Terra Wellington

Terra Wellington

Wellington at the 2009 New York Television Festival
Occupation Actress, Media Personality, Author, Television Host, Environmental Advocate
Years active 2004–present
Website TerraWellington.com
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Terra Wellington is an American actress, television personality, and author who has been an advocate for healthy living topics and the environment, as well as an active supporter of Ocean conservation and the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program. She has also campaigned on behalf of the international charity Oxfam.

Early life

Wellington grew up in both the Western U.S. states, principally in Utah and Colorado, and in the Chicago-midwest area in a middle-class family.[1][2] Her mother worked as a freelance artist and author, though principally raised her children as a full-time homemaker.[1] And her father was a salesman and acted in community theater, often taking his children camping.[1][2] She learned to play the piano at the age of 5.[3]

Excelling in prose interpretation on the school's speech team, she attended Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois, a northern Chicago suburb.[3]

Career

In 2003, Wellington began appearing on "Good Morning Arizona" on Phoenix, Arizona's KTVK, as well as on KNXV-TV's "Sonoran Living," as a media personality talking about wellness lifestyle topics.[4] This expanded to include dozens of shows across the U.S., including The Montel Williams Show,[5] WGN-TV,[6] CBS News This Morning with Lynda Lopez,[5] the Martha Stewart Living Radio,[6] and the syndicated talk and news program The Daily Buzz.[7]

She was the Wellness Editor for two national women's magazines in 2004-5, REAL[8] and Fit Body. [6] During that time, Terra conducted one of the last media interviews of Actress Wendie Jo Sperber who was known for playing Linda McFly in Back to the Future.[3] Wendie Jo died of cancer in November 2005.[9] She is the former syndicated columnist for Terra Wellington's Balanced Living and is the author of dozens of articles on wellness and environmental topics which have appeared in such publications as Los Angeles Family Magazine, Aisle 7 syndicated content, Richmond Parents Monthly, Houston Family Magazine, and websites like DietsinReview.com, FocusOrganic.com, TheGreenParent.com, and more.[10]

Author

Wellington is also the author of The Mom's Guide to Growing Your Family Green: Saving the Earth Begins at Home, published by St. Martin's Press in March 2009.[5] Before writing the book, she was considering writing a wellness style type of book but was advised to go with a larger umbrella of green.[2]

Actress

Additionally, she studied Classical acting, as well as spent time at The Second City improvisation center in Los Angeles.[5] Wellington has appeared on the CBS police procedural Criminal Minds[11] and been a series regular in the New York Television Festival's special selection pilot Rx which was a family drama about medical marijuana.[12] She played a supporting role in The Last Days of Toussaint L'Ouverture,[13] an award-winning short film that was dedicated to the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[14] And in 2016 she played the role of Elly's Aunt in "Mississippi Requiem," a black-and-white feature film executive produced by James Franco which combines four William Faulkner adapted stories.[15]

Charity and campaigning

Wellington has actively campaigned for the international charity Oxfam.[1] She has also publicly voiced her support for homeopathy[5] and been a strong supporter of ocean conservation and the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program since 2004, promoting the Seafood Watch card and encouraging policies that would reduce overfishing.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Benjamin Silverstein Benjamin's Mother
2007 Trapped Mrs. Jones
2007 Sanity Clause Dana
2008 Jasper Commons Jessica
2009 Thor's Hammer Paula
2009 You and Your Secret Margaret
2009 Monarchs Run Wild Lynda
2009 The Last Days of Toussaint L’Ouverture Mrs. Cafarelli Film won award of merit at the Accolade Competition[16]
2010 How to Pick Your Shoes Lilly
2011 Due Susan
2011 Eagle Park Mimi
2012 Why Me? Brenda
2016 Mississippi Requiem Elly's Aunt Executive Producer James Franco[15]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Rx Lauren Greyson Pilot won best of show for a drama series at the 2009 Accolade Competition[17]
Pilot was special selection at the 2009 New York Television Festival[12]
2011 Criminal Minds Reporter

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 movopia. "Terra Wellington Biography". Movopia.com. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Host: Janet Zappala (2012-03-23). "Growing Your Family Green". What's Cookin?. 30:08 minutes in. BlogTalkRadio.
  3. 1 2 3 "Terra Wellington Biography". Movie-Stars.us. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  4. ↑ "Terra Wellington Filmography by TV Series". Retrieved 2012-05-06.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Macmillan.com: The Mom's Guide to Growing Your Family Green". Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  6. 1 2 3 Host: Dr. Derrick DeSilva (2010-09-14). "When Mom Stays Healthy…The Whole Family Does, Too!". Ask Dr. DeSilva. 10:59 minutes in. Memorial Health eRadio.
  7. ↑ "reBUZZ: Friday- 4/15". DailyBuzzNation.net. 2011-04-15. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  8. ↑ "Read Your Way to a Balanced Life". 2004-06-01. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  9. ↑ "Wendie Jo Sperber of 'Bosom Buddies' dies". Associated Press. 2005-12-01. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  10. ↑ "Stonyfield.com: How to Bring Soul to Your Food". 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  11. ↑ "Episode 7.04 - Painless". criminalmindsfanatic.net. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  12. 1 2 "Rx - 2009 NYTVF Guide". New York Television Festival. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  13. ↑ "The Last Days of Toussaint L'Ouverture". moviesplanet.com. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  14. ↑ "Director Derick Alexander Dedicated #LatinNegr@s film to Haiti". The LatiNegr@s Project. 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  15. 1 2 "James Franco, Elysium Bandini Set Latest Film Collaboration 'Mississippi Requiem'". Variety. 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  16. ↑ "Accolade Competition Deadline: August 28, 2009 - Award of Merit Winners, Film" (PDF) (Press release). Accolade Competition. 2009. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  17. ↑ "Accolade Competition Deadline: May 29, 2009 - Best of Show Winners, Television" (PDF) (Press release). Accolade Competition. 2009. Retrieved 2012-05-10.


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