1. Suzana Drobnjakovic, known by her stage name Sasha Alexander, is an American actress and television director.
22 Facts About Sasha Alexander
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Sasha Alexander played Gretchen Witter in Dawson's Creek and has acted in films including Yes Man and He's Just Not That Into You.
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Sasha Alexander, who is of Serbian and Italian descent, was born Suzana Drobnjakovic in Los Angeles, California.
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Sasha Alexander began acting in school productions in the seventh grade.
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Sasha Alexander was an ice skater, but stopped due to a knee injury.
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Sasha Alexander continued acting through high school and college, then moved to New York City to act in summer stock and Shakespeare festivals.
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Sasha Alexander graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television, where she was a member of the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta.
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Sasha Alexander got her acting start on two short-lived series: the medical drama Presidio Med and ABC's twenty-something drama Wasteland.
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Sasha Alexander achieved widespread media attention and critical praise when she appeared in the fourth season of Dawson's Creek as Gretchen Witter, the sister of Pacey Witter, and dated the title character.
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Sasha Alexander was in an episode of the short-lived Fox comedy series Greg the Bunny, in which she played the role of a lesbian TV Guide reporter and shared an onscreen kiss with Sarah Silverman.
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Sasha Alexander appeared in the films Lucky 13 and All Over the Guy, as well as He's Just Not That Into You, the independent movie The Last Lullaby, and Yes Man starring Jim Carrey.
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Sasha Alexander appeared as District Attorney Robin Childs in the CSI episode "Alter Boys", and she appeared in an episode of Friends, playing a Soap Opera Digest reporter who interviewed Joey.
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Sasha Alexander's character replaced Vivian Blackadder, played by Robyn Lively, who had appeared in the backdoor pilot episodes "Ice Queen" and "Meltdown" on JAG.
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Sasha Alexander had a small role in 2006's Mission: Impossible III.
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Sasha Alexander joined the cast of The Nine in the role of Nick's ex-wife.
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Sasha Alexander co-starred with Angie Harmon, who played Boston Homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli, Isles's best friend on the show.
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In 2015, Sasha Alexander began a recurring role on Showtime's Shameless portraying Helene Runyon, one of Lip Gallagher's college professors.
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Sasha Alexander was cast opposite Ludacris in the 2018 drama film The Ride.
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Sasha Alexander played Detective Chesler in the 2020 Netflix film, Dangerous Lies.
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In 2021, Sasha Alexander directed the 9th episode "Red Flag" of season 3 of the Netflix show You.
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On September 18,1999, Sasha Alexander married Luka Pecel, but their marriage was later annulled.
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Sasha Alexander subsequently married director Edoardo Ponti in 2007.