Biography
The California-born, New Jersey-raised actress was still a teenager when she was spotted by a talent agent who helped her land a modeling contract. After working in TV commercials, industrial and student films (notably the award-winning NYU picture "Theresa") and music videos. Sofer landed the role of Joyce Abernathy on NBC's "Another World" in the late 1980s. She shot to stardom, though, as the tough-talking romantic heroine Amelia 'Rocky' …
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Career Milestones
2010 | Cast opposite Natasha Henstridge and Tom Everett Scott in the Lifetime Movie Network crime drama "The Devil's Teardrop" | |
2010 | Landed a recurring role on the CBS drama "NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" | |
2006 | Cast in recurring roles on Fox's "24" playing the wife of shady power broker Graham (Paul McCrane) and NBC's "Heroes" as the wife of aspiring politician Nathan Petrelli (Adrian Pasdar) | |
2001 | Played recurring role of a prosecuting attorney in episodes of the NBC series "Ed" | |
2001 | Teamed with former "General Hospital" co-star Sean Kanan in the independent feature "March" | |
1999 | Had featured role in the ensemble comedy "Oh, Grow Up" (ABC) | |
1998 | Joined cast of Fox's "Melrose Place" as Eve Cleary | |
1997 | Starred in USA Network movie "The Stepsister" | |
1996 | Starred in the Lifetime cable movie "Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story" | |
1995 | Had small role in the direct-to-video release "Twin Sitters" (filmed in 1993-1994) | |
| Portrayed Lois Cerullo on the ABC daytime drama "General Hospital"; won 1995 Daytime Emmy | ||
1992 | Acted in "A Stranger Among Us", directed by Sidney Lumet | |
1988 | Had regular role of Amelia 'Rocky' McKenzie on the ABC serial "Loving" | |
1988 | Made TV acting debut in recurring role of Joyce Abernathy on the NBC soap opera "Another World" | |
| Acted in NYU student films, including "Theresa" | ||
| Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and North Bergen, New Jersey | ||
| Born in California | ||
Awards
1994 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in General Hospital |