuby Bates
2007What We Do Is SecretCasey Cola
2007God's BeachLydiaShort film
2008One Missed CallLeann Cole
200820 Years AfterSarah
2009Two Other DreamsGalenShort film
2012Least Among SaintsMay
2015Take Me to the RiverRuth
2018Alien CodeBeth
2020The SwerveHolly
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1997Total SecurityEpisode: "A Man for Half a Season"
1997Touched by an AngelChinaEpisode: "Children of the Night"
1997Chicago HopeCashierEpisode: "Brain Salad Surgery"
1997AloneJocelynTelevision film
1998Cab to CanadaJet (Runaway)Television film
1999–2000Zoe, Duncan, Jack and JaneJane Cooper24 episodes
2000Batman BeyondDeanna ClayVoice, episode: "Inqueling"
2001Gideon's CrossingHaleyEpisode: "The Crash"
2002SmallvilleAmy PalmerEpisode: "Shimmer"
2002Confessions of an Ugly StepsisterIris FisherTelevision film
2002John DoeKarenEpisode: "Unaired Pilot"
2002Judging AmyRhonda PettyEpisode: "Lost in the System"
2002Buffy the Vampire SlayerCassie Newton2 episodes
2003Expert WitnessTelevision film
2003AmberEpisode: "Homewrecker's Ball"
2003–2005Susie Barnam Keaton4 episodes
2005MissingMarissaEpisode: "Have You Seen This Man?"
2006, 2011American Dad!Veronica, CookieVoice, 2 episodes
2006–2007Skyler8 episodes
2007Mr. and Mrs. SmithJEpisode: "Pilot"
2007HouseIreneEpisode: "Guardian Angels"
2007BonesAmber KipplerEpisode: "Mummy in the Maze"
2007Ghost WhispererSophie OwensEpisode: "Double Exposure"
2009Tamzin Dove / Sarah JonesEpisode: "Red Rum"
2009HawthorneMary BarthEpisode: "Yielding"
2010Cold CaseClaire Shepard (1998)Episode: "Bullet"
2011Fiona4 episodes
2012GrimmRobin SteinkellnerEpisode: "The Thing with Feathers"
2014Working the EngelsSandy Engel-Karinsky12 episodes
2017GirlsSharva PontemucciEpisode: “Full Disclosure”
2018–2021RiverdaleDarla4 episodes
2018SpeechlessMaryEpisode: "Celebrity Suite"
2019StumptownStephanie HoustonEpisode: "Rip City Dicks"
2019–2020CharmedHelen McGaintry2 episodes
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2011Ashara Zavros[4]
2013Dr. Hilary Massar[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lycos Movies . 2007-02-11 . Biography on Azura Skye . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071017123805/http://entertainment.lycos.com/movies/celeb_bio.php?id=15062 . 2007-10-17 .
  2. Web site: Gus Thomson . Brad Johnson is Auburn's best-known actor you've never heard of . Auburn Journal . 2010-07-22 . 2010-08-15.
  3. Web site: Azura Skye on Internet Movie Database. . 2007-02-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20070212140931/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005439/. 12 February 2007 . live.
  4. 2011-12-20 . . . . closing credits, 9:50 in, English Cast .
  5. 2013-11-15 . . . .