Nancy Lee Grahn
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SOAP STAR STATS
Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis, GH)
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Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis, GH)
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Vital Statistics
- Birthday:
- April 28
- Marital Status:
- Single
- Children:
- one daughter, Katherine Grace "Kate" (born 1998)
- Years On Show:
- 1996-present
The 411
Nancy Lee Grahn grew up in Skokie, Ill. When she was a teenager she developed an interest in acting, making her first stage appearance as a pony in a community theater production of Oklahoma. She went on to the University of Illinois and dove deeper into theatrical performances. Her first professional credit was starring in Guys and Dolls. She studied in New York and performed in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Barefoot in the Park, along with many other productions.
Grahn made her daytime debut in 1980 on ONE LIFE TO LIVE as Beverly Wilkes and later went on to play the memorable Julia Capwell on SANTA BARBARA until the show was canceled in 1993. In 1989 she won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress.
The actress resides in California with her daughter, Kate. In her spare time she enjoys volunteering for assorted charities in addition to various political activities.
Et Cetera
—Favorite actresses are Meryl Streep and Katharine Hepburn
—Parents were choreographers for their local community theater in Skokie, Ill.
—Starred on 7TH HEAVEN as Principal Russell from 1997-1999
—Tied for the supporting actress Emmy in 1989 with Debbi Morgan (ex-Angie, AMC)
—Worked on the Al Gore campaign in the 2000 presidential election
Career Highlights
Other Soap Roles
MELROSE PLACE, 1997 (Denise Fielding)
SANTA BARBARA, 1985-'93 (Julia Wainwright Capwell)
ONE LIFE TO LIVE 1980-'82 (Beverly Wilkes)
Memorable Quotes
"Is there too much sleeping around on MELROSE? Yeah. But, as long as it's safe sex, sex doesn't bother me. Violence bothers me." —after her stint on MELROSE PLACE, Soap Opera Weekly, Dec. 2, 1997
"I was raised to think I was worth something, that everyone was worth something. There was no gender bias in my family. Once I got out in the world and saw people treated in a way that was different from that, it confused and angered me. But anger doesn't solve anything. There's other ways to achieve things without getting hot under the collar." —on being an activist, especially in the area of women's issues, Weekly, May 2, 2000
"She is so completely smart and rational and compartmentalized, she can think clearly for other people, but she is a total loon. That makes her interesting." —on the character of Alexis Davis, Weekly, May 27, 2003
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
www.nancyleegrahn.com
