Jenifer Lewis, Peter Coxx, Rosa Blasi, Janine Turner, Brennan Elliot, and Phillip Casnoff

Rick Schroder Rick Schroder plays Dr. Dylan West, a women's health specialist and the charming new partner at Rittenhouse Hospital. As one of the few who successfully transitioned from child star to seasoned adult actor, Schroder has been in the entertainment industry for 30 years. By the time Schroder was cast in "The Champ" at age eight, he had 60 TV commercials and hundreds of print ads under his belt. In 1979, he became one of the youngest actors to receive a Golden Globe for his performance opposite Jon Voight and Faye Dunaway in "The Champ." From age 12 to 17, Schroder starred on the hit TV series "Silver Spoons." One year later, he was cast in the miniseries "Lonesome Dove." The Western went on to garner seven Emmy Awards, a Peabody and two Golden Globes. Schroder's additional credits include "Crimson Tide," "Across the Tracks," "James Michener's Texas" and A&E's "The Lost Battalion," as well as a lead role on the popular show "NYPD Blue" for three years. Most recently, the actor appeared in the TNT movie "14 Hours." In 2004, Schroder made his feature film directorial debut with "Black Cloud," a story inspired by a young Native American boxer. Schroder wrote and produced this picture too. He also won the 2004 Country Music Association Best Music Video Award and the Country Music Television Director of the Year Award for his direction of "Whiskey Lullaby," sung by Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss. The video was also named Video of the Year by the Academy of Country Music. In the summer of 2005, Rick plans to direct his next film, "The Principle Wife." Schroder lives with his wife, Andrea, and their four children in Arizona.

Jenifer Lewis

Jenifer Lewis plays Lana Hawkins, the no-nonsense receptionist

who keeps order amidst the chaos in the clinic.

Lewis’ talent to captivate an audience stems from her incredibly versatile

voice, her bawdy, well-developed sense of humor and her powerful acting

performances. In the Tina Turner biopic, “What’s Love Got to Do With It,”

Lewis’ critically acclaimed performance as Turner’s mother, Zelma Bullock,

 garnered her an NAACP Image Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

 Her captivating presence and sharp-tongued humor can also be remembered

in Penny Marshall’s romantic comedy, “The Preacher’s Wife,” with Denzel

Washington and Whitney Houston, which also garnered her an Image Award

nomination as Best Supporting Actress. Recently, she starred in the feature

 film “The Brothers.” Critics praised her for her role as the controversial

lesbian Judge Rosetta Reide in the CBS television series “Courthouse.”

In the theatre, her one-woman show, “The Diva is Dismissed,” which she

also co-wrote, had a three-year run in Los Angeles and premiered at the

Joseph Papp Public Theatre as part of the prestigious New York Shakespeare

Festival. Lewis takes the audience on a journey through her ever-changing life

 by cultivating childhood memories and adult life events. Her performance earned

her two NAACP Theatre Awards in the categories of Best Actress and Best Playwright.

Immediately after one performance, “In Living Color” producers approached

 Lewis to recreate two of her childhood characters for the comedy series.

On Broadway, her credits include “Eubie,” “Comin’ Uptown,” “Dreamgirls,”

and the recent City Center Encores! Presentation of Neil Simon’s musical

“Promises, Promises” with Martin Short and Christine Baranski. She also starred

 in “The Old Settler” at the Pasadena Playhouse.

She has received rave reviews for her poignant and hilarious performance

 in the autobiographical show “Now What?” which she also co-wrote.

She starred in LIFETIME Television’s “Jackie’s Back” and was heard as the

voice of Bebe in the Eddie Murphy produced animation “The PJs.” Additional

television credits include starring roles in the cable series “Linc’s,”

the movies-for-television “Rituals” and “An Unexpected Life,” as well as the miniseries

 “The Temptations.” She has guest starred in the series “For Your Love,”

“Touched by an Angel,” “The Cosby Show,” “Parenthood,” “Friends,”

“Living Single,” “Dream On,” “New York Undercover,” “Murphy Brown,”

 “Lois & Clark,” “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” “Girlfriends” and the new series,

“Family Affair,” starring Tim Curry. She has had the added distinction of being

Johnny Carson’s final guest with her friend Bette Midler on the last taping of

“The Tonight Show.”

