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Genevieve Nicole Padalecki (née Cortese)[1] (born January 8, 1981)[1] is an American actress. She appeared in the television series Wildfire as Kris Furillo and had a recurring role in Supernatural as the demon Ruby.[2][3]

Genevieve Padalecki
Padalecki in September 2011
Born	Genevieve Nicole Cortese (1981-01-08) January 8, 1981 (age 41) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Other names	Genevieve Padalecki Jennifer Cortese
Alma mater	Tisch School of the Arts (BA, BFA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–2012 2020–present
Spouse	Jared Padalecki ​ (m. 2010)​
Children	3

Life and career

Cortese was born in San Francisco, California. She has two brothers, Johnny and Ben, and a sister, Sarah. At the age of 13, she moved to Montana, and later to Sun Valley, Idaho. She holds a BA in English and a BFA degree in drama from the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.[1]

Before making her television debut as Kris Furillo, she performed in regional theater productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Crimes of the Heart, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. ^{[citation needed]}

On September 14, 2020, it was announced that Cortese was cast in a recurring role in The CW's crime drama series Walker, a reboot of the original television show of Walker, Texas Ranger, and will play the role Emily Walker, the late wife of Cordell Walker (who is played by her husband Jared Padalecki). The series premiered on January 21, 2021.[4]

Personal life

Cortese met actor Jared Padalecki when she had a recurring role on the show Supernatural during its fourth season, replacing Katie Cassidy, who previously played the role. She went on to make a guest appearance in the sixth season as a fictionalized version of herself. Padalecki proposed to her in front of their favorite painting, "Joan of Arc" by French realist Jules Bastien-Lepage, at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in October 2009.[5] The engagement was announced in January 2010. The pair married on February 27, 2010, in Cortese's hometown of Sun Valley, Idaho. On October 10, 2011, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child together. Their son was born on March 19, 2012. On December 22, 2013, Cortese gave birth to their second son. Their daughter was born on March 17, 2017.[6][7] The couple resides in Austin, Texas, with their three children.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Death Valley	Amber
2005	Kids in America	Ashley Harris
2005	Unraveled		Video short; credited as Jennifer Cortese
2006	Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas	Toga girl	Credited as Jennifer Cortese
2006	Life Is Short	Ashley	Short film
2007	Salted Nuts	Jen	Credited as Jennifer Cortese
2012	Hated	Veronica

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	The Dead Zone	Chloe Greeg / Laura Tierney	Episode: "Still Life"; credited as Jennifer Cortese
2005–2008	Wildfire	Kris Furillo	Main role; 51 episodes
2008–2009; 2011, 2020	Supernatural	Ruby and herself	Recurring role (season 4), Guest role (season 15); 12 episodes and episode: "The French Mistake"; credited as Genevieve Padalecki
2009–2010	FlashForward	Tracy Stark	Recurring role; 10 episodes
2021–present	Walker	Emily Walker	Recurring role; 9 episodes

References

External links

• Genevieve Cortese at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Genevieve Cortese

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[es] Genevieve Cortese

Genevieve Cortese (San Francisco, California, 8 de enero de 1981) es una actriz estadounidense, conocida por sus actuaciones en las series Wildfire y Supernatural.

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[ru] Падалеки, Женевьев

Женевье́в Нико́ль Падале́ки[1] (урождённая Дженнифер Нико́ль Корте́зе)[1] (англ. Genevieve Nicole Padalecki (Cortese), род. 8 января 1981, Сан-Франциско, Калифорния, США) — американская актриса. Наиболее известна своими ролями Крис Фурилло в телесериале «Дикий огонь» и Руби в сериале «Сверхъестественное»[2][3].

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