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Rodeo Queen, Former Child Star, Future Doctor. |
About Catalina 'the Javelin' Woodward
Attributes: Agility d6, Smarts d6, Spirit d8, Strength d6, Vigor d6
College Major: Pre-Med
Skills: Fighting d4, Healing d4, Knowledge
(Medicine) d4, Notice d6, Persuasion d4, Riding
d8, Shooting d6, Survival d4, Throwing d4,
Tracking d4
Academics: —; Charisma: +2; Pace: 6; Parry: 4;
Toughness: 5
Hindrances: Code of Honor, Quirk (wears riding chaps
as a casual accessory), Trouble Magnet (Minor)
Edges: Attractive, Healer
Allowance: $500
Gear: Laptop, smartphone, cowgirl hat, used pickup
truck (Acc/TS: 20/40, Toughness: 12 (3), Crew: 1+2(7), Used
Car Glitch: Gas Guzzler).
Extracurricular Activities: Volunteer (Hospital—one extra
Benny per game session and one-time use of Connections
Edge at +2)
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Catalina is hard to miss. She's 5'10" before the hat and boots. Dark hair, pale skin, eyes almost black. She dresses for practicality most of the time, and that means being ready to head out to ride after class. Her looks are quite distinctive, and anybody familiar with her former life will recognize her instantly.
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Catalina is not from Texas originally. She is from the furthest place on planet Earth from Texas. Hollywood.
As the daughter of a producer, she got lots of chances to act. Sometimes with names, other times as "Classmate #3". She moved up to one of the supporting characters in a forgettable Disney channel show. But her big break was at 13 for a show called Horse Camp. She was Amelia Stussy, the sidekick/henchgirl to the Mean Girl. Her "acting" was mostly reaction shots and her schtick of being tongue-tied and walking away. But they had a B story where she was friends with the Heroine's sidekick.
But the best part was that it was shot in Montana. She quickly became known as the best rider on the cast, and then became the go-to riding double. She wanted to do her own stunts, but the studio wouldn't allow it. But the stuntmen liked her and let her sneak in for a few shots.
The second season brought a problem. She grew five inches and a cup size over the shooting schedule. That played hell with syndication. They wrote in an accident that had her in casts in a wheelchair and she spent weeks being the object of jokes. She was not asked to come back for the third season.
She spent a year doing support roles in a high school drama, but her heart wasn't in it. She had herself emancipated. In Hollywood this is a common way for teenage actors to get around the shooting limits for minors, so it's a rubber-stamp procedure. And she immediately left for the rodeo circuit.
At first she was known as "Hollywood" and not taken seriously despite having some pretty good scores. It wasn't until the incident that people took her seriously. After that, she had a good enough run to get an athletic scholarship. Of course she knows that this isn't going to be a lifetime thing, but she's found a new goal. She's spent enough time being checked out after getting thrown to see the medical profession. She took to that as much as riding. Enough to know what her third career would be.
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Famous connections from her past:
Peyton Prescott, who played the heroine Jessie Moore, is now doing movies. She's still B-list, but she's starting to get some buzz. Because of her schedule, their friendship is starting to wane a bit.
Lauren McCormick, who played the Mean Girl Debra Pritchard, is the female lead on her own cable series. They try to Skype once a week.
Kevin Schmidt was the main stunt coordinator for the show. He thinks that Catalina is crazy doing something as risky as Rodeo, but he's started to follow her and shows up to her events when he can fit it into the schedule.
Trina Gold was her best friend/Jessie's sidekick Brooklyn Ross. She's now an up-and coming singer. They had a major falling out over...
Cameron Richter was Jessie's crush/Boyfriend Mack Esten on the show, and Catalina's first boyfriend in real life. He left her for Trina, and that messed things up. Cameron moved on and is now an action star playing a werewolf cop in Alaska. He's recently been rated the 17th sexiest star.
