Occupation Actress Education Emory University Role Actress | Name Natalia Livingston Years active 2002–present | |
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Born March 26, 1976 (age 47) ( 1976-03-26 ) Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S. Awards Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Movies and TV shows General Hospital, West of Brooklyn, Popstar Similar People Tamara Braun, Brienne Pedigo, Julie Berman, Claire Labine, Lexi Ainsworth | ||
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Natalia Livingston (born March 26, 1976) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Emily Quartermaine (for which she won an Emmy Award) and Rebecca Shaw on ABC's General Hospital and the role of Taylor Walker on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives.
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- Biography
- Career
- Personal life
- Awards
- Filmography
- References
Natalia Livingston 2017 Emmy Promo
Biography
Livingston was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Her father, James Livingston, is a physician, and her mother, Martha Livingston, is an artist and Spanish teacher. Livingston is of half Mexican descent, and is fluent in Spanish. She was raised in Macon, Georgia, and spent her summers in Mexico.
Livingston obtained a degree in sociology from Emory University. She started acting in high school and continued her interests in acting by taking acting classes in college. After graduation, she took an internship in the field of social work, and later moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. While working at Home Depot, she was discovered and started acting in national commercials.
Career
Livingston first appeared as Emily Quartermaine on General Hospital on April 1, 2003. The adopted daughter of established characters Alan and Monica Quartermaine, Emily was a prominent character who notably battled breast cancer in 2003. On May 20, 2005, Livingston won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Emily. She 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).
On January 15, 2009, Livingston returned to General Hospital for eleven (11) months as new character Rebecca Shaw. Livingston also appeared in the films Popstar (2005), and West of Brooklyn (2008), as well as the upcoming 2012 film Rough Hustle. Livingston was cast as Taylor Walker, Nicole's sister, on Days of Our Lives on January 26, 2011. In 2011, Livingston produced a documentary, The Man Who Ate New Orleans, which aired on PBS in 2012.
Personal life
Livingston married longtime boyfriend Dr. Matt Aldag, a neuroscientist and scientific author, on September 3, 2016, in Bedford, Pennsylvania.
Prior to her role as breast cancer survivor Emily Quartermaine, Livingston had performed a breast self-exam after watching an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show that promoted awareness for the disease. She found a lump, which turned out to be benign.
Livingston has been actively involved with the Susan G. Komen Foundation and Revlon Run/Walk for Women, helping to raise money and increase awareness through national campaigns and PSAs. She has traveled widely in Europe, the Middle East, Russia, Africa and North and South America, and during a trip to India worked at Mother Teresa's Home for the Dying.
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