On the motion picture side, Lewis was in “Mystery Men,” opposite Ben Stiller

 and William H. Macy. Her other feature film credits include “Castaway,”

 “The Brothers,” “Partners,” “Girl 6,” “Dead Presidents,” “The Mighty,”

“Blast From the Past,” “Sister Act” and “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit,”

“Panther,” “Corrina, Corrina,” “Renaissance Man,” “Poetic Justice,”

“Juwanna Mann” and “The Antwone Fisher Story,” directed by Denzel Washington.

Tamera Mowry

Tamera Mowry plays Kayla Thorton, the young medical resident and

 newest addition to the Rittenhouse Hospital.

Mowry starred opposite her twin sister, Tia, in the hit TV series

"Sister, Sister" from 1994 to 1999. The sisters portrayed identical

 twins who were separated at birth and later met by chance as teenagers.

The popular sitcom originally aired on ABC, before moving to the WB network.

Mowry earned three Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, two NAACP Image Awards,

 an NAACP Image Award nomination, as well as four Young Artist Award

 nominations for the role of Tamera Anne Campbell.

Mowry's television credits also include "Full House,"

"Are You Afraid of the Dark?," "True Colors" and "Smart Guy,"

among others. Since the conclusion of "Sister, Sister," she has ventured

 into feature films with appearances in "The Hot Chick," "Hollywood Horror,"

 "Seventeen Again" and "Something to Think About."

A graduate from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California,

Mowry works with numerous charitable organizations such as KidsPeace,

D.A.R.E., the Make-a-Wish Foundation, Cure 2000 for Leukemia and

Diabetes, and the Elizabeth Glaser AIDS Foundation.

Mowry was born in West Germany and raised in Honolulu.

After her family moved to Los Angeles 10 years ago, she began acting

 at the age of 12. Mowry currently lives in Los Angeles with her sister,

Tia, and her dog, Malarno.

Josh Coxx

Josh Coxx plays Peter Riggs, R.N.

Born and raised in New York, Coxx began acting in high school.

He studied at the Actors’ Institute, and went on to study at the prestigious

Actors’ Conservatory Training Program at S.U.N.Y. Purchase College,

where he graduated with a senior class of only 15. Among the many

celebrated actors with whom Coxx graduated were Stanley Tucci,

 Wesley Snipes and Edie Falco. Upon graduation, Coxx nabbed his

first television role as a contract player on ABC’s “One Life to Live.

” This soon segued into numerous television roles. Coxx has guest

starred on NBC’s “Providence” in which he played a handsome carpenter

caught between the two main female characters. He also guest starred on

ABC’s critically acclaimed drama “Once and Again,” and NBC’s “Friends.”

Coxx also had a role in the sci-fi thriller “Babylon 5,” and guest starred on

UPN’s “Sliders.”

No stranger to film, Coxx recently starred in the independent film

“The Retreat,” as well as the film “Backgammon,” which was presented

 at both the Cannes and Berlin Film Festivals in the Spring of 2000.

In addition, he had a supporting role in Wes Craven’s feature

“The People Under the Stairs” and the independent features

“Runaway Eden” and “The Zig-Zag.” He is also well versed on stage

 starring in such theatrical performances as “Hamlet,” “American Buffalo”

and “Prairie Avenue.” Coxx also studied improv at Los Angeles’

celebrated Groundlings Theatre.

Coxx is a surfer, a world traveler and PADI certified rescue diver.

He earned an NASDS certification in over-ocean Helicopter Rescue and Diver retrieval

. In his spare time, Coxx studies Thai kick boxing and plays bass guitar in the

Los Angeles-based band called Skin.

Skin has played at The Gig, the El Rey Theatre and the legendary Roxy in Los Angeles.

Coxx currently resides in Los Angeles.

Chris Marquette

Chris Marquette plays Marc Delgado, Dr. Luisa Delgado's son.

