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Bethany Joy Galeotti (born as Bethany Joy Lenz on April 2, 1981, Hollywood, Florida) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress.
Trained at the Brooklyn College of Opera, Galeotti learned to sing, play guitar and piano, and compose music. As a singer, she has released two independent albums, titled Preincarnate (2002) and Come On Home (2005). As an actress, she is best known for her role as Michelle Bauer Santos on Guiding Light (from 1998 to 2000) and for her role as Haley James Scott on One Tree Hill (since 2003).
Bethany Joy Galeotti was born on April 2, 1981 in Hollywood, Florida. Galeotti is an only child to her father, Bob, who is a history teacher and therapist, and her mother, Cathie, a personnel manager and entrepreneur.
Galeotti's first solo singing performance was at the age of 3, in front of a crowd of three thousand people at the The Carpenter's Church in Lakeland, Florida. At the age of four, Galeotti and her family moved to Arlington, Texas. While attending Pope Elementary there, she was bitten by the acting bug. Immediately after, she performed a twenty minute soliloquy part in 'High HopeS and Heavy Sweatshirts'. It was done in a very intimate setting in a Dallas museum. She landed her first stage role at age seven, playing a Munchkin in a local production of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
At the age of 10, she then landed the role of Scout in "To Kill a Mockingbird" at the Irving Community Theater in Texas. During a trip to Los Angeles with her drama school, Galeotti landed her first professional job in a commercial for "Swan Crossing," a teen series. Subsequently Bethany Joy also performed in plays such as Annie, Cinderella and in Gypsy: A Musical Fable.
When she was thirteen, she moved with her family to New Jersey. She immediately began auditioning and quickly became a commercial veteran, appearing in commercials for Eggos Waffles and Dr Pepper. It was at this time that she also changed her name to Joie Lenz which was later, also used as her stage name. Joie is 'Joy' spelled in French with an English pronunciation.
In November of 1998, Galeotti began acting in one of her most popular roles to date as, Michelle Bauer Santos. While working on the demanding daytime serial Guiding Light, she graduated from Eastern Christian School in New Jersey in 1999 and landed the role of "Rose Cronin" in Mary & Rhoda. She also appeared in the off-Broadway musical "Foxy Ladies Love/Boogie 70's Explosion."
At the time she was juggling a heavy storyline, an MOW playing Mary Tyler Moore's daughter, a one-year run of a New York cabaret and the lead in an independent film. Galeotti was then casted as the lead in a much-anticipated WB pilot which unfortunately never went into production. She had also shot two other pilots, one playing the daughter of Paul Sorvino, and one as the lead in the WB's 1972.
In October 2000, at the end of her two year contract with Guiding Light, Galeotti chose to leave her popular role. Since then, she had a co-starring role in the independent film The End Of August. She then moved from New York City to Los Angeles where she performed in a theatre production of The Outsiders, and also guest-starred on many shows such as Off-Centre, Charmed, Felicity, Maybe It's Me and The Guardian.
In 2001, Bethany Joy joined the cast of Bring It On Again, where she turned in an unforgettable performance as Marni Potts. During this time, Joy was also featured in Interview Magazine's "Stars On The Rise" in January.Galeotti in a promotional photo as Haley James.
Galeotti, has proven herself not only as a talented actress, but as a musician and a singer. She has a four-octave range, and since her exit from Guilding Light has completed a demo of original music and continues to write screenplays.
In 2006, under the name Haley James Scott, Galeotti recorded the well-known song "Halo", which was released in the second volume of the One Tree Hill Soundtrack. Alongside producer Ron Aniello (Lifehouse, Guster, Barenaked Ladies), Galeotti's has also recorded original material for an album with Epic Records, but is no longer affiliated with them. Galeotti collaborated with Garry Marshall and Carole King on a new musical as well as working with director Arthur Allan Seidelman on a production of "The Outsiders." In 2006, she wrote and recorded several songs for the soundtrack for Ten Inch Hero.
In her early career, she was credited as Joie Lenz, a spelling of her middle name which she adopted in her early teens. When she joined One Tree Hill in 2003, she has been credited as Bethany Joy Lenz (up until 3x10). She was also credited as Haley James Scott on One Tree Hill's CD Friends with Benefit.
Galeotti has performed her own rendition of the National Anthem at various charity events, including James Lafferty's Annual Basketball Game.
Starring Roles
- Guiding Light as Michelle Bauer Santos (1998–2000)
- Mary and Rhoda as Rose Cronin (2000)
- Burning Down The House (pilot)
- 1972 as Jess (pilot)
- One Tree Hill as Haley James Scott (2003-present)
Guest Starring Roles
- Guiding Light as Reva Shayne (1998–2000)
- Off Centre as Heather (2001)
- Charmed as Lady Julia (2001)
- Felicity as Gretchen (2001)
- The Legacy as Jess (2002)
- Maybe It's Me as The Salesgirl (2002)
- The Guardian as Claire Stasiak (2003) |
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