Sasha Alexander

Sasha Alexander's early life

Sasha Alexander was born Suzana Drobnjaković in Los Angeles in 1973. The Serbian American already began acting in school plays starting in 7th grade and kept acting all through high school, before moving to New York City to star in Shakespeare Festivals. She went on to graduated from the University of California's School of Cinema-Television.

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Sasha Alexander: From Dawson's Creek to "Caitlin Todd"

After a rocky start in the TV world with minor roles on two short-lived dramas, Sasha got her big break starring in the fourth season of Dawson's Creek as Joshua Jackson's sister "Gretchen Witter". Then followed some smaller roles in feature films like He's Just Not That Into You and Yes Man (alongside Jim Carrey).

Then came her biggest break yet: Alexander joined the cast of NCIS asd Special Agent "Caitlin Todd" in 2003. Her time on the popular CBS drama was quite successful, but only 18 months long as her character was killed by a terrorist.

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Her next big success came in 2010, when she joined the TNT series Rizzoli & Isles, co-starring alongside Angie Harmon as Chief Medical Examiner for the Commonwealth of Massachussets. The show lasted for 7 seasons, until 2016.

Ever since, she has had a recurring role on Showtime's popular drama Shameless, playing "Helene Runyon".

Sasha Alexander: "Caitlin Todd's" private life

Sasha Alexander married director Edoardo Ponti, who is actually the son of legendary actress Sophia Loren, in 2007. They have two children, a daughter Lucia born in 2006 and a son Leonardo born in 2010.

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