Catherine Oxenberg
{{short description|American actress (born 1961)}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Catherine Oxenberg
| image = Катарина Оксенберг.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Oxenberg in 2012
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|9|22}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| alma_mater = Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle
St. Paul's School
Columbia University (dropped out)
| known_for = Dynasty
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After
Acapulco H.E.A.T.
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1982–present
| spouse = {{ubl|
{{marriage|Robert Evans|1998|1998|end=Annulment}} |
{{marriage|Casper Van Dien|1999|2015|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|Ellis Jones|21 October 2023}}
}}
| children = 3, including India Oxenberg
| mother = Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia
| relatives = Christina Oxenberg (sister)
}}
Catherine Oxenberg (born September 22, 1961) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Amanda Carrington on the 1980s prime-time soap opera Dynasty. Oxenberg is the daughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia and her first husband, Howard Oxenberg (1919–2010). She twice played Diana, Princess of Wales on screen, in The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana (1982) and Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (1992), and has appeared in many other films.
Early life
Oxenberg was born in New York City, and grew up in London. She is the eldest daughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia (born 1936), a member of the House of Karađorđević, and her first husband Howard Oxenberg (1919–2010), a Jewish{{cite journal|title=Royals Rule |journal=New York |first=Christopher|last=Mason|date=1997 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SugCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28 |page=28 |quote=Christina Oxenberg: Dad's jewish, so I've always considered my sister Catherine and I to be authentic Jewish princesses.}} dress manufacturer and close friend of the Kennedy family. Her sister is Christina Oxenberg. Princess Elizabeth is the only daughter of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (who served as regent for his cousin's eldest son King Peter II of Yugoslavia) and Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark.
Through her maternal grandmother, Catherine is a first cousin once removed of: Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy and Prince Michael of Kent. Oxenberg is a second cousin once removed of Queen Sofía of Spain and Charles III of the United Kingdom, making Catherine a third cousin of Felipe VI of Spain and William, Prince of Wales. She is also a third cousin once removed of Margrethe II of Denmark and Harald V of Norway; and a fourth cousin to Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and King Philippe of Belgium.
Oxenberg was educated at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in Kensington, London, St. Paul's School, and Columbia University, though she did not finish college.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9xEEAAAAMBAJ&q=Catherine+Oxenberg+lycee+francais&pg=PA16|title=Orange Coast Magazine|date=Jun 1986|publisher=Emmis Communications|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Mills|first=Nancy|date=December 13, 1992|title=The Royal Unraveling|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-13-tv-3655-story.html|access-date=June 19, 2020|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622041346/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-13-tv-3655-story.html|url-status=live}}
A contemporary Harvard Crimson piece indicates that she was at least initially in the Class of 1983, dubbing her "queen of the facebook".{{cite news|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1982/9/13/pictures-of-catherine-pinews-update-this/|title=Pictures of Catherine|author=Paul Barrett|date=September 13, 1982|access-date=December 27, 2012|archive-date=August 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810004039/http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1982/9/13/pictures-of-catherine-pinews-update-this/|url-status=live}}
Film and television
File:Catherine Oxenberg 1987.jpg
