Tonja Walker(I)

Tonja Walker Emmy Nominated Actress, Tony nominated Producer, and award winning Filmmaker was born in Huntington, West Virginia, on September 19. Discovered at the Miss USA pageant as a finalist, she took the advice of several who had seen her on the telecast to at least visit LA. Immediately, she was working. Cast in Liar's Moon with Matt Dillon and national commercials her first two weeks in CA, she stayed. Though a pilot followed, and an NBC contract came her way, she came back from being on the road with Hoyt Axton to find their pilot hadn't sold. So she wanted to do a soap. Against all advice of her representatives, she felt she would study, work constantly and build her confidence. She did just that! She is known for her role as Emmy nominated role of Alex Olanov on One Life to Live and for her role as scheming Olivia Jerome on General Hospital in addition to her other roles.

As a singer and has participated in album collections of songs for RCA and has performed in several one woman shows. She produced an award winning Family Film entitled The Derby Stallion, starring Zac Efron, Bill Cobbs, William R. Moses and herself that was released by EchoBridge, Imageworks Entertainment then came out on Video on Demand March 8, 2007. The DVD came out June 2007, and the film grossed over 5 million dollars. She had a successful radio show on the East coast, Straight Talk Live with Tonja Walker, and is continuing to update that here. She is also writing a series based loosely on her life, and is developing content for a new cable channel. Tonja is back living in Palm Springs and in LA. After a long hiatus raising her fabulous daughters and caring for her husband, Tonja is excited to be back in the center of entertainment and is devoting time and energy to creating everyday.