Alicia Minshew

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Alicia Minshew (Kendall, AMC)

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THE 411

Alicia Minshew was raised in Florida by parents Jim and Lenore, with her three sisters. Despite her parents' divorce, the family remains very close-knit. Minshew knew she wanted to act from an early age. "I was always putting on shows for my family," she recalls. She began doing some serious acting in high school, which led her to receive a musical theatre scholarship to Indian River College. There she performed in the plays Grease, Kiss Me, Kate, Godspell and Nunsense. Also during college, Minshew hosted the satellite music TV show THE MUSIC ZONE, which she continued to do until she made the move to New York at the urging of her managers.

On her third day in Manhattan, she auditioned for AMC, and although casting director Judy Blye Wilson didn't think Minshew was quite ready for a contract role, she tracked the actress' progress and considered her for several other parts as time went on. According to Blye Wilson, "She had grown as an actress, and as a person had really found herself a little more between the first time she tested and the time she came in for Kendall." Before landing the part of Erica's firstborn, Minshew continued her acting training and supported herself as a restaurant hostess and through several profitable commercials, including spots for Always Maxi Pads and Coppertone. After joining the Pine Valley ranks, Minshew quickly forged close bonds with Cameron Mathison (Ryan), Rebecca Budig (ex-Greenlee) and others, and around the studio has earned any number of affectionate nicknames (Lish, Dish, Luscious and Delish among them). Since 2004, she has been romantically attached to restaurateur Richie, the best friend of her on-screen love interest, Thorsten Kaye (Zach).

ET CETERA

Five Random Facts:
— Minshew's face graces the box of a home-perm product.
— Provided the voice of Shannen Doherty (ex-Brenda, BEVERLY HILLS, 90210) on MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch.
— Auditioned for the role of PASSIONS's Gwen, which went to Susan Lucci's (Erica, AMC) real-life daughter, Liza Huber.
— Her favorite food is peanut butter.
—The only TV show she watches regularly is GREY'S ANATOMY.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

TV Roles
GOING P.O.S.T.A.L. (Ashley Ransom)
CELEBRITH DEATHMATCH (voice of Shannen Doherty, 2002)
THE GROSS SIDE (Rachel)

Film Roles
The Caprice (2000)
Game Day (Suzie Wilson, 1999)
Hit and Runway (TV actress, 1999)

Theater
Beggar on Horseback (Cynthia)
Of Love and Betrayal (Bailey)
Mum's the Word (Peachy Keene)
Nunsense (Sister Mary)
Once Upon a Mattress (Princess Winifred)
The Haunting of Hill House (Theodora)
Caught in the Villain's Web (Felicity)

SHE SAID WHAT?

"She's like a little sister to me. I've grown to love and respect the hell out of her." — On Eden Riegel (Bianca, AMC), Soap Opera Weekly, 5/25/04

"She'll go, 'What's up, Tramp?' Or, 'Hey, Trailer Trash!' And I always answer!" — On her terms of endearment from Rebecca Budig (ex-Greenlee), Digest, 1/22/03

"I was like, 'Oh, s—!' ... I was very intimidated." — On her reaction to learning that Kendall was originally played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, Digest, 10/8/02

YOU SHOULD HEAR WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT YOU!

"It's just hard because on-set we were each other's haven. If one of us was having a bad day, the other would cheer us up."— Rebecca Budig (ex-Greenlee) on missing Minshew when she left AMC, Weekly, 12/6/05

"I had my first scenes with Alicia, and I'm very, very fond of that first day on-set; it feels almost like a dream to me, like a fantasy. That first day on ALL MY CHILDREN with Alicia, having scene after scene after scene, I was in heaven. I loved it. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. I will miss working with Alicia."—William deVry (ex-Michael, AMC), soapoperaweekly.com

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