# Actors / Actresses whose promising careers stalled?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-whose-promising-careers-stalled/328513>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 29, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-whose-promising-careers-stalled/328513 "2005-10-29T22:38:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-whose-promising-careers-stalled/328513/121 "2005-11-03T18:17:17Z")

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He was good in _Article 99_ , although I don’t think it did anything at the box office

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-whose-promising-careers-stalled/328513/122 "2005-11-03T21:24:30Z")

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> [@BiblioCat](#):
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> Khrystyne Haje has been in a couple of _L&O_ and _L&O: SVU_ episodes over the last few years. She’s aged really well - she looks exactly the same as she did when she was on _Head of the Class_.

Yep. She looks beautiful-I always did envy her for that gorgeous head of red ringlet curls.

I know Carrie Fischer became better known as a writer, but I still like her as an actress.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-whose-promising-careers-stalled/328513/123 "2005-11-03T21:35:09Z")

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As I recall, Khrystyne Haje decided to quit acting in order to go to college full time. Presumedly she’s now graduated and is getting back into acting.

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-whose-promising-careers-stalled/328513/124 "2005-11-03T21:52:31Z")

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> [@BiblioCat](#):
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> Khrystyne Haje has been in a couple of _L&O_ and _L&O: SVU_ episodes over the last few years. She’s aged really well - she looks exactly the same as she did when she was on _Head of the Class_.

I had a big time lust for her way back when. I’ll have to find out what L&O is and maybe try to watch it.

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**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-whose-promising-careers-stalled/328513/125 "2005-11-03T23:59:03Z")

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> [@Khadaji](#):
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> I had a big time lust for her way back when. I’ll have to find out what L&O is and maybe try to watch it.

\*“L&O” is _Law & Order_.  
The repeats are shown endlessly on TNT and USA.  
According to IMDB, she was in:  
“Law & Order”, “Patient Zero” (episode # 14.3) 8 October 2003  
“Law & Order”, “The Wheel” (episode # 13.9) 11 December 2002  
“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”, “Counterfeit” (episode # 3.14) 25 January 2002  
She was also in an episode of _Medium_ last spring:  
“Medium”, “Coming Soon” (episode # 1.6) 7 February 2005

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-whose-promising-careers-stalled/328513/126 "2005-11-04T00:36:09Z")

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> [@BiblioCat](#):
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> \*“L&O” is _Law & Order_.  
> The repeats are shown endlessly on TNT and USA.  
> According to IMDB, she was in:  
> “Law & Order”, “Patient Zero” (episode # 14.3) 8 October 2003  
> “Law & Order”, “The Wheel” (episode # 13.9) 11 December 2002  
> “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”, “Counterfeit” (episode # 3.14) 25 January 2002  
> She was also in an episode of _Medium_ last spring:  
> “Medium”, “Coming Soon” (episode # 1.6) 7 February 2005

Ah. Thanks! 🙂

I’m not sure my lust is intense enough to watch L&O…

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