Azura Skye (born November 8, 1981) is an American actress who first gained recognition for her role as Jane on The WB television sitcom Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane. She also had a 2-episode role as Cassie Newton in the seventh season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Early life Being from a show business family, she started her career as a stage actress at the age of three and toured Europe with the Santa Monica Playhouse theatre group at the age of eleven. She received her education at the Brentwood School. Her grandfather, Brad Johnson, who died before her birth, was an actor known for his role as deputy sheriff Lofty Craig in the Western series, Annie Oakley (1954–1957), as well as a real estate developer in Los Angeles.
Career Skye made her first television appearance on the show Total Security in 1997. Then she played a couple of smaller parts on Touched by an Angel and Chicago Hope, and made appearances in a number of television movies before she was cast for the role as "Jane" in Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane in 1999. Zoe..., as the show was renamed for the second season, was a short-lived (two seasons) sitcom about four teenagers – Skye's character being one of them. In 2000, the same year that Zoe... ended, Skye's first major movie production premiered. In 28 Days, she starred alongside Sandra Bullock and Viggo Mortensen.
Two years later, in 2002, Skye appeared in two episodes of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In the episode "Help" she plays Cassie Newton, a teen girl at Sunnydale High who possesses the power of precognition and who foresees her own death, and whom Buffy tries to help. In the episode "Conversations with Dead People", she plays an incarnation of the First Evil, impersonating a ghost of Cassie, who attempts to persuade Willow to commit suicide by pretending to bring a message from her dead girlfriend Tara.
Also in 2002, she appeared in Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister alongside Matthew Goode and Stockard Channing.
During this time she also appeared in other projects, doing smaller parts. She has played Susie Keaton in four episodes of CSI: Miami and has made guest appearances in shows such as Smallville and Judging Amy. Skye has also played parts in movies like Bandits (with Bruce Willis and Cate Blanchett), The Salton Sea (with Val Kilmer) and Red Dragon (with Anthony Hopkins).
Skye appeared as Ruby Bates in the 2006 drama Heavens Fall. In 2007, she starred as Sara in 20 Years After and Casey Cola in What We Do Is Secret. In 2008, she had a major part in the American remake of the Japanese horror movie One Missed Call, which was released in the US on January 4, 2008.
Her most recent television appearances include the voice of Veronica in an episode of American Dad!, fall 2007 episodes of House M.D., Bones and Ghost Whisperer, a 2009 episode of The Mentalist, and Fiona in American Horror Story: Murder House.
Filmography +Film Year Title Role Notes1999EDtvInterview Teenager1999DementiaVeronica200028 DaysAndrea2001Buck Naked ArsonJaney2001Town & CountrySpider2001BanditsCheri2002Confessions of an Ugly StepsisterIris2002Teresa2002Red DragonBookseller2003CarolinaGeorgia Mirabeau2005May2005Sexual LifeLorna2005Why Don't You Dance?Short film2005Laying Down ArmsJanetShort film2006Wristcutters: A Love StoryTania2006Love and DebateNina2006Heavens FallRuby Bates2007What We Do Is SecretCasey Cola2007God's BeachLydiaShort film2008One Missed CallLeann Cole200820 Years AfterSarah2009Two Other DreamsGalenShort film2012Least Among SaintsMay2015Take Me to the RiverRuth2018Alien CodeBeth2020The SwerveHolly
+Television Year Title Role Notes1997Total SecurityEpisode: "A Man for Half a Season"1997Touched by an AngelChinaEpisode: "Children of the Night"1997Chicago HopeCashierEpisode: "Brain Salad Surgery"1997AloneJocelynTelevision film1998Cab to CanadaJet (Runaway)Television film1998Ghosts of Fear StreetCricket Television film1999–2000Zoe, Duncan, Jack and JaneJane Cooper24 episodes2000Batman BeyondDeanna ClayVoice, episode: "Inqueling"2001Gideon's CrossingHaleyEpisode: "The Crash"2002SmallvilleAmy PalmerEpisode: "Shimmer"2002Confessions of an Ugly StepsisterIris FisherTelevision film2002John DoeKarenEpisode: "Unaired Pilot"2002Judging AmyRhonda PettyEpisode: "Lost in the System"2002Buffy the Vampire SlayerCassie Newton2 episodes2003Expert WitnessTelevision film2003AmberEpisode: "Homewrecker's Ball"2003–2005CSI: MiamiSusie Barnam Keaton4 episodes2005MissingMarissaEpisode: "Have You Seen This Man?"2006, 2011American Dad!Veronica, CookieVoice, 2 episodes2006–2007Skyler8 episodes2007Mr. and Mrs. SmithJEpisode: "Pilot"2007HouseIreneEpisode: "Guardian Angels"2007BonesAmber KipplerEpisode: "Mummy in the Maze"2007Ghost WhispererSophie OwensEpisode: "Double Exposure"2009Tamzin Dove / Sarah JonesEpisode: "Red Rum"2009HawthorneMary BarthEpisode: "Yielding"2010Cold CaseClaire Shepard (1998)Episode: "Bullet"2011American Horror Story: Murder HouseFiona4 episodes2012GrimmRobin SteinkellnerEpisode: "The Thing with Feathers"2014Working the EngelsSandy Engel-Karinsky12 episodes 2017GirlsSharva PontemucciEpisode: “Full Disclosure”2018–2021RiverdaleDarla Dickenson5 episodes2018SpeechlessMaryEpisode: "Celebrity Suite"2019StumptownStephanie HoustonEpisode: "Rip City Dicks"2019–2020CharmedHelen McGaintry2 episodes
+Video games Year Title Role Notes2011Star Wars: The Old RepublicAshara Zavros2013Killzone: Shadow FallDr. Hilary Massar
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