Oxenberg made her acting debut in the 1982 made-for-television film The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana, in which she played Diana, Princess of Wales. In 1984, Oxenberg joined the hit ABC prime time soap opera Dynasty—then at its height of popularity[http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1984.htm 1984-1985 Ratings - ClassicTVhits.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217053950/http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1984.htm |date=December 17, 2015 }} Dynasty was the #1 American series during the 1984-1985 season.—in the role of Amanda Carrington. Oxenberg left Dynasty in 1986, following a salary dispute after the end of her second season, and the role was recast with Karen Cellini.{{cite news|last= Eder|first= Shirley|date= August 19, 1986|title= Dynasty To Do Without Its Princess|url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/1986/08/19/dynasty-to-do-without-its-princess/|newspaper= Chicago Tribune|location= Chicago, United States|publisher= Knight Ridder|access-date= October 8, 2018|archive-date= August 8, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140808054651/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-08-19/features/8603020062_1_catherine-oxenberg-dynasty-blake-carrington|url-status= live}} Though Oxenberg's publicist insisted that the actress left Dynasty voluntarily, several media outlets reported that she was fired.{{cite web |last=Swertlow|first=Frank|title=Hollywood Freeway: CBS Gets Ready with New Focus on Bourke-White |newspaper=Los Angeles Daily News |date=July 16, 1986|page=1 Valley, L.A. Life|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EF50ED10E627AFD?p=AWNB|via=infoweb.newsbank.com|access-date= October 8, 2018}}{{cite web |title=Dynasty Gives Actress The Heave-Ho|work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=July 16, 1986|page=47 |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EB4EE270154FB68?p=AWNB|via=infoweb.newsbank.com|access-date= October 8, 2018}}{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Dynasty Will Switch Amandas|newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=July 16, 1986|page=C10, Television|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0EB0484896A7EB57?p=AWNB|access-date= October 8, 2018|via=NewsBank}}
Oxenberg was the guest host on the May 10, 1986, episode of Saturday Night Live, making her the only descendant of a royal family to host the show. Oxenberg starred as Princess Elysa in the 1987 television film Roman Holiday. She also appeared in The Lair of the White Worm in 1988, and reprised the role of Diana, Princess of Wales in the TV film Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After in 1992. From 1993 to 1994, she starred in the short-lived series Acapulco H.E.A.T.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}
Oxenberg was portrayed by Rachael Taylor in the 2005 telemovie Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure, a fictionalized retelling of the behind-the-scenes goings-on during the production of Dynasty. In 2006, Oxenberg appeared in the TV special, Dynasty Reunion: Catfights & Caviar, in which she was reunited with her former Dynasty castmates to reminisce about the series.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/02/arts/television/02stan.html |title=A Look Back at Dynasty and the Excess of the 1980s |work=The New York Times |first=Alessandra |last=Stanley |date=May 2, 2006 |access-date=May 28, 2017 |archive-date=September 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903095336/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/02/arts/television/02stan.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-04-24-dynasty_x.htm |title=Forsythe rules his Dynasty |first=William |last=Keck |work=USA Today |date=April 24, 2006 |access-date=June 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107043853/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-04-24-dynasty_x.htm |archive-date=November 7, 2015}}
In 2019, Catherine Oxenberg produced and narrated Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother's Fight to Save Her Daughter in which Andrea Roth portrayed her.{{cite web |title=Lifetime's Trailer For 'Escaping The NXIVM Cult' Shows Seduction And Anguish |url=https://deadline.com/video/lifetimes-trailer-for-escaping-the-nxivm-cult-shows-seduction-and-anguish/ |website=Deadline |access-date=September 9, 2019 |date=August 24, 2019 |archive-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010033232/https://deadline.com/video/lifetimes-trailer-for-escaping-the-nxivm-cult-shows-seduction-and-anguish/ |url-status=live }}
NXIVM
Oxenberg acknowledged in November 2017 that she had had interactions with Keith Raniere and his NXIVM organization, bringing her daughter India into NXIVM in 2011 for what she thought would be "a self-help, business-oriented program."{{Cite episode |title=A Mother's Fight |url=https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=catherine+oxenberg+video+20%2f20&view=detail&mid=72C7A2CF8B310DCCEE1372C7A2CF8B310DCCEE13&FORM=VIRE |access-date=February 8, 2019 |series=Megyn Kelly Today |last=Kelly |first=Megyn |author-link=Megyn Kelly |network=NBC |date=November 2, 2017 |season=1 |number=29}} Oxenberg confirmed that her daughter became heavily involved in the cult and that she had initiated what proved to be a failed intervention for India.
