Erin Torpey

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Erin Torpey
Born
Erin Catherine Torpey

(1981-02-14) February 14, 1981 (age 42)
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1990–present
Spouse
Hamilton Von Watts
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(m. 2009)​
Children2

Erin Catherine Torpey (born February 14, 1981) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Jessica Buchanan on One Life to Live .

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Early life

Erin Torpey was born on February 14, 1981, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. [1] [2] Her older sister is named Shannon. [3]

Career

Torpey was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2000. [4] Following her departure as Jessica, the role was taken over by Bree Williamson. After leaving One Life to Live, Torpey went on to appear in the movies Dirty Deeds and Fierce Friends.

She voiced the character of Princess Aurora (from Sleeping Beauty ) for Disney 2007 direct-to-video DVD release Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams . In 2008, she voiced the Greek goddess Athena in the PSP game God of War: Chains of Olympus and reprised the role in the PS3 game God of War III and in the PSP game God of War: Ghost of Sparta , both released in 2010.[ citation needed ]

Torpey is now a singer, focusing specifically in the acoustic rock and folk genres.

On July 21–22, 2008, she returned to One Life to Live for two days as Megan Buchanan, Jessica's daughter who had previously died at birth. On September 8, 2011, Torpey returned to One Life to Live for one episode as Erin, Cristian Vega's new colleague.

Personal life

In the October issue of Soaps In Depth , Torpey announced her engagement to actor Hamilton Von Watts[ citation needed ]. The two married on April 18, 2009. Erin and Hamilton welcomed their first son into the family on June 22, 2010. [5] On December 5, 2015, they welcomed a second son. [6]

Filmography

Stage

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Preceded by Jessica Buchanan on One Life to Live
1990-2003		Succeeded by
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