Sasha Alexander

Sasha Alexander (* May 17, 1973 Los Angeles, California) is an American film and television actress. Your real name is Suzana Drobnjakovic. Her stage name is Sasha Alexander, where Sasha is a nickname from her childhood and Alexander derives from the name of her brother.

Biography

Alexander's father is Italian and her mother from Serbia. With the acting, she started when she took over the female lead in a school production entitled baby. Later she worked with in New York in Shakespeare and Summer Stick Festival. The role of Katherine in the play The Taming of the Shrew brought her the opportunity to study in the UK with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Alexander graduated with a degree in directing at the School of Cinema-Television, part of the University of Southern California. At the same time she played in several - with independent films that were shown at festivals across America - acclaimed by the critics. She has worked behind the camera, such as in the production of Lucky 13, in which she directed, co-wrote the screenplay, starred and produced.

On 18 September 1999 Alexander married the director and writer Luka Pecel. The marriage was later annulled. On 12 May 2006, she became the mother of a daughter. Father of the child is her future husband, the director Edoardo Ponti, son of Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti. With him she has been married since August 11, 2007. On 20 December 2010 was the second child together, a son, was born.

In the television series Wasteland Alexander in 1999 held one of the main roles, the series came to a squadron. In youth series Dawson 's Creek, she had a supporting role in the fourth season. Larger became famous for Alexander in the series NCIS in which they (2003 to 2005) played two years the Agent Caitlin "Kate" Todd. After the second season of the series Alexander got out, since you, the load of filming for many more episodes was still too high according to own data. Therefore, it was " written out ", her character was murdered. Nevertheless, she appeared in episodes 8x14 and 9x14 in thoughts or memories. The scenes were not re-shot, was instead non wendetes Archival used or edited scenes of their recent performances. Since July 2010, she embodies in the television series Rizzoli & Isles, the medical examiner Maura Isles.

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