Age: 38
Mother of: James Hoke, 3; Holden John, 3 months
Married to: Backstreet Boys’ Howie Dorough for 5 years
For Leigh Dorough and her husband, Backstreet Boys member Howie Dorough, anonymity is perhaps the best thing about leaving Los Angeles to live in Brevard. “It’s a very normal life for us here. It’s wonderful to be able to jump on our bikes and go to the park.”
Part of living a “normal life” includes being a hands-on mom with no nannies or night nurses, even when their sons were born. “I knew these moments were only going to last so long and being up in the middle of the night with my son, feeding and bonding was very important to me.”
A child psychology major and former film development executive for Warner Brothers, Dorough has always taken an interest in kids. It was her idea to turn the popular mystery series, “Nancy Drew,” into a feature film. “I really wanted to create a positive role model for young girls. I went to my boss and asked about doing ‘Nancy Drew,’ thinking it would be something little girls could look up to because she always had amazing values and always stood behind what she believed in. It was just this purity that was lacking in the movie world.”
Balancing the world of entertainment and family, she still reads scripts as time allows. After James finishes preschool, she and the boys will join Howie as the Backstreet Boys tour the country to promote their 20th anniversary album.
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