Jocelyn Seagrave | |
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Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1990–present |
Spouse | Ted Fundoukos (m. 1993) |
Children | 2 |
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Relatives | Gordon Seagrave (paternal grandfather) |
Jocelyn Seagrave is an American film and television actress, best known for playing Julie Camaletti on Guiding Light and Jessica Mitchell on Fox's Pacific Palisades .
Seagrave's father was American author and historian Sterling Seagrave and her paternal grandfather, Gordon Stifler Seagrave, was the author of Burma Surgeon. [1] [2] Seagrave's mother, Wendy Law-Yone, was born in 1947 in Mandalay, Burma, she was raised and educated in Bangkok, Thailand is now living in the United States. [3] Seagrave has English, Chinese and Burmese ancestry on her maternal side. [4] Her maternal grandfather, Edward Michael Law-Yone, was a journalist and writer, as well as the founder of The Nation, once the leading English-language newspaper in Burma. [5] Seagrave grew up in Thailand and later in the US. She studied martial arts, and earning her black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and English literature at the University of Virginia. She attended Robert Frost Junior High School in Fairfax, Virginia and then Annandale High School in Annandale, Virginia.[ citation needed ]
In 1993, Seagrave married Ted Fundoukos from Akron, Ohio. [6] They have two children.[ citation needed ]
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Year | Film | Role | Notes |
1996 | If Looks Could Kill | Amanda [7] | TV AKA If Looks Could Kill: From the Files of "America's Most Wanted" AKA If Looks Could Kill: The John Hawkins Story |
Assault on Dome 4 | Lily Moran (Chases' Wife) [8] | TV AKA Chase Moran | |
1997 | Moonbase | Dana Morgan [9] | |
2000 | Yup Yup Man | Jillian [10] | AKA Dark Justice |
2003 | Thoughtcrimes | June McAllister [11] | AKA Clairvoyance (French Canadian TV title) |
2005 | A Lot Like Love | Bridget’s BFF | Uncredited |
Television | |||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1990 | Designing Women | Sylvie | 1 episode ("Payne Grows Up") |
The Hogan Family (formerly Valerie) | Janet Reynolds | 1 episode | |
They Came from Outer Space | Molly Meecham | 1 episode ("The Beauty Contest") | |
1991–1994 | Guiding Light | Julie Camalletti | Series regular from 1991 to 1994 |
1994 | The George Carlin Show | Vicki | 1 episode |
Days of Our Lives | Tanya Hampstead | 1994 | |
1995 | Silk Stalkings | Elizabeth "Liz" Faraday | 1 episode |
Pointman | Lillie | 2 episodes ("Take the Points", "Adios Roberto") | |
1996 | Savannah | Rita Winsler | Unknown Episodes |
Wings | Princess Fala | 1 episode ("A Tale of Two Sister Cities") | |
1997 | Pacific Palisades | Jessica Mitchell | 13 episodes |
1998 | Fantasy Island | Leslie Wolf | 1 episode |
1999 | Charmed | FBI Agent Ashley Fallon [12] | 1 episode ("The Wendigo") |
2001 | V.I.P. | Patty Del Florio | 1 episode ("Val on Fire") |
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Jocelyn Seagrave who plays Julie ... is married to a former Akron man Ted Fundoukos