Born
Azura Dawn Storozynski
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1985–present
Relatives
Brad Johnson (grandfather)
Azura Dawn Storozynski (born November 8, 1981), known professionally as Azura Skye, is an American actress who first gained recognition for her role as Jane on The WB television sitcom Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane. She also had a 2-episode role as Cassie Newton in the seventh season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Skye was born in her grandmother's home in Northridge, California. Her parents being amateur gemologists, named her after azurite, a semi-precious mineral. Azure is a color often associated with the sky; thus the middle name "Dawn" and the stage name "Azura Skye". Being from a show business family, she started her career as a stage actress at the age of three and toured Europe with the Santa Monica Playhouse theatre group at the age of eleven. She received her education at the Brentwood School.[1]
Her grandfather, Brad Johnson, who died before her birth, was an actor known for his role as deputy sheriff Lofty Craig in the Western series, Annie Oakley (1954–1957), as well as a real estate developer in Los Angeles.[2]
Skye made her first television appearance on the show Total Security in 1997. Then she played a couple of smaller parts on Touched by an Angel and Chicago Hope, and made appearances in a number of television movies before she was cast for the role as "Jane" in Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane in 1999. Zoe..., as the show was renamed for the second season, was a short-lived (two seasons) sitcom about four teenagers – Skye's character being one of them. In 2000, the same year that Zoe... ended, Skye's first major movie production premiered. In 28 Days, she starred alongside Sandra Bullock and Viggo Mortensen.[3]
Two years later, in 2002, Skye appeared in two episodes of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In the episode "Help" she plays Cassie Newton, a teen girl at Sunnydale High who possesses the power of precognition and who foresees her own death, and whom Buffy tries to help. In the episode "Conversations with Dead People", she plays an incarnation of the First Evil, impersonating a ghost of Cassie, who attempts to persuade Willow to commit suicide by pretending to bring a message from her dead girlfriend Tara.
Also in 2002, she appeared in Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister alongside Matthew Goode and Stockard Channing.
During this time she also appeared in other projects, doing smaller parts. She has played Susie Keaton in four episodes of CSI: Miami and has made guest appearances in shows such as Smallville and Judging Amy. Skye has also played parts in movies like Bandits (with Bruce Willis and Cate Blanchett), The Salton Sea (with Val Kilmer) and Red Dragon (with Anthony Hopkins).[3]
Skye appeared as Ruby Bates in the 2006 drama Heavens Fall. In 2007, she starred as Sara in 20 Years After and Casey Cola in What We Do Is Secret. In 2008, she had a major part in the American remake of the Japanese horror movie One Missed Call, which was released in the US on January 4, 2008.[3]
Her most recent television appearances include the voice of Veronica in an episode of American Dad!, fall 2007 episodes of House M.D., Bones and Ghost Whisperer, a 2009 episode of The Mentalist, and FionainAmerican Horror Story: Murder House.[3]
Film
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1999
Interview Teenager
1999
Dementia
Veronica
2000
Andrea
2001
Buck Naked Arson
Janey
2001
Spider
2001
Cheri
2002
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Iris
2002
Teresa
2002
Bookseller
2003
Georgia Mirabeau
2005
May
2005
Lorna
2005
Why Don't You Dance?
Short film
2005
Laying Down Arms
Janet
Short film
2006
Tania
2006
Love and Debate
Nina
2006
Ruby Bates
2007
Casey Cola
2007
God's Beach
Lydia
Short film
2008
Leann Cole
2008
Sarah
2009
Two Other Dreams
Galen
Short film
2012
May
2015
Ruth
2018
Alien Code
Beth
2020
The Swerve
Holly
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1997
Total Security
—
Episode: "A Man for Half a Season"
1997
China
Episode: "Children of the Night"
1997
Cashier
Episode: "Brain Salad Surgery"
1997
Alone
Jocelyn
Television film
1998
Cab to Canada
Jet (Runaway)
Television film
1999–2000
Jane Cooper
24 episodes
2000
Deanna Clay
Voice, episode: "Inqueling"
2001
Haley
Episode: "The Crash"
2002
Amy Palmer
Episode: "Shimmer"
2002
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Iris Fisher
Television film
2002
Karen
Episode: "Unaired Pilot"
2002
Rhonda Petty
Episode: "Lost in the System"
2002
2 episodes
2003
Expert Witness
—
Television film
2003
Amber
Episode: "Homewrecker's Ball"
2003–2005
Susie Barnam Keaton
4 episodes
2005
Marissa
Episode: "Have You Seen This Man?"
2006, 2011
Veronica, Cookie
Voice, 2 episodes
2006–2007
The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman
Skyler
8 episodes
2007
J
Episode: "Pilot"
2007
Irene
Episode: "Guardian Angels"
2007
Amber Kippler
Episode: "Mummy in the Maze"
2007
Sophie Owens
Episode: "Double Exposure"
2009
Tamzin Dove / Sarah Jones
Episode: "Red Rum"
2009
Mary Barth
Episode: "Yielding"
2010
Claire Shepard (1998)
Episode: "Bullet"
2011
American Horror Story: Murder House
Fiona
4 episodes
2012
Robin Steinkellner
Episode: "The Thing with Feathers"
2014
Sandy Engel-Karinsky
12 episodes
2017
Sharva Pontemucci
Episode: “Full Disclosure”
2018–2021
Darla
4 episodes
2018
Speechless
Mary
Episode: "Celebrity Suite"
2019
Stephanie Houston
Episode: "Rip City Dicks"
2019–2020
Helen McGaintry
2 episodes
Video games
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2011
Ashara Zavros
2013
Dr. Hilary Massar
International
National
People