Natalia Livingston

Natalia Livingston
Born	March 26, 1976 (1976-03-26) (age 35) Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present

Natalia Livingston (born March 26, 1976) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Emily Quartermaine^[1] and Rebecca Shaw^[2] on General Hospital and the role of Taylor Walker on the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives before being replaced after a few months by ex General Hospital (Carly Corinthos#5), ex Days of our Lives (Ava Vitali), and ex All My Children (Reese Williams) star Tamara Braun.

Biography

Livingston was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.^[3][4] Her father, James Livingston, is a physician and her mother, Martha Livingston, is an artist and Spanish teacher.^[4] Livingston is half Mexican and is fluent in Spanish. She was raised in Macon, Georgia, and spent her summers in Mexico.^[4]

Livingston obtained a degree in Sociology from Emory University, where she was a member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority.^[5] She started acting in high school and continued her interests in acting by taking acting classes in college and participating in student films.^[4] After graduation she took an internship in the field of social work, and later moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue her acting career.^[4] While working at Home Depot, she was discovered and started doing commercials for McDonalds in Spanish.^[4]

Career

Livingston first appeared as Emily Quartermaine on General Hospital on April 1, 2003.^[1] The adopted daughter of established characters Alan and Monica Quartermaine, Emily was a prominent character who notably battled breast cancer in 2003.^[1] On May 20, 2005, Livingston won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Emily.^[6] Livingston eventually decided to leave the series, and Emily was murdered in November 2007; however, Livingston continued to appear periodically until May 7, 2008 as a hallucination of Emily seen by her love interest, Nikolas Cassadine (Tyler Christopher).^[1]

On January 15, 2009, Livingston returned to General Hospital for 11 months as new character Rebecca Shaw, who turned out to be Emily's long-lost twin sister. Rebecca left the show that December.

Livingston also appeared in the films Big Fat Liar (2002), Hired Help (2004), Popstar (2005), and West of Brooklyn (2008), as well as upcoming 2009 films Fight or Flight and Rough Hustle.^[4]

Livingston was cast as Taylor Walker, Nicole's sister, on Days of our Lives on January 26, 2011.^[7] Less than a month later after she first aired however, it was announced on February 15, 2011 that Livingston had been let go from the show. She last aired that April. The role of Taylor was soon replaced by Tamara Braun who was on the show as "Ava Vitali" in 2008 and was also Livingston's former General Hospital co-star for two years between 2003 and 2005.

Personal life

Prior to her role as breast cancer survivor Emily, Livingston had performed a breast self-exam after watching an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show promoting awareness for the disease. She found a lump, which turned out to be benign.^[8][9]

Filmography

• 2002: Big Fat Liar as Girl at movie premiere (Uncredited)
• 2003 - 2009: General Hospital as Emily Quartermaine and Rebecca Shaw (April 1, 2003 - May 7, 2008 & January 15, 2009 - December 22, 2009)
• 2004: Help as Interpreter
• 2005: Popstar as Mary Brighton
• 2008: West of Brooklyn as Matty Jensen
• 2010: Rough Hustle as Allie
• 2011: Days of our Lives as Taylor Walker (January 26, 2011 - April 22, 2011)

Awards

• 2005: Won Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in GH as Emily Quartermaine.^[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "General Hospital: Emily Quartermaine". Soaps.com. http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/cast/316/Emily_Quartermaine. Retrieved May 31, 2009. 
2. ^ "General Hospital: Rebecca Shaw". Soaps.com. http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/cast/730/Rebecca_Shaw. Retrieved May 31, 2009. 
3. ^ "General Hospital Cast: Natalia Livingston". Soaps.com. http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/actor/316/Natalia_Livingston. Retrieved May 31, 2009. 
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "General Hospital Bios: Natalia Livingston (Rebecca Shaw)". ABC.com. http://abc.go.com/daytime/generalhospital/index?pn=bios#t=actor&d=172474. Retrieved May 30, 2009. 
5. ^ "Tri Deltas on the Small Screen". TriDelta.org. 2007. http://www.tridelta.org/news/News_Archive/Natalia_Livingston.asp. Retrieved May 30, 2009. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 2005". SoapOperaDigest.com. http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners2005/index.html. Retrieved May 31, 2009. 
7. ^ http://www.soapcentral.com/days/news/2010/1026-livingston.php
8. ^ Morgan, John; Stephen A. Shoop, M.D. (August 5, 2003). "General Hospital star prescribes breast self-exams". USA Today. USAToday.com. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlighthealth/2003-08-05-livingston_x.htm. Retrieved May 31, 2009. 
9. '^ Gallagher, Kristin. "Talking with... GHs Natalia Livingston". Soap Opera Digest. SoapOperaDigest.com. http://www.soapoperadigest.com/features/general-hospital/interviews/natalialivingston/. Retrieved May 30, 2009. 

External links

• "SOAP STAR STATS: Natalia Livingston (Rebecca, GH)". SoapOperaDigest.com. http://www.soapoperadigest.com/soapstarstats/natalialivingstonbio/. Retrieved May 30, 2009. 
• "General Hospital Cast: Natalia Livingston". Soaps.com. http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/actor/316/Natalia_Livingston. Retrieved May 30, 2009. 
• Natalia Livingston at the Internet Movie Database
• "Natalia Livingston profile". SoapCentral.com. http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/theactors/livingston.php. Retrieved May 30, 2009. ^{[dead link]}
• Unofficial Natalia Livingston Website

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Name	Livingston, Natalia
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Date of birth	March 26, 1976
Place of birth	Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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