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Victoria Pratt stays on track with role in ABC's `Day Break'.
Byline: Luaine Lee
PASADENA, Calif. _ When actress Victoria Pratt was a little girl her father gave her a pogo stick to keep her from constantly bugging the family to play games.
"I'd have a contest with myself to see how many times I could jump without falling off," she says over lunch in a crowded restaurant here. "I remember being in the garage bouncing and bouncing, and my mom saying it was time for dinner. `I can't until I beat my last record.' I had boundless energy."
She still does. It was partly that energy and her competitive spirit that first introduced her to acting. Following a stint with a fitness magazine (both as a model and writer) she started studying acting. And Pratt found herself reacting to "action" in more ways than one. First on "Xena: the Warrior Princess" and later on "Mutant X" and "Cleopatra 2525," she exploited her athletic prowess as well as her feminine charms.
"I guested on `Xena' and the producers were looking for a show to replace `Hercules.' They got three of the girls they'd worked with before and enjoyed and put together this fabulous sci-fi show called `Cleopatra 2525,' which was a complete lark, and it was just a hoot ... It was a fantastic ...
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- Newspaper article from: Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY) November 15, 2006 700+ words
...of its new drama, "Day Break" (9 tonight, WKBW...has a lot invested in "Day Break," which is replacing...what anything means in "Day Break," an intriguing, violent...partner, Andrea Battle (Victoria Pratt), and his battered...
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...devise designed to set "Day Break" apart from shows like...conversation over and over. "Day Break" is supposed to be a...element to the script is Victoria Pratt as Brett's partner...of a major flaw in "Day Break." Inconsistencies like...
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- News wire article from: Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) November 15, 2006 700+ words
...Ellen Gray Nov. 15--DAY BREAK. 9 tonight, Channel...underlying theme of "Day Break," the "Groundhog Day...his partner, Andrea (Victoria Pratt) are all at risk as...hour premiere of "Day Break." Suffering as I am...
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- Magazine article from: Variety Lowry, Brian November 13, 2006 700+ words
DAY BREAK (SERIES; ABC, WED. NOV. 15, 9 P...Chad Shelten Adam Baldwin Andrea Battle Victoria Pratt Damien Ortiz Ramon Rodriguez Det. Spivak...mysterious and just plain mystifying, and "Day Break" lurches over it. A taut thriller that...
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...deja vu. On Nov. 15, ABC will bow "Day Break," a new drama starring Taye Diggs that...on ABC at least, promo spots for "Day Break" are sometimes running within seconds...Not only did ABC air spots for both "Day Break" and "Deja Vu," but that night...
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- Magazine article from: Variety Koehler, Robert October 17, 2005 700+ words
...Hamid Rahmanian's flawed but impressive debut feature, "Day Break." As many Iranian cineastes are cleverly managing, Rahmanian...the first place. Little exposition is verbalized, making "Day Break" a fine example of a cinematic investigation of one man...
Source: HighBeam Research, Victoria Pratt stays on track with role in ABC's `Day Break'.