In August 2018, Oxenberg revealed that India had left NXIVM in June, after the arrest of Raniere, and they were working on their relationship.{{cite news |url=https://people.com/crime/catherine-oxenberg-says-her-daughter-who-has-left-nxivm-is-moving-forward/ |title=Catherine Oxenberg Says Her Daughter Who Has Left Nxivm Is 'Moving Forward' |first1=Liz |last1=McNeil |first2=Johnny |last2=Dodd |work=People |date=August 7, 2018 |access-date=February 7, 2019 |archive-date=October 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018190425/https://people.com/crime/catherine-oxenberg-says-her-daughter-who-has-left-nxivm-is-moving-forward/ |url-status=live }} In August 2018, Oxenberg's book Captive: A Mother's Crusade to Save Her Daughter from a Terrifying Cult co-written by former People magazine writer Natasha Stoynoff{{Cite book|url = https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Captive/Catherine-Oxenberg/9781982100667|isbn = 9781982100667|title = Captive|date = July 2, 2019|last1 = Oxenberg|first1 = Catherine| publisher=Gallery Books |access-date = October 20, 2021|archive-date = October 20, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211020051248/https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Captive/Catherine-Oxenberg/9781982100667|url-status = live}} was published.{{Cite book |url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Captive/Catherine-Oxenberg/9781982100650 |title=Captive |last1=Oxenberg |first1=Catherine |first2=Natasha |last2=Stoynoff |date=2018 |publisher=Gallery Books |isbn=9781982100650 |access-date=August 16, 2018 |archive-date=August 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816061926/http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Captive/Catherine-Oxenberg/9781982100650 |url-status=live }}
In 2020, Oxenberg was featured in The Vow, a documentary series for HBO, directed by Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer, which follows Oxenberg's attempts to rescue her daughter India.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/nxivm-cult-hbo-the-vow-documentary-1047605/|title=How HBO's The Vow Tells the Non-Sex-Cult Side of NXIVM|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=EJ|last=Dickson|date=August 21, 2020|access-date=October 4, 2020|archive-date=October 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001012738/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/nxivm-cult-hbo-the-vow-documentary-1047605/|url-status=live}} Oxenberg also appears in Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult a documentary series for Starz, directed by Cecilia Peck and Inbal B. Lessner, which features India speaking out about her experiences for the first time.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/seduced-inside-the-nxivm-cult-trailer-premiere-date-starz-docuseries-india-oxenberg-1234596167/|title=Seduced: Inside The NXIVM Cult: Trailer & Premiere Date For Four-Part Starz Docuseries|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Erik|last=Pederson|date=October 13, 2020|access-date=October 13, 2020|archive-date=October 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019053809/https://deadline.com/2020/10/seduced-inside-the-nxivm-cult-trailer-premiere-date-starz-docuseries-india-oxenberg-1234596167/|url-status=live}}
Personal life
In June 1991, Oxenberg had a daughter, India Riven Oxenberg, whose father was later revealed to be the convicted drug smuggler William Weitz Shaffer.{{cite web |url=http://heinbruins.nl/Christian.html |title=Descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark |first=Hein |last=Bruins |website=heinbruins.nl |date=February 7, 2019 |access-date=February 7, 2019 |archive-date=June 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617135150/http://heinbruins.nl/Christian.html |url-status=live }} In December 1992, Oxenberg was living with her daughter in Coldwater Canyon, Los Angeles, California.
Oxenberg's first marriage was to the producer Robert Evans, in Beverly Hills, California, on July 12, 1998, but the marriage was annulled nine days later.{{cite web|last=Archerd|first=Army|author-link=Army Archerd|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb1437/is_199807/ai_n5948467&tag=rel.res1?tag=col1;fa_related_widget|title=Evans and Oxenberg saying 'I do'|work=Variety|date=July 1998|access-date=September 9, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206142307/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb1437/is_199807/ai_n5948467%26tag%3Drel.res1?tag=col1;fa_related_widget|archive-date=December 6, 2008|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Archerd|first=Army|title=Evans and Oxenberg untie knot|work=Variety|date=July 1998|access-date=September 9, 2008|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb1437/is_/ai_n5949007|archive-date=February 4, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204002209/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb1437/is_/ai_n5949007|url-status=live}}
