Sabine Singh

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birthname = Sabine Erika Singh
birthdate = August 4, 1974
location = New York
occupation = Actress
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Sabine Erika Singh (born August 4, 1974 in Suffern, New York) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Greenlee Smythe on the soap opera "All My Children" from 2007 to 2008.

Early life

Sabine Singh, the daughter of an Indian father and an Austrian beauty queen mother, was born in Suffern, New York where, as a young girl, she divided her attentions between dance and theater. A student at The University of Michigan, Singh ultimately matriculated to NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where she concentrated on acting, earning her BFA.

Career

Her film credits include "Maryam", "The Anarchist Cookbook", "Ricky Six", and "Tony Goldwyn's Someone Like You". On TV she has been seen as Martha Stewart's daughter Lexi, in ' featuring Cybill Shepherd, in a recurring role on "Dawson's Creek", on "Las Vegas", "The Sopranos", ', Charmed and "Unscripted" as herself, among many others. She has also starred in the Disney's television movie "Nancy Drew" as Allison Price.

Singh's main love is theater, and was a founding resident company member of Jim Simpson's and Mac Wellman's award winning The Flea Theater. She recently appeared off-Broadway as "Olivia" in the critically-acclaimed production of "The Gold Standard", a play by Daniel Roberts.

Singh debuted in the role of Greenlee Smythe on "All My Children", replacing Rebecca Budig after a two-year absence on April 20, 2007. In December 2007, it was announced that she was fired from the role, and was replaced by Budig. The producers of AMC decided to let Singh out of her contract in order to bring back the original actress, which sparked a firestorm of controversy because of how Singh was treated and let go. Fans were appalled by the commercials that ABC put out calling Budig the "Real" Greenlee.cite news| title=Budig Returns to Role of Greenlee|publisher=soapcentral.com|accessdate=2007-12-18|url=http://www.soapcentral.com/amc/news/2007/1210-budig_singh.php] cite news|title=Soap Opera Digest, Sabine Singh interview |publisher="Soap Opera Digest"|date=2007] She last aired on "All My Children" on January 15, 2008. Budig returned the next day.

Since her exit from All My Children, Singh is returned to theater work and appeared in "The Euthanasiast" — Liza Lentini's exploration of care-givers and the right to die — at PS 122 in New York City. "The Euthanasiast" opened May 31 2008 and played a limited engagement through June 15.

Personal life

Singh divides her time between New York, Los Angeles, and London. She is the sister of artist [http://www.schandrasingh.com Schandra Singh] . Her interests include [http://www.artofliving.org The Art of Living] , and [http://www.iahv.org the International Association for Human Values] , founded by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and The Dalai Lama. Both AOL and IAHV encourage people from all backgrounds, religions, and cultural traditions to come together in celebration and service, encouraging the practice of human values in everyday life as well as restoring peace on the planet.

Daytime roles

* Greenlee Smythe (April 20, 2007 to January 15, 2008) on "All My Children"

References

External links

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* [http://www.sabinesingh.com Sabine Singh Official Fan Club site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/supportsabine Sabine Singh Support at MySpace]

*http://www.playbill.com/news/article/116440.html
*http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/13398