Sasha Alexander

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Biography

German singer and songwriter, born 5 January 1972 in Soest, Germany.

  • Real name
  • Sasha Schmitz
  • Aliases
  • Dick Brave·Sascha Schmitz (2)·Sasha (5)
  • Primary profession
  • Cinematographer·director·writer
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Female
  • Birth date
  • 17 May 1973
  • Place of birth
  • Los Angeles
  • Spouses
  • Edoardo Ponti
  • Education
  • USC School of Cinematic Arts

Music

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

Attended film school at the University of Southern California.

Her parents are both of Serbian descent, though some of her family lived in Italy. She speaks Serbian and Italian quite well.

Sasha is a common nickname for Alexander/Alexandra in Russia and neighboring countries.

January 2006: engaged to film director Edoardo Ponti. He is the son of Carlo Ponti and Sophia Loren. Lorens sister is Maria Scicolone , ex wife of Romano Mussolini. Romano is the son of WW2 Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and father of Italian government member Alessandra Mussolini.

Daughter, Lucia Sofia Ponti, was born in Geneva, Switzerland on May 12, 2006.

She once played the role of Kate in Taming of the Shrew.

Used to be a dancer.

Used to be an ice skater, but due to an injury she had to give up on her dream of going pro.

Was in a pop music group for a year called Everything Nice when she was 14.

Her role model is her mom.

Married Edoardo Ponti at the Russian Orthodox Church in Geneva, Switzerland.

Sister-in-law of Carlo Ponti Jr.. Half-sister-in-law of Alex Ponti and Guendalina Ponti.

Was hired to play the female roles in the screen tests for the actors auditioning to play Tony Stark in Iron Man , including the eventually cast Robert Downey Jr.. His screen test with her can be seen on the DVD and Blu-ray.

A son, Leonardo Fortunato, was born on December 20, 2010.

Daughter-in-law of superstar Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti.

Best friends with actress Jessica Capshaw. The two were constantly being told by friends that they reminded them of each other and, finally years later, they met up and had coffee. 12 years of friendship later, Jessica is the godmother to Sashas daughter, Lucia, and Sasha is the godmother to Jessicas son.

Sasha won 2016 Peoples Choice Awards for Favorite Cable TV Actress.

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