Rena Sofer

Rena was born in Arcadia, California, to Susan (Franzblau), a psychology professor, and Martin Sofer, who was a Conservative Jewish Rabbi. She moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when her parents divorced. She was discovered at age 15 by a New York talent agent and started modeling before turning to acting. She appeared on _Another World (1964)_ (qv) for a short time and then went to _Loving (1983)_ (qv), where she played Rockie McKenzie for 3 years. She made her first mark on television when she joined fellow ABC-soap _General Hospital (1963)_ (qv) as savvy record promoter Lois Cerullo. Not only did her portrayal win her a vast amount of fans, she also won a 'Best Supporting Actress' Daytime Emmy and network executives considered creating a spin-off series based on Lois and her on-screen husband Ned. It was on General Hospital she met 'Wally Kurth' (qv), her on-screen spouse who became her real-life husband and father to her daughter Rosabel Rosalind Kurth. In the mid-'90s, Sofer made the leap to primetime, guest starring in a number of series before appropriately landing a regular part on primetime soap _Melrose Place (1992)_ (qv) which turned to be the series' final season. Starring and recurring roles on the sitcom _Just Shoot Me! (1997)_ (qv) and the dramedy _Ed (2000)_ (qv) widened her exposure. A string of flop series followed (_Oh, Grow Up (1999)_ (qv); _The Chronicle (2001)_ (qv); _Coupling (2003)_ (qv) and _Blind Justice (2005)_ (qv), but Sofer proved she had staying power and scored roles on the big screen in movies with Ben Stiller (_Keeping the Faith (2000)_ (qv)) and 'Steven Soderbergh' (qv)'s _Traffic (2000)_ (qv). After taking a brief hiatus to give birth to a daughter with her second husband, TV director 'Sanford Bookstaver' (qv), she returned to the small screen in 2006 with recurring roles in two hit shows _24 (2001)_ (qv) and _Heroes (2006)_ (qv), as the long-suffering wife to two shady characters, a power broker and an aspiring politician, respectively. In 2010, she tackled a season-long story arc as Margaret Allison Hart, an attorney with a hidden agenda on _NCIS (2003)_ (qv). In 2013 she returned to her daytime roots, taking on the role of enigmatic jewelry designer Quinn Fuller on _The Bold and the Beautiful (1987)_ (qv) receiving rave reviews.::Nicole <[email protected]>