Sasha Alexander is an American actress.
She played the role of Gretchen Witter on Dawson's Creek.
She also acted in feature films such as Yes Man; and He's Just Not That Into You.
Alexander also acted as former Secret Service/NCIS Special Agent Kate Todd for the first two
seasons of NCIS.
Since July 2010, she has starred as Maura Isles on the TNT series Rizzoli & Isles.
Early life Sasha Alexander was born Suzana S. Drobnjaković
in Los Angeles, California, to a Serbian mother and Italian born father.
She speaks Italian and Serbian.
She began acting in school productions in the seventh grade.
She also was an ice skater, but had to stop due to a knee injury.
She continued acting through high school and college, and then moved to New York to act
in summer stock and Shakespeare festivals.
She was graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television,
where she was a member of the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta, before going on to have a successful
acting career in both TV and film.
Career Alexander got her acting start on two short-lived
series: the medical drama Presidio Med and ABC's twenty-something drama Wasteland.
She achieved widespread media attention and critical praise when she appeared on the fourth
season of Dawson's Creek as Gretchen Witter, the sister of Pacey Witter, and dating the
title character, as well as in an episode of the short-lived Fox comedy series Greg
the Bunny, in which she played the role of a lesbian TV Guide reporter and shared an
onscreen kiss with Sarah Silverman.
Alexander has also appeared in the films Lucky 13 and All Over the Guy, as well as He's Just
Not That Into You, the independent movie The Last Lullaby, and Yes Man starring Jim Carrey.
She has also appeared as District Attorney Robin Childs in the CSI episode "Alter Boys".
Alexander joined NCIS as Secret Service/NCIS Special Agent Caitlin "Kate" Todd in 2003.
She replaced Vivian Blackadder played by Robyn Lively, who only appeared in the back-door
pilot episodes, "Ice Queen" and "Meltdown" on JAG.
The official pilot episode "Yankee White" aired September 23, 2003 on CBS.
Alexander's year and a half tenure on the show ended in May 2005 when her character,
Kate, is killed by a terrorist that shoots her in the head during the last few seconds
of the Season 2 finale, "Twilight".
The "official explanation" for the actress's departure was that "she asked to be let out
of her contract to pursue other opportunities".
In her final appearances in the "Kill Ari" two-parter, Alexander was credited as a special
guest star.
Chilean actress Cote de Pablo, who played Ziva David, later permanently replaced Alexander
on the show.
Alexander reappeared as Todd in a "What If" scenario with Anthony DiNozzo for the NCIS
200th episode "Life Before His Eyes" in 2012.
She also had a small role in 2006's Mission: Impossible III.
She joined the cast of The Nine in the role of Nick's ex-wife, and also appeared in one
episode of Friends, playing a Soap Opera Digest reporter who interviewed Joey.
Her current television role is that of Dr. Maura Dorthea Isles on the TNT series Rizzoli
& Isles which debuted on July 12, 2010.
She plays the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Chief Medical Examiner, working at the Boston
Police Department.
Alexander costars with Angie Harmon, who plays Boston Homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli and
Maura Isles' best friend.
Personal life On August 11, 2007, Alexander married director
Edoardo Ponti, son of actress Sophia Loren and the late film producer Carlo Ponti, in
Geneva, Switzerland.
Alexander and Ponti have two children, Lucia Sofia and Leonardo Fortunato.
Alexander is friends with Grey's Anatomy star Jessica Capshaw and Rizzoli & Isles co-star
Angie Harmon.
Filmography Film
Television References
External links Sasha Alexander at the Internet Movie Database
Sasha Alexander on Twitter Sasha Alexander at AllMovie