Emily Harper (born February 16, 1978, in

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state lin ...

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) is an American actress.

Career

She starred in a ''Mike's Hard Lemonade'' commercial in 2004. Harper portrayed

Fancy Crane Fancy Crane is a fictional character on the NBC/ DirecTV soap opera '' Passions'' and is portrayed by actress Emily Harper from the May 13, 2005, episode through the series finale. Following her debut, Fancy quickly becomes one of the soap's le ...

on the

soap opera A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...

Passions ''Passions'' is an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008. Created by screenwriter James E. Reilly and ...

'' from 2005 to 2008. She was introduced as the potential love interest of Noah Bennett (played by Dylan Fergus). This was Harper's first regular role as an actress on a TV series. Harper was also a Laker Girl (

cheerleader Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to ente ...

) for the Los Angeles Lakers

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United ...

team from 2000 until 2003. Her other TV experience includes hosting several seasons of both ''Lakers TV'' and ''Sparks TV''. She was also in the TV pilot ''

Inside Schwartz ''Inside Schwartz'' is an American sitcom television series created by Stephen Engel, that aired on NBC from September 27, 2001, until January 3, 2002, starring Breckin Meyer as the title character. The show was produced by 20th Century Fox Telev ...

''.

Filmography

External links

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- Profile of Fancy Crane character. 1978 births Living people American soap opera actresses American television actresses Actresses from Cincinnati National Basketball Association cheerleaders American cheerleaders 21st-century American actresses {{US-tv-actor-1970s-stub