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Lindsay Pulsipher is an American actress. She has had several roles in film and television, and is known for her recurring role as Rose Lawrence on A&E Network's The Beast (2009). She is a newcomer to the third season of HBO's True Blood (2010), playing Crystal Norris.
Childhood
Lindsay Pulsipher grew up snowboarding, painting, and playing music in Salt Lake City, Utah and was inspired to be an actor by her mother, a theater actress. As she puts it, “I used to make either my little sister or my best friend act out these plays with me. I was doing that from the time I can remember. It was always something I enjoyed doing.” She was influenced by Julie Christie and Audrey Hepburn who showed her “a whole new world as far as acting goes.”
Pulsipher's parents were Latter-day Saints but in her own words, "I went to church as a kid. I quit going fairly early, so I'm not Mormon anymore".
Early career
After landing several roles from 2000 to 2003 in the television series, Touched by an Angel, filmed in her hometown of Salt Lake City, Utah, and after starring in two feature films (a family film entitled Jumping for Joy and an independent coming-of-age drama starring Academy Award nominee Karen Black entitled Summer Solstice), Lindsay Pulsipher moved to Los Angeles to pursure a lifelong dream of a career in acting. She gained several guest starring roles in popular television series including House, M.D., CSI: NY (Crime Scene Investigation: New York), and NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and eventually landed a regular role with Patrick Swayze on The Beast (2009). This led to the role of Crystal Norris, beginning in the third season of the HBO series True Blood (2010).
Quotes
“...I’m a very visual person. When I’m reading a script or if I’m preparing for a scene I really like to create the story in a visual sense. I take myself out of the character completely and almost watch the character as a spectator, if that makes sense. I’m observing the character as a third person. So I don’t make it too personal so that she’s her own person. I read it like I do a novel. When you read a book you create this image in your head of what these people are doing and the story in your head is more of a visual thing. I guess that I do that with scripts, too. I almost look at it as a spectator as opposed to being right in it. I know that sounds cheesy but then I feel like I can then learn from watching it if that makes sense.”
Filmography
Film
2002 Jumping for Joy Bobbie Dean from Visiplex Family Entertainment
2003 Summer Solstice Micki Available on Netflix and Singa Home
Entertainment
2010 Do Not Disturb Brenda "Rocketman" segment
2010 The Story of Bonnie and Clyde Cousin Mary In Pre-Production
Television
2001 Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family Alison Denny 1 episode, "The River", USA Network
2000-2003 Touched by an Angel 4 separate roles 4 episodes: "Buy Me a Rose", "The Grudge", "Heaven's Portal", "Song for my Father"
2005 House, M.D. Teammate #1 1 episode, "Kids"
2006 Masters of Horror Tara 1 episode, "The Fair Haired Child"
2007 CSI: NY (Crime Scene Investigation: New York) Cheryl Miller / Venus 1 episode, "Down the Rabbit Hole"
2008 Eleventh Hour Kelly Frost 1 episode, "Resurrection"
2009 The Beast Rose Lawrence 13 episodes
2009 NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service Tina Ellis 1 episode, "Faith"
2010 True Blood Crystal Norris 7 episodes
2010 FlashForward Teenage Charlie Benford 1 episodes, "Future Shock"
Childhood
Lindsay Pulsipher grew up snowboarding, painting, and playing music in Salt Lake City, Utah and was inspired to be an actor by her mother, a theater actress. As she puts it, “I used to make either my little sister or my best friend act out these plays with me. I was doing that from the time I can remember. It was always something I enjoyed doing.” She was influenced by Julie Christie and Audrey Hepburn who showed her “a whole new world as far as acting goes.”
Pulsipher's parents were Latter-day Saints but in her own words, "I went to church as a kid. I quit going fairly early, so I'm not Mormon anymore".
Early career
After landing several roles from 2000 to 2003 in the television series, Touched by an Angel, filmed in her hometown of Salt Lake City, Utah, and after starring in two feature films (a family film entitled Jumping for Joy and an independent coming-of-age drama starring Academy Award nominee Karen Black entitled Summer Solstice), Lindsay Pulsipher moved to Los Angeles to pursure a lifelong dream of a career in acting. She gained several guest starring roles in popular television series including House, M.D., CSI: NY (Crime Scene Investigation: New York), and NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and eventually landed a regular role with Patrick Swayze on The Beast (2009). This led to the role of Crystal Norris, beginning in the third season of the HBO series True Blood (2010).
Quotes
“...I’m a very visual person. When I’m reading a script or if I’m preparing for a scene I really like to create the story in a visual sense. I take myself out of the character completely and almost watch the character as a spectator, if that makes sense. I’m observing the character as a third person. So I don’t make it too personal so that she’s her own person. I read it like I do a novel. When you read a book you create this image in your head of what these people are doing and the story in your head is more of a visual thing. I guess that I do that with scripts, too. I almost look at it as a spectator as opposed to being right in it. I know that sounds cheesy but then I feel like I can then learn from watching it if that makes sense.”
Filmography
Film
2002 Jumping for Joy Bobbie Dean from Visiplex Family Entertainment
2003 Summer Solstice Micki Available on Netflix and Singa Home
Entertainment
2010 Do Not Disturb Brenda "Rocketman" segment
2010 The Story of Bonnie and Clyde Cousin Mary In Pre-Production
Television
2001 Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family Alison Denny 1 episode, "The River", USA Network
2000-2003 Touched by an Angel 4 separate roles 4 episodes: "Buy Me a Rose", "The Grudge", "Heaven's Portal", "Song for my Father"
2005 House, M.D. Teammate #1 1 episode, "Kids"
2006 Masters of Horror Tara 1 episode, "The Fair Haired Child"
2007 CSI: NY (Crime Scene Investigation: New York) Cheryl Miller / Venus 1 episode, "Down the Rabbit Hole"
2008 Eleventh Hour Kelly Frost 1 episode, "Resurrection"
2009 The Beast Rose Lawrence 13 episodes
2009 NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service Tina Ellis 1 episode, "Faith"
2010 True Blood Crystal Norris 7 episodes
2010 FlashForward Teenage Charlie Benford 1 episodes, "Future Shock"