Kirsten Storms

Kirsten Storms
File:Gh maxiejones abcpromo.png Kirsten Storms as Maxie Jones in General Hospital

Kirsten Renee Storms (born April 8, 1984, in Orlando, Florida) is an American actress best known for her role as Isabella "Belle" Black in the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives from 1999 to 2004, and for her multiple starring roles as Zenon in Disney Channel films.

Storms currently stars on the ABC soap opera General Hospital and its prime-time spin-off General Hospital: Night Shift portraying Maxie Jones.

Early life and career

Storms was born in Orlando, Florida. She is the daughter of Mike (a sportscaster) and Karen Storms. She has a younger sister named Gretchen and an older brother named Austin. At the age of 5, Storms was discovered by a talent scout while performing in a showcase at an acting school for children. The talent scout convinced her parents into enrolling their child in an intensive children's program in New York.

Storms was in a TV commercial for Tyco in 1989, she was a cover model for Talk With Me Barbie, she was also in a TV commercial for Galoob Baby Doll, and a TV commercial for Sea World. After appearing in a handful of commercials, Storms' television series jobs included a recurring role on ABC's Second Noah plus a lead role in "Sing Me a Story with Belle" on Saturday mornings, she moved with her family to California. Soon after that, she landed the role of Laura Cummings on The WB's long-running program 7th Heaven. She appeared in three episodes between 1998 and 2001, in which she played a girlfriend of Simon (played by David Gallagher). She was later chosen to play the title character in the Disney Channel's original movie Zenon: Girl of the 21st century.

The movie had the largest rating for any Disney Channel original movie at the time . She later reprised the role in two sequels. Storms continued to appear in a string of family shows and TV movies, including the Disney syndicated series Sing Me a Story with Belle and The Trojan Horse, a Hallmark production. She also took a supporting role in Disney's Johnny Tsunami and voiced Bonnie Rockwaller in the Disney Channel animated series Kim Possible.

Television

Days of Our Lives

In 1999, Storms signed on to play Isabella "Belle" Black on the NBC daytime drama Days of our Lives. Kirsten amicably left the soap opera after five years to focus on a prime time career. Her final episode aired on July 16, 2004.

Clubhouse

Clubhouse was another acting job as a regular cast member on a prime-time television show. The show aired on CBS and was created by Daniel Cerone and produced by superstar producer Aaron Spelling (the man who helped launch such hits as Beverly Hills, 90210, Charmed, 7th Heaven and Melrose Place). The series revolved around Pete Young (Jeremy Sumpter) and his dream of becoming a professional baseball player. Storms played Pete's sister, Betsy. Betsy was a rebellious teenager often finding herself in trouble over such issues as sex, drugs, and alcohol. The role was noted as an obvious departure from her Days character, Belle, who was generally good-natured. The show ended up being cancelled after 4 episodes. It shot 8 episodes, and can be viewed on "Brilliant, But Cancelled" on cable TV.

Return to daytime

Storms returned to familiar territory on May 23, 2005, becoming the third actress to portray Maria Maximiliana "Maxie" Jones on the popular ABC soap opera General Hospital.

Personal life

She has previously dated Erik-Michael Estrada from the group O-Town, actor Josh Henderson, and Ben Hogestyn, the son of former co-star Drake Hogestyn. She is currently engaged to guitarist Elias Reidy of the band The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.

On September 7, 2007, she was pulled over on a Los Angeles freeway by California Highway Patrol for tossing a lit cigarette out of her window. Officers then noticed "the odor of an alcoholic beverage" coming from the car and after failing sobriety tests, she was arrested for DUI.

In November 2007, she pled no contest to the charges and was ordered to attend a dozen AA meetings, complete a 90-day alcohol program, and pay $1,643 in fines. She also had her license suspended for six months and was placed on three years probation.

Selected filmography

• Dadnapped (2008) Maegan Holt
• General Hospital: Night Shift (2007) Maria Maximilliana "Maxie" Jones
• General Hospital (May 23rd, 2005 to Present) as Maria Maximilliana "Maxie" Jones
• Kim Possible Movie: So The Drama (2005) – Bonnie Rockwaller
• CSI: Miami (2005) – Missy Marshall
• That's So Raven (2003) – Nicki Peterson
• Clubhouse (TV series) (2004) – Betsy Young
• Zenon: Z3 (2004) – Zenon Kar
• Kim Possible: A Stitch in Time (2003) – Bonnie Rockwaller
• Kim Possible (2002 – 2007) – Bonnie Rockwaller
• Zenon: The Zequel (2001) – Zenon Kar
• Movie Stars (1999) – Mandy Silverman
• Johnny Tsunami (1999) – Emily
• The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads (1999) – Raped Girl
• Love Letters (1999) – Teenaged Melissa
• Zenon: Girl of the 21st century (film) (1999) – Zenon Kar
• Days of Our Lives (1999–2004) – Belle Black
• Any Day Now (TV series) (1998) – Lydia
• 7th Heaven (1998 – 2004) – Laura Cummings (3 episodes)
• Crayola Kids Adventures: The Trojan Horse (1997) – Venus
• Sing Me A Story With Belle ABC-TV, Lead/13 Episodes
• Second Noah (1996) – Ashley (2 episodes)

External links

• Kirsten Storms at IMDb
• Template:Voice actor
• Official Fansite
• Profile at Filmrefences.com