Biography: Stephanie March

Stephanie Caroline March (born July 23, 1974) is an American actress, best known for her portrayal of Alexandra Cabot on the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Early life

March was born in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Laura Len (née Irwin) and John Abe March IV and the sister of Charlotte.^[1] She attended Highland Park High School, the same high school Angie Harmon (of the original Law & Order) attended. March was a sophomore when Harmon was a senior. She began performing in plays in high school. In 1996 she graduated from the School of Speech (now School of Communication) at Northwestern University, where she majored in Theater and Hispanic Studies.

Career

After graduating, she landed her first professional acting role (in her very first audition) as Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream in Chicago, where she continued to pursue her stage career.

In 1999, March made her Broadway debut in the highly acclaimed production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, opposite Brian Dennehy. Her other career highlights include roles on the television series Early Edition and in the TV movie Since You’ve Been Gone.

Her biggest career success to date has been her role as Alexandra Cabot on the NBC crime drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, a role she played from 2000 to 2004. She has also appeared in the Chris Rock comedy Head of State and the Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie vehicle Mr. & Mrs. Smith. March reprised her role as Alexandra Cabot, now a Bureau Chief, on the short-lived NBC courtroom spin-off drama Conviction, which debuted in spring 2006. She returned to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Alexandra Cabot in a six episode arc starting March 10, 2009 in its tenth season.^[2][3] She will continue her role as Cabot during most of its eleventh season starting in the fifth episode. March also appeared in a 2009 story arc on Rescue Me as a psychic.

March posed for Maxim Magazine in 2000 and also performed in the Broadway debut of Eric Bogosian's Talk Radio, starring Liev Schreiber, in 2007. She more recently also starred in Howard Korder's Boy's Life alongside Jason Biggs. She also played Cissy Hathaway in the TV movie Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006) starring Tom Selleck.

March appeared in the 2009 film The Invention of Lying as the woman Ricky Gervais's character tells her the world will end unless she has sex with him.

Additionally, March serves a board member for Safe Horizon, an organization that provides support, prevent violence, and promote justice for victims of crime and abuse.^[4]

Personal life

March lives in New York City. She married chef Bobby Flay on February 20, 2005; he proposed to her while ice skating at Rockefeller Center on December 19, 2004.^[5] She appeared on three of Flay's Food Network shows, "Boy Meets Grill" , "Grill It! with Bobby Flay", and "Iron Chef America" as a guest judge.

Filmography

References

1. ^ "Stephanie March Biography (1974-)". HollyWood.com. http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Stephanie_March/186372#fullBio. Retrieved 2008-06-14. 
2. ^ url=http://www.tv.com/story/12089.html?ref_story_id=12089&ref_type=1101&ref_name=story
3. ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_en_tv/tv_law___order_march news.yahoo.com
4. ^ url=http://www.safehorizon.org/page.php?nav=sb&page=leadership
5. ^ "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Stephanie March, Bobby Flay". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F06E1DD113AF933A15751C0A9639C8B63&n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes%20Topics%2FPeople%2FF%2FFlay%2C%20Bobby. Retrieved 2005-02-20. 

External links

• Stephanie March at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Talk Radio on Broadway website
• Stephanie March at TV.com

Stephanie March main page.