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Catherine
Oxenberg
was born on September 22, 1961 in New York City, as the eldest
daughter of Howard Oxenberg and of his first wife H.R.H. Princess
Jelisaveta of Serbia. Her maternal grandmother was Princess Olga of
Greece and Denmark, a legendary beauty and the sister of Princess
Marina, who married the Duke of Kent (uncle of Queen Elizabeth II of
the United Kingdom), and also a first cousin of the Duke of
Edinburgh (husband of Queen Elizabeth II). Known as Kitty to her
family, she was educated at St. Paul's School and Harvard.
Oxenberg's
acting career took off after landing her first audition as Princess
Diana in CBS TV's "Royal Romance of Charles and Diana."
The talent agency ICM immediately signed her, and she was soon
personally cast by Aaron Spelling in his hit ABC TV series
"Dynasty." She
went on to star in various television miniseries and movies
including "Still Crazy Like a Fox,""Swimsuit"
and "Trenchcoat in
Paradise
." She hosted "Saturday Night Live" with Paul Simon
and then took time off to complete a two-year Meisner training
course with Joanne Baron. She was subsequently cast in a remake of
"Roman Holiday" and the FOX TV pilot, "K-9000."
For
her feature film debut she starred opposite Hugh Grant in Ken
Russell's lair of the White Worm." Next, she starred in two
mini-series, "Bony" and :Ring of Scorpio:, for paramount
and the BBC. After taking time off to have a baby, she resurrected
her role as Princess Diana, in "Charles and Diana; A Palace
Divided". Oxenberg then starred in CBS TV's "Treacherous
Beauties" and the syndicated series "Acapulco Heat".
She
again took time off to complete comedy improvisation with the
Groundling's Theater. Oxenberg then starred with Jon Voight in Dom
DeLuise's "Boys Will Be Boys," "Arthur's Quest,"
"Time Served" with Jeff Fahey and Louise Fletcher, Sidney
Furie's "The Collectors" And "Catch Me If You
Can" with Tim Matheson.
In
1999, she starred in the highest grossing independent film of the
year, "The Omega Code" with Michael York. The following
year Oxenberg filmed "Sanctimony" with Michael Pare and
her husband, Casper Van Dien, for Regent Entertainment followed by
"The Flying Dutchman" with Rod Steiger and Eric Roberts
and "perilous" with Bruce Boxleitner. Then she took a
break to have two more children and most recently completed
"Premonition" for the Sci-fi channel. Her latest project
is a reality TV series called "I Married A Princess"
(2005).
Her
first marriage was to the producer Robert Evans, in Beverly Hills,
California on July 12, 1998, but the marriage was annulled nine days
later. She then married in Las Vegas on May 8, 1999, the actor
Casper Van Dien.
She is the mother of India Riven Oxenberg, (b. 7th June, 1991),
whose father has never been publicly identified, and of two children
with Van Dien: Maya (b. September 20, 2001) and Celeste Alma (b.
October 3, 2003).
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