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Elisabeth Rohm Profile |
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Birth Date: April 28, 1973
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Birth Place: Düsseldorf, Germany
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Birth Name: Elisabeth Rohm
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Height: 5'8"
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Biography |
Elisabeth Röhm (born April 28, 1973 in Düsseldorf, Germany)
is a German-American television actress best known for
playing Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn on the
television drama Law & Order, a role she played from 2001 to
2005.
Röhm moved to New York City before reaching her first
birthday and later lived in Greenwich, Connecticut. She
maintains dual citizenship (U.S. and Germany). Her father,
Eberhard, was a German corporate attorney. Her mother, Lisa,
once wrote for the soap opera Guiding Light. The two
divorced when Röhm was 8 or 9.
She graduated from St. Andrews-Sewanee and attended Sarah
Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York, where she studied
writing and European history.
Her first major television role was as Dorothy "Dorf" Hayes
on the soap opera One Life to Live (1997). She also had
recurring guest appearances on Angel as Detective Kate
Lockley and a regular role on the TNT drama Bull before
being cast in Law & Order. She left the series in 2005. |
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Other
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Studied Writing and European History at Sarah Lawrence
College in Bronxville, NY.
She was born in Germany, but her parents moved back to New
York before she turned 1 year old.
Her father, Eberhard, was a German corporate attorney. Her
mother, Lisa, once wrote for the soap, "The Guiding Light"
(1952). The two divorced when Elisabeth was 8 or 9.
Wrote an unpublished novel about a 21-year-old woman in 1911
Scotland, whose husband committed suicide.
She made Maxim magazine's "Hot 100" list in 2002, voted one
of the most watchable women in entertainment.
Collects paintings by Woodstock, New York artist Justin
Love. Love is also a friend of hers.
Has dual citizenship (USA and Germany).
Was engaged to MSNBC reporter Dan Abrams (2003-2005).
Lived in New York City while filming "Law & Order" (1990),
but now lives in Los Angeles part-time, in search of more
acting jobs.
Grew up in Bedford, New York.
Raised by a hippie mother who prided herself on being "au
naturel".
Goes horseback riding four times a week. Started riding
horses at age five and switched from "show jumping" to
"dressage" to calm the "Law & Order" (1990) producers, who
thought she might get hurt.
Does serious full-body workouts with free weights, boxing,
Olympic lifts, carrying and pulling heavy weights across the
room.
Works on behalf of maketheconnection.org, which show the
connection between cervical cancer and HPV.
Fluent in German.
Attended Saint Andrew's-Sewanee School and graduated in
1991.
Engaged to director Austin Smithard in 2000. |
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since November 14, 2007