Jocelyn Seagrave

Infobox actor
name = Jocelyn Seagrave

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birthdate = birth date and age|1968|9|9
birthplace = Bangkok, Thailand
yearsactive = 1990 — present
spouse = Ted Fundoukas (1993—present; 2 children)

Jocelyn Seagrave (born September 9, 1968) is an American film and television actress, best known for playing Jessica Mitchell on Fox's "Pacific Palisades".

Biography

Early life

Seagrave was born in Bangkok, Thailand; the daughter of Wendy Law-Yone, an award-winning novelist, and Sterling Seagrave, the bestselling author. Her mother comes from Burma and her father is American and also the fifth—generation of an American family of medical missionaries and teachers working in Burma since 1832. [cite web|url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKseagraveS.htm |title=Sterling Seagrave: Information / Biography |publisher=Spartacus |accessdate=2008-05-27 ] [cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0780470/bio |title=Biography of Jocelyn Seagrave |publisher=Internet Movie Database| accessdate=2008-05-27 ] Her parents are now divorced; her father married author Peggy Sawyer, the couple now live in Europe. Her paternal grandfather, Dr. Gordon Stifler Seagrave, was the author of "Burma Surgeon". [cite web |url=http://web311.pavilion.net/JFKseagraveS.htm |title=Sterling Seagrave, Bestselling Author, Biography |publisher=Pavilion |accessdate=2008-05-27 ] [cite web |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,894462,00.html |title=The Old Man |accessdate=1961-03-17 |author=Dr. Gordon Stifler Seagrave |publisher="Time" ] Seagrave's mother was born in 1947 in Mandalay, Burma, she was raised in Yangon, Burma and is now living in the United States. [cite web |url=http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/Bios/entries/lawyone_wendy.html |title=Biography of Wendy Law-Yone |publisher=The Voice |accessdate=2008-05-27 ] Her maternal grandfather, Edward Michael Law-Yone, was a former Burma government official, and her maternal grandmother, U Law-Yone, was a journalist and writer. [cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2278/is_4_27/ai_97331229 |title=Beyond Rangoon: An interview with Wendy Law-Yone |accessyear=2002 |last=Bow |first=Leslie |publisher=FindArticles ] Jocelyn grew up in Southeast Asia (Thailand) and later in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., with her twin brother, studying martial arts and earning her black belt in Tae Kwon Do. She studied English literature at the University of Virginia. She attended Robert Frost Junior High School in Fairfax, Virginia, moved away, and upon returning to the area, attended Annandale High School in Annandale, Virginia, the next town over.

Acting career

Her unique background has been the interest of many TV viewers since her acting debut in the New York soap opera "The Guiding Light". Jocelyn has been a series regular on Fox's "Pacific Palisades", produced by Aaron Spelling, and has also appeared in "Savannah", "Charmed", "Wings", numerous other television shows and in several independent movies. She is a writer as well, with screenplays, stage plays, published short stories and poems to her credit.

Personal life

Jocelyn married Greek-American, Ted Fundoukas, in 1993. They have two children and now live in Los Angeles, California. She is related to actress and former "Guiding Light" co-star Melina Kanakaredes by marriage, who is also best known for playing Det. Stella Bonasera on "". Jocelyn appeared on Femme Fatales in June 1997. [cite web |url=http://usedmagazines.com/titles/FemmeFatales/1997/ |title=Jocelyn Seagrave on Femme Fatales |accessdate=1997-06-18 |last=Eby |first=Douglas |publisher="Femme Fatales" |pages=30-31+61 |quote=Woman in the Moon]

Filmography

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0780470|name=Jocelyn Seagrave
*tvtome person|id=19244|name=Jocelyn Seagrave