The daughter of an attorney father and writer mother, German-born Elisabeth Röhm spent the majority of her childhood and adolescence coming of age in New York. Röhm discovered an innate love of acting during her collegiate years (in the early '90s) and thereafter landed a regular role on the daytime drama One Life to Live. She graduated to fame, however, by virtue of two prime-time roles: Detective Kate Lockley on the supernatural drama series Angel (1999) and Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn on NBC's Law & Order. Big-screen roles include supporting turns in Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) and Aftermath (2008).
Studied writing and European history at Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY.While born in Germany, her parents moved back to New York City before she turned 1 year old.Her father, Eberhard, was a German corporate attorney.
Her mother, Lisa, once wrote for the soap, "The Guiding Light". The two divorced when Elisabeth was 8 or 9.Elisabeth wrote an unpublished novel about a 21 year old woman in 1911 Scotland whose husband committed suicide.
She made Maxim magazine's "Hot 100" list in 2002, voted one of the most watchable women in entertainment.Elisabeth Röhm (born April 28, 1973 in Düsseldorf, Germany) is a German-American television actress best known for playing Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn on the television drama Law & Order, a role she played from 2001 to 2005.
Röhm moved to New York City before reaching her first birthday and later lived in Greenwich, Connecticut. She maintains dual citizenship (U.S. and Germany).
Her father, Eberhard, was a German corporate attorney. Her mother, Lisa, once wrote for the soap opera Guiding Light. The two divorced when Röhm was 8 or 9.
She graduated from St. Andrews-Sewanee and attended Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York, where she studied writing and European history.
Her first major television role was as Dorothy "Dorf" Hayes on the soap opera One Life to Live (1997). She also had recurring guest appearances on Angel as Detective Kate Lockley and a regular role on the TNT drama Bull before being cast in Law & Order. She left the series in 2005.
85 Sex Appeal
Elisabeth Rohm's sexiness is undeniable. She enjoys eating at steakhouses, for instance, so dinner with her wouldn't be one of those I'll just have the garden salad affairs. She thinks traveling is sexy too, but that's easy for her to say; anyplace would be sexy if Elisabeth Rohm were going there.In 2002, Elisabeth made Maxim magazine's "Hot 100" list.
And considering her vivacious personality and sense of fun -- not to mention her lithe and graceful good looks -- Elisabeth makes it onto our own personal "Hot 1" list.
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