Sylva Kelegian

{{short description|Armenian-American actress (born 1962)}}{{Infobox person

| name = Sylva Kelegian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|February 22, 1962}}

| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

| occupation = Actress{{dot}}author

| spouse = {{marriage|Jude Ciccolella|1997}}

| years_active = 1994–present

}}

Sylva Kelegian (born February 22, 1962) is an American actress.

Career

She appeared in such television shows as Law & Order, Desperate Housewives, Invasion, Prison Break, ER, NYPD Blue, and Stephen King's Desperation.{{Cite news |last=Heffernan |first=Virginia |date=2006-05-23 |title='Stephen King's Desperation': Lock Up Your Wolves |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/23/arts/television/23heff.html |access-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0362-4331}} She also portrayed Ivy Starnes in Atlas Shrugged (2011), the film adaptation of Ayn Rand's novel of the same name.{{Cite web |title=Sylva Kelegian: God Spelled Backwards |url=https://eastonbookfestival.com/event/sylva-kelegian-god-spelled-backwards/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Easton Book Festival |language=en-US}}

Personal life

Kelegian was born in New York City on February 22, 1962.{{Cite web |last=Caprio |first=Anthony Clark |date=2016-11-16 |title=Actress will sign copies of memoir that tells of her efforts to rescue and rehabilitate dogs in L.A. |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/burbank-leader/tn-blr-me-kelegian-20161115-story.html |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Burbank Leader |language=en-US}} She has been married to actor Jude Ciccolella since 1997.{{Cite web |title=Who rescues whom? |url=http://ticket.heraldtribune.com/2015/08/07/who-rescues-whom/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=ticket.heraldtribune.com}}