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Rena Sherel Sofer (born December 2, 1968 in Arcadia, California) is an American actress. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arcadia is a US city in Los Angeles County California that is located about northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arcadia is a US city in Los Angeles County California that is located about northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works
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Early life
Sofer was born to an Orthodox Jewish rabbi father and a psychology teacher mother; her family subsequently moved to Pittsburgh, where she was raised after her parents' divorce. Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized Rabbi (pronunciation, although in English usually) in Judaism, means a religious ‘teacher’ or more literally ‘my great one’ when addressing any master Psychology (from Greek grc ψῡχή psȳkhē, "breath life soul" and grc -λογία -logia) is an Academic and In Education, a teacher is one who helps Students or pupils often in a School, as well as in a Family, religious or [1]
Sofer attended the Frisch School, a Yeshiva high school in Paramus, New Jersey. The Frisch School, founded in 1972 by Rabbi Menachem Meier and Alfred Frisch is a Coeducational Yeshiva ( Jewish day school) secondary school Yeshiva or yeshivah (jəʃi'və ( Hebrew: ישיבה "sitting (n Paramus (pəˈræməs is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. [2]
Career
Daytime television
Sofer's first high profile role was as Rocky on the daytime soap opera Loving, a role she played from 1988 to 1991. She is perhaps best known for her role as Lois Cerullo on General Hospital from 1994 to 1996. Lois Cerullo (formerly Ashton) is a Fictional character on the ABC Soap opera, General Hospital. General Hospital (commonly abbreviated GH) is an American Soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network during the Her portrayal of the outrageous Lois won Sofer a Daytime Emmy Award in 1995 for "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York -based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles -based Academy The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series has been given every year at the Daytime Emmys since the 6th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards "
Primetime television
Sofer has appeared in several high profile prime-time TV series in a guest star/supporting cast member roles: Melrose Place, The Chronicle, Ed, Friends, Blind Justice, 24, and Seinfeld. Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland Melrose Place is an American primetime soap opera that ran between 1992 and 1999 created by Darren Star for the FOX network and executive produced The Chronicle is the name of a short-lived Television series on the Sci Fi Cable channel Ed is an NBC Television program produced by David Letterman 's Worldwide Pants Incorporated from 2000 – 2004. Friends was an Blind Justice is an American Television series about a blind New York City Police detective, created by Steven Bochco. 24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American action Drama Television series. Seinfeld is an American Situation comedy, or sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5 1989 to May 14 1998 lasting nine seasons
Sofer was subject to controversy in the early 2000s when she briefly joined the cast of the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me!. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Just Shoot Me! is an Emmy and Golden Globe -nominated American Television sitcom that aired for seven seasons on It was widely reported that NBC executives forced the producers of the series to add Sofer to the cast, due to executives liking Sofer and wanting to showcase the actress in hopes of making her a break-out star for the network. Sofer's addition to Just Shoot Me! was widely panned. With the show being canceled midway through the season, she was quietly written out of the series halfway through the final season; however they had specially written a goodbye episode to her which never appeared during the show's first run but appears in syndication. The network later cast Sofer in the short-lived US remake of the UK series Coupling. Coupling is a 2003 American remake of the British television Sitcom of the same title. Coupling is a British television Sitcom written by Steven Moffat that aired on BBC2 from May 2000 to June 2004
More recently, Rena Sofer has appeared in the NBC TV series Heroes as the recurring character Heidi Petrelli, wife of aspiring politician Nathan Petrelli (Adrian Pasdar). Heroes is an American Science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring, which premiered on NBC on September This is a list of Fictional characters in the television series Heroes and the ''Heroes'' graphic novels. Nathan Petrelli, portrayed by Adrian Pasdar, is a Fictional character on the NBC Science fiction drama series Heroes Adrian Kayvan Pasdar (born April 30, 1965) is an Iranian-American Actor and Film director, known for playing Jim Profit on the cult
Film
In film, she has appeared as an involuntary love interest of Ben Stiller in the film Keeping the Faith, starring Jenna Elfman, Stiller, and Edward Norton (who also directed). Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller (born November 30 1965 is an Emmy Award -winning American Comedian, actor Film producer and director Keeping the Faith is a 2000 Comedy-drama film written by Stuart Blumberg and directed by Edward Norton. Jenna Elfman (born September 30, 1971) is an American Television and Film Actress.
She also appeared as a bride to-be in Melanie Griffith's movie "A Stranger Among Us".
Personal life
Sofer and General Hospital love interest and co-star Wally Kurth became involved as their character's storyline progressed. General Hospital (commonly abbreviated GH) is an American Soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network during the Wally Kurth (born July 31, 1958) is an American singer and Television performer In 1995, the actors were married, and the couple have a daughter, Rosabel Rosalind Kurth. In 1997, Sofer and Kurth divorced.
Sofer married TV director/producer Sanford Bookstaver in 2003. On August 5, 2005, Sofer gave birth to her first child with Bookstaver, named Avalon Leone, in Los Angeles. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Sofer and her husband are expecting their second child. [3]
References
- ^ Rena Sofer
- ^ Sofer Sex, The Jewish Week, September 19, 2003
- ^ ABC Soaps Indepth, via celebrity baby blog, February 25, 2008. This article is about the weekly newspaper published in New York City Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
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