Jocelyn Seagrave

Jocelyn Seagrave (born September 9, 1968) is an American film and television actress, best known for playing Julie Camaletti on Guiding Light and Jessica Mitchell on Fox's Pacific Palisades.

Early life

Her paternal grandfather, Gordon Stifler Seagrave, was the author of Burma Surgeon. 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. 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. Jocelyn grew up in Southeast Asia (Thailand) and later in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., with her twin brother, studying martial arts and earning her black belt in Tae Kwon Do. She studied English literature at the University of Virginia. She attended Robert Frost Junior High School in Fairfax, Virginia, moved away, and upon returning to the area, attended Annandale High School in Annandale, Virginia, the next town over.

Acting career

Her unique background has been the interest of many TV viewers since her acting debut on Guiding Light as Julie Camaletti from 1991 to 1994, in which she won millions of fans from the role. Jocelyn has been a series regular on Fox's Pacific Palisades, produced by Aaron Spelling, and has also appeared in Savannah, Charmed, Wings, numerous other television shows and in several independent movies. She is a writer as well, with screenplays, stage plays, published short stories and poems to her credit.

Personal life

Jocelyn married Greek-American, Ted Fundoukos, in 1993. They have two children.