Oxenberg met the actor Casper Van Dien during the filming of the 1999 TV movie The Collectors, and they worked together again the same year in the Evangelical Christian thriller The Omega Code. On May 8, 1999, they were married at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Van Dien had a son and a daughter from a previous marriage. Van Dien and Oxenberg have two daughters. In 2005, the couple appeared in their own reality series, I Married a Princess, which aired on the Lifetime Television channel in the United States and on LIVINGtv in the United Kingdom. Van Dien filed for divorce from Oxenberg in 2015.{{cite web|title=Starship Troopers Star Casper Van Dien Files For Divorce From Actress Wife Catherine Oxenberg |first=Kevin |last=Blair |website=StarPulse |url=http://m.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2015/09/28/starship-troopers-star-casper-van-dien|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002035716/http://m.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2015/09/28/starship-troopers-star-casper-van-dien |url-status=dead|date=September 28, 2015 |archive-date=October 2, 2015 |access-date=October 8, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2015/09/25/casper-van-dien-divorce-catherine-oxenberg|title=Casper Van Dien: I'm Divorcing Catherine Oxenberg|website=TMZ|date=September 25, 2015|access-date=October 8, 2018|archive-date=November 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126225236/https://www.tmz.com/2015/09/25/casper-van-dien-divorce-catherine-oxenberg/|url-status=live}}
While Oxenberg and Van Dien were married, and before India joined NXIVM, Oxenberg and Van Dien were celebrity ambassadors for the non-profit organization Childhelp.{{cite web|url=http://www.childhelp.org/about/celebrity-ambassadors |title=Celebrity Ambassadors |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510151559/http://www.childhelp.org/about/celebrity-ambassadors |website=ChildHelp.org |archive-date=May 10, 2008 |access-date=August 6, 2008}}
In June 2023, Oxenberg revealed her engagement to businessman Ellis Jones.{{cite web|title=Catherine Oxenberg on How Ketamine Helped Her Overcome NXIVM Trauma: 'A Miracle' (Exclusive)|url=https://people.com/catherine-oxenberg-ketamine-helped-overcome-nxivm-cult-trauma-exclusive-7550050|website=People|date=June 20, 2023|first=David|last= Walters}} They began dating shortly after Jones offered Oxenberg a place to stay following her losing her home in the 2018 California wildfires. The couple married on October 21, 2023.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/catherine-oxenberg-marries-ellis-jones-8383494|website=People|title=Oxenberg Marries Businessman Ellis Jones: 'I Feel So Blessed'|date=October 27, 2023|first=Angel|last=Saunders}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Film |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1988
|{{sortname|The|Lair of the White Worm|The Lair of the White Worm (film)}} |Eve Trent | |
| 1990
|Kristin | |
| 1999
|{{sortname|The|Omega Code}} |Cassandra Barashe | |
| 2000
|Susan Renart | |
| 2008
| Starship Troopers 3: Marauder | Tech 2 | Uncredited |
| 2014
| Sleeping Beauty | Queen Violet | |
| 2020
| Acquitted by Faith | Beth Stills | |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Television |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1982
|The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana |TV movie |
| 1984
|Michelle Lloyd |Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1984
|{{sortname|The|Love Boat}} |Monika Blackbird |2 episodes |
| 1984–1986
|54 episodes |
| 1986
|{{sortname|The|Love Boat}} |Carrie Barton |2 episodes |
| 1987
|Nancy |TV movie |
| 1987
|Princess Elysa |TV movie |
| 1989
|Swimsuit |Jade Greene |TV movie |
| 1989
|Lisa Duncan |TV movie |
| 1990
|Bony |Angela Hemmings |TV movie |
| 1991
|Ring of Scorpio |Fiona Matthews McDonald |TV movie |
| 1991
|Aja Turner |TV movie |
| 1992
|Kate |TV movie |
| 1992
|Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After |Princess Diana |TV movie |
| 1993
|Rubdown |Jordy |TV movie |
| 1993–1994
|Ashley Hunter-Coddington |22 episodes |
| 1994
|Treacherous Beauties |Simone Hollister |TV movie |
| 1995
|{{sortname|The|Nanny}} |Sydney Mercer |Episode: "Oy Vey, You're Gay" |
| 1998
|Catch Me If You Can |Tina Walcott |TV movie |
| 1999
|Boys Will Be Boys |Patsy Parker |TV movie |
| 1999
|TV movie |
| 1999
|Sarah McKinney |TV movieMick Martin, Marsha Porter, The Video Movie Guide 2002 (2001), p. 1132 |
