Joey Lawrence

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Joseph "Joey" Lawrence
<tr><td style="text-align:left;">Birth name</td><td>Joseph Lawrence Mignogna, Jr.</td></tr>
Born	April 20 1976 (age 32) Abington, Pennsylvania Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Notable roles	Joey Russo on Blossom
Spouse(s)	Chandie Yawn

Joseph "Joey" Lawrence (born Joseph Lawrence Mignogna, Jr. on April 20, 1976) is an American actor. He became successful through the TV show Blossom in the 1990s, in which he played the character Joey Russo, a dim-witted young man who frequently uttered the phrase "WHOA!" At that time he used his nickname Joey. In later years he switched to Joseph. Most recently he competed in the 2006 Dancing With the Stars competition, but was eliminated from competition on November 9, 2006 and subsequently declared dead by The Onion in its 11/14 lead article as of the 9th.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Personal life
- 1.2 Career
2 Selected filmography
3 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

Lawrence was born in Abington, Pennsylvania and began acting at a very young age. Lawrence was married to former producer Michelle Vella, but they divorced. In 2005, he married Chandie Yawn, who he met at Disney World in 1993; Yawn hails from Alabama. In May 2006 he and Chandie had a daughter reportedly named Charli.

[edit] Career

Lawrence has starred in shows such as Gimme a Break!, American Dreams, Brotherly Love and Run of the House. He has two brothers, actors Matthew Lawrence and Andrew Lawrence. One of Joseph's international movie credits was Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000) in which he costarred with Jennifer Morrison, Matthew Davis and Hart Bochner.

In early 2006, a bald headed Lawrence, wearing earrings, made a cameo appearance in a commercial for Ice Breakers gum with sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff, ending the ad with his trademark, "WHOA!" Later, sporting his "new look", Lawrence had a recurring role on the UPN sitcom Half and Half as Brent.

Lawrence also had a short-lived music career. While a teenage heart-throb and famous from the TV show Blossom, he recorded his debut album, Joey Lawrence, in 1993. The album was produced by US producers, such as Terry Lupton (Michael Learns To Rock, Jamie Stevens, Apollonia Kotero), Elliot Wolff (Paula Abdul), Ian Price (Sheena Easton), and Teddy Riley (Michael Jackson, Bobby Brown, Tevin Campbell, Color Me Badd). The album included the international hit single "Nothin`My Love Can't Fix" (US #19, UK #13). Two more singles from this album also managed to crack the UK Top 50 ("I Can't Help Myself" #27, "Stay Forever" #41). A second album, Soulmates, followed four years later, but it did not produce any hit singles.

He and his dance partner, Edyta Sliwinska, came in third place on ABC's Dancing with the Stars. On November 8, 2006, Joey and Edyta were eliminated from the show by viewer votes due to a three-way tie the night before.

Joey's Official Dancing with the Stars Web Page is: Dancing with Joey and Edyta Official DWTS Website