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 American television actress who is best known for playing Lieutenant Harriet Sims in the television series JAG (1997–2005).

Biography

Turner was born in Fort Worth, Texas and raised in Bentonville, Arkansas. She originally considered a Drama/Tele/Film degree at Oklahoma's Oral Roberts University before committing entirely to acting and moving to southern California to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. At one time, she was a member of The Groundlings, a California improvisational comedy troupe.

Her recent film credits include Get Smart and An American Carol. She has had extensive stage experience in such plays as Godspell and Charley's Aunt, and appeared in 2003 as Susan in the award-winning comic short The Date. She has also had recurring roles in Caroline in the City, The X-Files and South Park.

She accompanied comedians Kathy Griffin and Michael McDonald to Iraq to perform for troops serving for the United States stationed there, a performance broadcast as part of Griffin's series My Life on the D-List and has completed 13 USO tours as of 2012, as well as work for other groups such as the young challenge program Nation Guard, American Freedom Foundation and five tours with Stars for Stripes.

In January 2020 it was revealed that Turner would return to her acting career with an appearance in the NCIS episode "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 Turner at IMDb