Lindsay Nicole Hartley (née Korman; born April 17, 1978) is an American singer and actress. She is known for her role as Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald Crane on Passions, Carolyn "Cara" Martin on All My Children and for her role as Arianna Hernandez on Days of our Lives.


Early life

Born in Palm Springs, California, Hartley moved with her family to San Diego, California, later attending the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Hartley was a national pre-teen talent winner of the Young Miss America Beauty Pageant. Singing since age eleven, Hartley got a role in the Broadway production of Grease at age eighteen.Then she was lead vocalist in the Las Vegas Sands Hotel afternoon show Viva Las Vegas as well as the lead role of Maria in the Civic Light Opera's West Side Story in Austin, Texas. Additionally, Hartley has won several national vocal competitions, including The Los Angeles Philharmonic's Award-Vocal/Opera, The National Date Festival, and America's Showcase Starlet.

Career

In 1999, she won the role of Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald Crane Winthrop on the NBC soap opera Passions, for which she was nominated for the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Female Newcomer in 2000. She also made guest appearances on The Weakest Link and The Other Half in 2002.

On April 9, 2009, Lindsay made a guest appearance on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

In late July of that year, Soap Opera Digest announced that Hartley would join the cast of Days of our Lives, another NBC soap opera, in the role of Arianna Hernandez, which would place her opposite former Passions co-stars Galen Gering and Eric Martsolf, who would once again portray her brother and love interest, respectively.

Hartley was let go from Days of our Lives in 2010.

On September 18, 2010, it was announced that Hartley signed on to play the new character of Carolyn "Cara" Finn on All My Children, she first aired on December 7. She was also cast as DC Comics character Mad Harriet during Smallville's tenth and final season.

Personal life

Hartley married her former Passions co-star Justin Hartley (who played Fox Crane) on May 1, 2004. The couple live in Los Angeles with their daughter, Isabella Justice Hartley, who was born on July 3, 2004.

Filmography

1999–2008 Passions Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald Crane Winthrop Role: July 5, 1999 - August 7, 2008
2002 The Weakest Link Herself Game Show, 1 episode
The Other Half Herself Talk Show, 1 episode
2009 CSI Gretchen Javid Season 9, Episode 19
2009–2010 Days of our Lives Arianna Hernandez Role: August 28, 2009 - November 8, 2010
2010 - All My Children Carolyn "Cara" Castillo Role: December 7, 2010 -
2010 Smallville Mad Harriet Season 10, Episode 8: Abandoned