In context
- When
- Tuesday, July 19 198838 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1980s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- Cherami Leigh
Who they were
Personal life Leigh married fellow actor Jon Christie on April 13, 2014, whom she had dated since 2010. [ 1 ] They have one daughter. [ 2 ] ^ Beyond the Farthest Star (April 15, 2014). "★[CONGRATULATIONS!]★ Cherami Leigh (Anne Wells) and Jon Christie just tied the knot!" . Facebook . Archived from the original on June 7, 2021 . Retrieved October 13, 2014 . ^ "Happy Halloween!" . Instagram . October 31, 2023. Archived from the original on October 31, 2023 . Retrieved October 31, 2023 .
Cherami Leigh, American actress
Early life
Early life and education Leigh began acting at the age of six. [ 1 ] Leigh studied the Meisner technique with Nancy Chartier from the age of nine. [ 1 ] As a child actress, she played Gretchen in Finding North , Marcia in Temple Grandin , young LeAnn Rimes in Holiday in Your Heart , Stacy Anderson in The President's Man and appeared on Walker, Texas Ranger multiple times. [ 1 ] She attended Hebron High School in Carrollton and studied theater at Collin College ,
Path and career
Career She also worked for Radio Disney as a DJ with voice-over promotions and commercials for ABC Radio for 10 years. [ 1 ] In 2013, she moved to Los Angeles where she continued voice-work and began taking on live-action roles. [ 2 ] Some of her roles include Kazari Uiharu in A Certain Magical Index and A Certain Scientific Railgun series, Yoshika Miyafuji in Strike Witches , Eucliwood Hellscythe in Is This a Zombie? , Mutsuki in KanColle: Kantai Collection , Aisa in One Piece ,
Why this date
Cherami Leigh appears on our July 19 calendar for 1988 as a birth entry.
July 19 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1988Cherami Leigh
- 1992Via D'Amelio bombing
- 1994Alas Chiricanas Flight 00901
- 1997The Troubles
- 2011Guinea
- 2012Syrian civil war
- 2013NASA
- 2014New Valley Governorate
- 20142014 Farafra ambush
- 2018Knesset
- 2024Neary's
Also in 1988
- September 9Vietnam Airlines Flight 831Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 crashes in Khu Khot, Thailand, while on approach to Don Muang International Airport, killing 76.
- March 14Johnson South Reef skirmishChina defeated Vietnam in a naval altercation while attempting to establish oceanographic observation posts on the Spratly Islands.
- September 12Hurricane GilbertHurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
- September 13Hurricane GilbertHurricane Gilbert reached a minimum pressure of 888 mb (26.22 inHg) with sustained flight-level winds of 185 mph (295 km/h), making it th…
- September 188888 UprisingThe 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end.
- September 18Henri NamphyGeneral Henri Namphy, president of Haiti, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Prosper Avril.
- September 18Magna Charta UniversitatumThe Magna Charta Universitatum, asserting key principles essential to the free operation of universities, is signed in Bologna by the rec…
- August 10Civil Liberties Act of 1988The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 became law, authorizing reparations to surviving Japanese Americans interned during World War II.
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