Elisabeth Röhm

Elisabeth Röhm

Elisabeth Röhm, August 2006
Born Elisabeth Röhm
April 28, 1973 (1973-04-28) (age 38)
Düsseldorf, Germany
Years active 1997–present
Partner Ron Anthony (2005–present) 1 daughter
Website
www.elisabeth-rohm.com/home/

Elisabeth Röhm (born April 28, 1973) is a German-born American television actress. She is known for playing Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn in the American TV series Law & Order, and as Detective Kate Lockley in the TV series Angel.

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Early life

Röhm was born in Düsseldorf, West Germany, moving with her family to New York City before her first birthday. Her father, Eberhard Röhm, is a corporate lawyer and partner at Duane Morris. Her mother, Lisa Loverde, was an American scriptwriter who once wrote for the TV soap opera, Guiding Light.[1]

Röhm attended St. Andrew's-Sewanee School, a small private boarding school in Tennessee, then graduated from Sarah Lawrence College,[2] where she studied writing and European History.

Career

Röhm received her first TV acting role in 1997, as Dorothy 'Dorf' Hayes in the American soap opera One Life to Live. She had a starring role in the 1999 BBC Northern Ireland mini-series Eureka Street, then portrayed recurring character Detective Kate Lockley in the first two seasons (1999 to 2001) of the TV series Angel. While appearing in Angel, Röhm also had a regular role in the only season (2000-01) of the Turner Network Television drama series Bull.

Röhm portrayed regular character Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn through four seasons (2001 - 2005) in the television series Law & Order.

Personal life

Röhm was long an avid equestrian, but gave up horseback riding after a 2005 accident that she spoke about in a 2011 episode of the Biography Channel series Celebrity Close Calls.[3]

Röhm was engaged to director Austin Smithard in 2000. She has been in a relationship with entrepreneur Ron Anthony Wooster since 2005 and engaged since 2007.[4] Röhm gave birth to their daughter, Easton August Anthony Wooster, on April 11, 2008.[5][6]

Röhm has included a blog on her personal website often writing about life with infant daughter Easton and fiancé Ron[7]. On January 6, 2011[8], People Magazine added Röhm's blog to the Moms & Babies section of its online site celebritybabies.people.com.

Awards and nominations

Röhm, as part of the cast of the TV series Law & Order, was nominated for their 2001 performance, and again for their 2003 performance, for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Röhm was selected for Maxim magazine's "Hot 100" list in 2002.

Filmography

List of acting performances in film and television[9]
title released role notes
Deconstructing Harry 1997 uncredited
One Life to Live 1997–1998 Dorothy Hayes TV series
The Invisible Man 1998 TV movie
Fantasy Island 1998 Beautiful Cindy TV series
Puppet, Love and Mertz 1999 Love short film
The '60s 1999 Amanda Stone TV movie
Turks 1999 Marla TV series
Eureka Street 1999 Max TV mini-series
Angel 1999–2001 Kate Lockley 15 episodes
Bull 2000–2001 Alison Jeffers 20 episodes
Law & Order 2001–2005 ADA Serena Southerlyn 85 episodes, 2 SAG nominations
Law & Order: Dead on the Money 2002 ADA Serena Southerlyn (voice) video game
Law & Order: Double or Nothing 2003 ADA Serena Southerlyn (voice) video game
Push 2004 Samantha short film
Law & Order: Justice is Served 2004 ADA Serena Southerlyn (voice) video game
Briar & Graves 2005 Dr. Laurie Graves TV movie
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous 2005 Agent Janet McKaren
FBI: Negotiator 2005 Laura Martin TV movie
Amber's Story 2006 Donna Whitson TV movie
Ghost Image 2007 Jennifer
Masters of Science Fiction 2007 Lt. Granger TV series
Big Shots 2007 Alex Mason 3 episode
The Kreutzer Sonata 2008 Abigail
San Saba 2008 Leigh
The Mentalist 2008 Sophie Miller TV series
Desperate Escape 2009 Brooke Harris TV movie
The Whole Truth 2009 Angela Masters
Crimes of the Past 2009 Josephine Sparrow
90210 2009 Bitsy Epstein TV series
Heroes 2009-2010 Lauren Gilmore 8 episodes
Aftermath 2010 Rebecca Fiorini
Desperate Escape 2009 Brooke Harris TV movie
Chlorine 2011 Katherine
Minkow 2011 Lisa Minkow
A Christmas Kiss Priscilla Hall completed
Transit Robyn post-production
Abduction 2011 Lorna Price
Darkroom Rachel filming
Officer Down Alexandra Callahan filming
Bluegrass Run Kate Holton pre-production
Sara's Cell Sara pre-production

References

  1. ^ "Elisabeth Rohm Biography (1973–)". Filmreference.com. http://www.filmreference.com/film/70/Elisabeth-Rohm.html. Retrieved 2011-03-09. 
  2. ^ Linda Spear (1998-3-1). "Film Set in Yonkers Native's Locale". New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50C11FA3B5A0C728CDDAA0894D0494D81. Retrieved 2011-01-10. 
  3. ^ "Jermaine Jackson, Angie Everhart, Elisabeth Rohm, Jose Canseco." Dir. Seth Jarrett, Timothy F. Smith, and Erich Storm. Celebrity Close Calls. The Biography Channel. 16 Jul. 2011.
  4. ^ Mascia, Kristen; Silverman, Stephen M. (August 7, 2007). "Newly Engaged Elisabeth Rohm Calls Romance 'Preordained'". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20050395,00.html. Retrieved 2010-06-28. 
  5. ^ Mascia, Kristen (April 11, 2008). "Elisabeth Röhm Welcomes a Baby Girl". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20190929,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn. Retrieved 2010-06-28. 
  6. ^ Röhm, Elisabeth (March 10, 2011). "Elisabeth Röhm’s Blog: Sharing My IVF Secret". celebritybabies.people.com. http://celebritybabies.people.com/2011/03/10/elisabeth-rohms-blog-sharing-my-ivf-secret/. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
  7. ^ Röhm, Elisabeth (April 14, 2011). "Elisabeth Röhm’s Blog: Easton Turns Three!". www.elisabeth-rohm.com. http://www.elisabeth-rohm.com/home/blog/127-easton-turns-three. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
  8. ^ Röhm, Elisabeth (January 6, 2011). "Elisabeth Röhm’s Blog: Embracing Change In the New Year". celebritybabies.people.com. http://celebritybabies.people.com/2011/01/06/elisabeth-rohms-blog-embracing-change-in-the-new-year/. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
  9. ^ Elisabeth Röhm at the Internet Movie Database

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