Brenda Strong
Brenda Lee Strong ( born March 25, 1960 in Brightwood, Oregon ) is an American actress.
Life and career
Brenda Strong grew up in Portland, Oregon, and at first attended Parkrose High School in Portland. After Strong in 1978 graduated from Sandy Union High in Sandy, Oregon, had made, she received at the University of Arizona Bachelor of Music Degree in the subjects and musical theater. In 1980 she was Miss Arizona and took hereinafter the competition for Miss America part.
Mid-1980s, Strong began her acting career. After more than 90 guest appearances on television series such as ER - The ER, Everwood, Party of Five, Gilmore Girls, One heavenly family and Dawson 's Creek, she made her breakthrough in the role of Mary Alice Young / Angela Forrest in Desperate Housewives. It was originally intended for this role Sheryl Lee, Strong stepped in as a replacement. Strong was seen in the first two parts of Starship Troopers, but playing different characters. Since 2012, it has the role of Ann Ewing in the TNT series Dallas, the continuation of the same series from the 1980s held.
Personal
Strong was until January 2011, married in July 1989 with Tom Henri, the two have a child together. In addition to her work as an actress, she has worked as a yoga teacher in Santa Monica, California.