Marquette began modeling at the age of four in Dallas, and

worked in commercials and industrial films throughout Texas.

 At the age of eight, following his family's move to New York,

he made his screen acting debut in the feature film "Sweet Nothings,"

 playing the son of Mira Sorvino. He performed on Broadway as Tiny Tim in

"A Christmas Carol" and in the drama "An Inspector Calls."

On television, Marquette was a series regular on ABC's "Aliens in the Family."

He has guest-starred on "Beverly Hills, 90210" and "Law and Order."

For over a year and a half, he played Gregory Hudson on the daytime drama "Another World."

He has also made appearances on "The American Teachers' Awards,"

 "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and "Saturday Night Live."

 Marquette has had an exciting season, having recently guest-starred on "E.R.",

 and on "Touched by an Angel" with Mohammad Ali.

Marquette is the eldest of three boys. He and his family reside in

Los Angeles with Patches, a Persian cat, and Wicket, an iguana.

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Philip Casnoff

Philip Casnoff plays Dr. Robert Jackson, Rittenhouse Hospital's chief of staff,

whose primary concern is to keep the integrity of the hospital intact.

Casnoff was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance as

Frank Sinatra in the CBS miniseries “Sinatra.” His numerous roles in television

miniseries include both parts I and II of the critically acclaimed epic

“North and South,” Danielle Steele’s “Zoya,” “George Washington,”

in which he portrayed Lafayette, “Heaven and Hell” and “Hand of a Stranger.”

He has also starred in a slate of movies for television, including “Journey to Mars,”

“Ironclads,” “The Red Spider,” “Little Girls in Pretty Boxes” and “Defenders,

Taking the First.” He most recently starred in the HBO series “Oz.”

He was a series regular in the drama “Under Suspicion,” he played a recurring

 role on “Sisters” and has guest-starred on such series as “Chicago Hope” and

“The Practice.”

An accomplished performer who sings and plays the piano, Casnoff has also

enjoyed a successful stage career. On Broadway, he starred in such productions

 as “Shogun the Musical,” “The Devil’s Disciple,” “Grease” and Trevor Nunn’s

“Chess,” for which he won the 1988 Theater World Award. Off-Broadway,

his credits include starring roles in the New York Shakespeare Festival production

of “Up Against It,” for which he received a Drama Desk Award nomination and

 “Three Penny Opera - Mack the Knife” with Bebe Neuwirth.

Brenann Elliot

Brennan Elliot plays Dr. Nick Biancavilla, the feisty new resident at

 the Rittenhouse Women's Clinic.

Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Brennan Elliot was bitten by the

acting bug at the ripe age of ten when he performed in the children’s

musical “Table Manners,” among other numerous plays. But like most

 Canadian youths, Elliott spent his summers playing golf and his winters

playing hockey, leaving very little time for acting. When he was offered a

Sports Scholarship to New Mexico Jr. College, Elliot took a class in theatre.

Realizing his true passion, he put his sticks and clubs aside and jumped into

acting full-time. After New Mexico, Elliott went back to Canada and studied

 acting for 4 years at the University of Calgary. Then he flew to New York

and spent 8 months studying at various workshops before heading back to

Canada, where he was one of twelve actors selected to attend the prestigious

Vancouver Studio 58 for a year and a half. Following up with a year at the

Theatre Masquerade, Elliott was ready for the real thing.

In 1993, he landed his first paying job as a recurring character on the Canadian

Television series “Madison.” Two years later, with half a dozen guest leads in

 both movies and television on his resume, Elliott was bound for Los Angeles.

Upon his arrival, Elliott met with a major Hollywood studio casting director

who was so impressed with Elliott that he convinced the studio to give Elliott

 a one-year holding deal. Over the next year Elliott tested for numerous pilots

until he received a call from his agent informing him that he had landed a

recurring role on LIFETIME’s “Strong Medicine.” One season later, the

 young intern is now a regular series doctor.

