- Liza Huber
Liza Huber (born Liza Victoria Huber on
February 22 ,1975 ) is anAmerican actress best known for her role asGwen Hotchkiss on the daytime soap "Passions ".Biography
Early life
Huber was born in Long Island,
New York . She is the daughter of actressSusan Lucci andAustria n businessman Helmut Huber. Huber has a younger brother, Andreas.Huber attended St. Joseph's School and Garden City High School in
Garden City, New York . She was a cheerleader and studied several foreign languages. She attended college at theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill .Career
Huber's television debut was an uncredited role in Lifetime's 1995 original movie, "Ebbie", which starred her mother. She also appeared with her mother in 1993 in a Ford Motor Company advertisement.
In 1999, Huber was announced as a cast member in the new
NBC daytime soap "Passions". Huber left the show in 2000 when she announced she was quitting acting to return to New York and be near her fiance at the time.Huber was asked to return to "Passions" in 2002 after her replacement
Natalie Zea chose to depart the role of Gwen when her contract ended. Huber returned to the series; while away, her relationship with her fiance had ended.Huber starred in and co-produced the play "Four Dogs and a Bone" at the
Harold Clurman Theater inNew York City as part of her student acting requirements. She is represented by the Ford Modeling agency.Huber appeared on the game show "
Hollywood Squares " for a week in October 2003. In 2000 she was named Miss Golden Globe, an honor theGolden Globe Award s show gives each year to the daughter of a celebrity.Personal life
Huber married Alexander George Hesterberg III on
March 13 ,2004 . The couple's first child, son Royce Alexander, was born onDecember 23 ,2006 , weighing seven pounds ten ounces and measuring 19.5 inches long. The baby was born on his grandmother Susan Lucci's 60th birthday. The couple's second child, Brendan, was born on August 16, 2008.Huber speaks fluent German and Italian, and also speaks French. fact|date=August 2007 Huber was a member of
Chi Omega sorority.ee also
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Hotchkiss family (Passions) External links
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