| 1999
|{{sortname|The|Collectors|nolink=1}} |Det Bailey |TV movie |
| 1999
|Thrill Seekers Spokesperson |TV movie |
| 2000
|Road Rage |Forest Service Woman |TV movie |
| 2000
|Erika |Episode: "Bad Boyz" |
| 2001
|Lacy Anderson |TV movie |
| 2001
|{{sortname|The|Miracle of the Cards}} |Marion Shergold |TV movie |
| 2002
|Perilous |Sasha |TV movie |
| 2002
|{{sortname|The|Vector File|nolink=1}} |Margaret |TV movie |
| 2005
|Female pilot (voice) |Video game |
| 2005
|Premonition |Kate Barnes |TV movie |
| 2005
|Claudia Penchant |Episode: "Brothers Grim" |
| 2006–2007
|Leandra Thames |64 episodes |
| 2010
|{{sortname|The|Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation}} |Dottie McGovern |TV movie |
| 2015
|Reinhardt |TV movie |
| 2019
|Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother's Fight to Save Her Daughter |Herself/narrator |TV film; Also executive producer |
| 2019
|Herself |Episode: "NXIVM: Self Help or Sex Cult?" |
| 2020
|Herself |7 episodes |
| 2020
|Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult |Herself |4 episodes |
For playing Amanda Carrington, Oxenberg won two Soap Opera Digest Awards in 1985, for Outstanding Supporting Actress and Outstanding Female Newcomer.{{cite web|url=http://www.celebratingthesoaps.net/soap-opera-awards-history.html|title=The Soap Opera Digest Awards History|work=Soap Opera Digest|via=Celebratingthesoaps.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415185708/http://www.celebratingthesoaps.net/soap-opera-awards-history.html|archive-date=April 15, 2016|access-date=October 26, 2018|url-status=usurped}}
Ancestry
Through her maternal grandfather, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia of the House of Karađorđević, Catherine Oxenberg is a great-great-great-granddaughter of Karađorđe, who started the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire in 1804. Her maternal grandmother, Princess Olga, was the daughter of Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia and Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, himself the son of another Romanov grand duchess, Queen Olga Konstantinovna of the Hellenes and her Danish-born husband King George of Greece, brother of Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom and the Empress Maria Fyodorovna.David Lewis, William Addams Reitwiesner, [http://www.wargs.com/essays/succession/2011.html Persons eligible to succeed to the British Throne as of 1 Jan 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517155140/http://www.wargs.com/essays/succession/2011.html |date=May 17, 2011 }} at wargs.com, accessed January 17, 2019
{{Ahnentafel |width=90%
|border=1
|collapsed=yes
|align=center
|boxstyle=padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;
|boxstyle_1=background-color: #fcc;
|boxstyle_2=background-color: #fb9;
|boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc;
|boxstyle_4=background-color: #bfc;
|boxstyle_5=background-color: #9fe;
|1= 1. Catherine Oxenberg
|2= 2. Howard Oxenberg
|3= 3. Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia
|4= 4. Jakob Oxenberg
|5= 5. Daisy Friedman
|6= 6. Paul, Prince Regent of Yugoslavia
|7= 7. Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark
|8= 8. Israel Oxenberg
|9= 9. Pearl Borveck
|10= 10. Bernard Friedman
|11= 11. Hannah Monthem
|12= 12. Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia
|13= 13. Princess Aurora Pavlovna Demidova of San Donato
|14= 14. Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark
|15= 15. Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{commons category}}
- {{Facebook}}
- {{IMDb name}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070401171321/http://www.mynetworktv.com/wom_characters_catherine_oxenberg.html Catherine Oxenberg's Watch Over Me profile - MyNetworkTV.com]
- {{rotten-tomatoes-person|catherine_oxenberg}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oxenberg, Catherine}}
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Actresses from London
Category:Actresses from New York City
Category:American emigrants to England
Category:American film actresses
Category:American people of Danish descent
Category:American people of Finnish descent
Category:American people of German-Russian descent
Category:American people of Russian-Jewish descent
Category:American people of Serbian descent
Category:American people of Swedish descent
Category:American soap opera actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American Ashkenazi Jews
Category:Columbia University alumni
Category:Harvard University alumni
Category:Jewish American actresses
Category:People educated at Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle
Category:St. Paul's School (New Hampshire) alumni