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Erika Slezak Biography

Birth Name:Erika Alma Hermina Slezak

Birth Place:Hollywood, California, United States

Profession Actress

Fast Facts

  • Participated in the 2011 "ABC Daytime Salutes Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS" charity event
  • Had two children, Michael and Amanda, with actor Brian Davies
  • Grew up in a family of entertainers, including her father, a Broadway and film actor, and grandfather, an operatic tenor
  • Became one of the youngest people accepted to the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London
  • Established herself as a serious stage actress after her involvement with the Milwaukee Repertory Company and Houston's Alley Theater
  • Her interests include needlepoint, tennis and skiing
  • Played the character Victoria Lord for over four decades

Awards

  • 1983Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series: nominated
  • 1984Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series: winner
  • 1986Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: winner
  • 1986Soap Opera Digest Award-Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role on a Daytime Serial: nominated
  • 1988Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 1988Soap Opera Digest Award-Outstanding Heroine: Daytime: nominated
  • 1989Soap Opera Digest Award-Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role: Daytime: nominated
  • 1989Soap Opera Digest Award-Favorite Super Couple: Daytime: nominated
  • 1990Soap Opera Digest Award-Outstanding Heroine: Daytime: nominated
  • 1992Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: winner
  • 1995Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: winner
  • 1996Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: winner
  • 2000Soap Opera Digest Award-Favorite Couple: winner
  • 2001Soap Opera Digest Award-Favorite Couple: nominated
  • 2003OFTA Television Award-Best Actress in a Daytime Serial: nominated
  • 2005Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: winner
  • 2005Soap Opera Digest Award-Outstanding Lead Actress: nominated
  • 2012Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: nominated