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Catherine Oxenberg Biography
Birth Place:
New York, New York, United States
Profession
Actor, model
Fast Facts
- Through her mother, Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, and grandfather, the exiled Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, she is closely related to Charles, Prince of Wales, and Queen Sofía of Spain
- Made her acting debut playing Lady Diana Spencer in the 1982 TV movie The Romance of Charles and Diana; starred as the princess again for another TV movie Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After
- Admitted to Harvard University, but deferred to take up modeling and acting, and later studied at Columbia University in New York
- Interest in acting was sparked by Richard Burton, who was briefly engaged to her mother in 1974
- Joined the prime-time soap Dynasty in Season 5, playing Amanda Carrington
- Ended her marriage to producer Robert Evans after only nine days
- Starred in the reality series I Married a Princess, which featured her relationship with Casper Van Dien and their family together
Relationships
- Howard Oxenberg -- Father
- Prince Paul of Yugoslavia -- Grandfather
- Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark -- Grandmother
- Nicholas Augustus Balfour -- Half Brother
- Christina Oxenberg -- Sister
- Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia -- Uncle