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As a result, the opportunity to star in a TV show came soon after. Although [Emily Proctor] was having a great time on The West Wing, the lure of being a regular cast member in CSI: Miami was hard to resist. She consulted with her friend, former West Wing cast mate Jorja Fox (who plays Sara Sidle in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), before accepting the part.

“Jorja and I have been friends for years since we did a movie together (called Forever Fabulous),” she reveals in a charming Southern accent. “She was the first call I made when I was thinking about doing CSI. I call her Horha. And I said: ‘Horha, am I going to do CSI? She said: ‘I think you will like it.’

“And I asked her: ‘Would you like it if it weren’t the No.1 show?’ She said: ‘I would.’ Then I called her halfway through the first season, and I said: ‘I don’t know if I like it.’ And she said I had to wait a while. She was right.

“It is different. It is a very unusual style of acting which is specific only to it. And far more challenging than it looks to come up with various ways to look across from a person and tell them exactly what you both know.”

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