She was the star of the series “Przystanek Alaska”. She gave up acting for a career in another industry

Janine Turner started her career at the age of 3, becoming a child model. She was a regular in , and her face appeared on the covers of magazines. In the meantime, she studied tap dancing and her mother hoped to become a ballerina. When she was 15, her exceptional beauty caught the attention of the heads of the Wilhelmina agency. They offered her a contract, making her their youngest charge.

Alec Baldwin was the love of her life. After the breakup, she fell into alcoholism

She made her screen debut in 1979 with a cameo role in the American series “Dallas”. She gained recognition three years later, when she appeared in the soap opera “City Hospital” for two seasons. It was then that she began to regularly appear in castings. During one of them, she met a 24-year-old and although she did not get a job, she gained love. “Alec was so busy with you that he couldn’t concentrate,” the director said in an interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Their relationship was turbulent, full of constant ups and downs. The couple even planned a wedding, but a few weeks before the event, they decided to part ways. “I loved Alec so much, so it was devastating. We both just knew that if we got married we would destroy each other,” she recalled 30 years later. At the same time, Turner was facing a crisis. Although the audience loved her, the directors did not want to entrust her with the role on the silver screen. Alcohol became an escape from problems. However, she quickly realized that in this way she would lose everything she had worked for since childhood. In 1984, she began fighting against .

In the mid-1980s, Turner decided to move to New York. “I wanted to play more serious roles and I knew I had talent. I had to get away from Hollywood – she lamented in the “Chicago Tribune”. Distraught that her career had stalled, she had a nervous breakdown. Later, she also struggled with depression. — I was severely depressed and 27 years old. (…) I was completely exhausted. I was wasting money and not being very romantic. There came a point where I only had eight dollars and no job prospects,” she recalled on The Steve Malzberg Show. To regain strength, she moved to her family home.

The role in the series “Przystanek Alaska” was her success. She gave up acting to pursue a career in politics

As it turned out later, it was the right decision. Turner landed a role in the series, and viewers loved her in the role of Meggie O’Connell. The production brought her great recognition and money, with which she bought a property in Dallas. The unique ranch turned out to be a refuge for her and her daughter Juliette, who came into the world in 1997. “I never intended to be a single mother, but when I discovered around eight months pregnant that I would be all alone, I accepted it,” she told People.

In the early 2000s, she retired from the industry and became involved in politics. She was particularly troubled by the lack of spiritual education in the education system. “We’re creating a generation of robots,” she thundered during her speeches. Currently, together with her daughter, she works for Constituting America, an organization that educates on the constitution. She is also its founder.