celebrities today: Elisabeth Rohm life andcareer

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Elisabeth Rohm life andcareer

Elisabeth Röhm born April 28, 1973 is a German-American television actress. She is best known for playing the Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn in the American TV series Law & Order, and as Detective Kate Lockley in the TV series Angel.
Contents
* 1 Life and career
* 2 Awards and nominations
* 3 Filmography
* 4 References
* 5 External links
Life and career
Röhm was born in Düsseldorf, West Germany, but her parents took her to New York City before she reached her first birthday. Later, she resided in Greenwich, Connecticut and in Southern California. Her father, Eberhard Röhm, is 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.
Röhm graduated from the St. Andrew's-Sewanee High School, and graduated from the Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York where she studied writing and European History.
Röhm, who was selected for Maxim magazine's "Hot 100" list in 2002, received her first TV acting role as Dorothy 'Dorf' Hayes in the American soap opera One Life to Live in 1997. Röhm also worked as a recurring character 20 episodesin the TV series Angel in 1999–2001 as Detective Kate Lockley. She had a regular role in the Turner Network Television drama series Bull in 2000–2001.
Röhm was hired to portray the Assistant District Attorney, Serena Southerlyn, by the producers of the series Law & Order in 2001, and she carried out this role in 85 episodes during the years 2001 through 2005 for four TV years.
Röhm is an avid horseback rider who rides about four times per week. She switched from being a hunter-jumper to the dressage event at the request of the producers of Law and Order, who were concerned about the impact that any riding accident would have on their TV series.
Röhm has been in a relationship with entrepreneur Ron Wooster since 2005 and engaged since 2007.Röhm gave birth to their daughter, Easton August Anthony Wooster, on April 11, 2008
Awards and nominations
Along with the rest of the cast of the TV series Law & Order, Röhm shared nominations from the Screen Actors Guild in 2002 and 2004 for the award for "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series".