Paula Trickey

Trickey has starred in many TV movies and has also appeared in television series. Trickeys most wellknown role was on the USA Network series Pacific Blue as OfficerSgt. Cory McNamara from 19962000. She has made guest appearances on many TV shows, including Beverly Hills, 90210, Renegade, Sliders, Walker, Texas Ranger, and One Tree Hill. She appeared on the third and fourth seasons of The O.C., playing the mother of Harbor School socialite Taylor Townsend.

Trickey was born in Amarillo Texas, the daughter of Virginia Demorest and Harold Trickey. Trickey was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she attended East Central High School. While in high school she appeared in local television commercials and began competing in pageants. In 1985 she was crowned Miss Oklahoma in the AllAmerican Teen Pageant only to lose in the finals to an unknown Halle Berry.

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