The Untold Truth Of Jorja Fox

May 2024 ยท 2 minute read

While Jorja Fox is best known for her role as Sara Sidle on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," she initially passed on the chance to join the groundbreaking procedural drama that would go on to become one of the world's most-watched TV series

The reason, as she explained in an interview with Collider, was that she already had a steady gig on one of television's hottest, most critically acclaimed series. "I had been on Season 1 of 'The West Wing,'" she said, recalling her role as Secret Service Agent Gina Toscano. "I was the happiest actor in America," she gushed. "It was the coolest job, and working with the most incredible people." It was at the time, however, that CBS was casting "CSI." "I had a couple of friends say, 'Hey, have you read this pilot?' And I said, 'No, no, no. I got this great job. I'm not looking for a job.'"

After her manager encouraged her to at least read the script, she eventually relented. "And then once I read it, I was like, 'Wow, shoot. Wow, I've got to, maybe, at least go try and go meet everybody, because this is a really amazing character in this very cool show.'" Certain she wouldn't be offered the role, Fox was in for a shock when she got the part, "and it turned out to be this incredible thing for me."

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