Elliott’s other television credits are “The Net,” “Viper,” “Welcome to the

Paradox,” “First Wave,” “The Adventures of Shirley Holmes,”

“Outer Limits,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy” and “Dream House.”

His film credits include “Double Jeopardy,” “Sure Thing,”

“Stone Coats,” “Convergence,” “G-Saviour,” “The Silencer,”

“The Other Side of Monday” and “Hobbsend.”

Being a series regular doesn’t allow much free time, but when Elliott

does get a day off he likes to spend it out on the golf course or taking in

a hockey game with friends. Elliott resides in Los Angeles.

Janine Turner

Janine Turner played Dana Stowe, M.D., a Harvard-educated surgeon

directing research studies at Rittenhouse Hospital. In season three, episode six,

 Dana bid farewell to Rittenhouse to be with her family in Virginia and raise

 her two adopted daughters.

A native Texan, Turner is probably best known for her role as Maggie

 O’Connell in the Emmy Award-winning CBS series, “Northern Exposure.”

In addition to starring in the CBS dramatic love story, Barbara Taylor Bradford’s

“A Secret Affair,” Turner starred opposite Jamie Sheridan and Hal Holbrook

 in the CBS telefilm, “Beauty.” She also starred in “Stolen Women” for CBS

and “Circle of Deceit” for ABC.

During a season-long hiatus from “Northern Exposure,” Turner flew to the

Italian Alps for a starring role opposite Sylvester Stallone in Columbia TriStar

 Pictures’ international blockbuster, “Cliffhanger.” Additional film credits include

 a starring role in “Curse of the Inferno” and Universal’s “Leave It to Beaver,”

in which she played June Cleaver. She most recently starred in the Robert Altman

 feature film “Dr. T and the Women.”

Born to a mother working in the real estate business and a father who graduated

 from West Point Military Academy and has flown at twice the speed of sound as

 a Mach II pilot, Turner developed a love of the arts at a young age. When she

was three, the family moved to Euless, Texas, where Turner began studying acting

and dance. In junior high school she began an apprenticeship with the Fort Worth

Ballet and established a successful modeling career in Dallas, which in turn led to

her signing with the well-known Wilhelmina Modeling Agency in New York.

At the young age of 15, Turner was the modeling agency’s youngest client.

Continuing to model in New York, she also attended the Professional Children’s School,

 and only a year later, back in Texas, landed a recurring role on the hit television series,

“Dallas,” portraying Lucy Ewing’s best friend. It was then that Turner made the decision

to graduate from high school a year early, give up modeling and move to Los Angeles

 in order to pursue her acting career.

New to Los Angeles, she landed a starring role on the late night soap

“Behind the Screen,” spent a year on the long-running “General Hospital”

 as Laura Templeton, and appeared in the feature film, “Young Doctors in Love.”

After leaving “General Hospital,” Turner traveled to China for ten weeks for a

co-starring role in Dino DeLaurentis’ “Tai-Pan,” and upon completion of the film,

moved back to New York City to continue her theatrical studies.

While in New York, Turner studied with Marcie Haufrecht of The Actors Studio and

 began working off-Broadway. She starred in The Ensemble Studio Theatre production

of “Full Moon” and “High Tide in the Ladies Room,” and performed with the avant-garde

 theatre group, The Common Ground Theatre. During this time, she also had a

supporting role in George Romero’s “Monkey Shines,” and had a memorable turn as

 Olympia Dukakis’ niece, Nancy Beth Marmilion, in the acclaimed feature film,

“Steel Magnolias.”

Turner then returned to television with a co-starring role in the hit CBS series,

“Northern Exposure.” After years of study in the New York theatre scene, she made

the decision to leave her “pampered beauty” roles from the soap opera world and

“Steel Magnolias” behind in order to play the strong and independent Maggie O’Connell,

 for which she received an Emmy nomination and three Golden Globe nominations for

best actress in a drama series.

Turner has been named one of People Magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People,”

 US Magazine’s “10 Sexiest Women,” and Esquire Magazine’s “Women We Love.”

 In 1992, she received the Women at Work Award from the National Commission on

 Working Women.