Sherri Saum

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Sherri Saum
Sherri saum.jpg
Saum in 2008.
Born Sherri M. Saum
(1974-10-01) October 1, 1974 (age 38)
Dayton, Ohio, United States
Years active 1993 - present
Spouse(s) Kamar de los Reyes (2007-present)

Sherri M. Saum (born on October 1, 1974 in Dayton, Ohio[1]) is an American actress.

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Life and career [edit]

Saum was born to a German mother and an African-American father.[2] On May 19, 2007, she married longtime boyfriend and former One Life to Live castmate Kamar de los Reyes in New York City.[citation needed] Saum got her start at a Model Search America convention near her home in Kettering, Ohio.[citation needed] She was discovered during high school, modeling mostly during summer breaks until she decided to move to New York and work full time with the New York modeling agency Images Management.[citation needed]

Her first major role was in the NBC soap opera Sunset Beach as Vanessa Hart during the entire run of the series (1997–1999). She appeared in a variety of shows including Showtime's Beggars and Choosers (1999–2000), Girlfriends for an episode in (2000), Charmed in (2001). Saum plays the role of Natalie on the FX series Rescue Me.

Saum appeared in the Hallmark Television film Relative Stranger with Cicely Tyson and Eriq La Salle. She also appears in the independent film Ten Stories Tall with Ally Sheedy and Josh Hamilton. In 2009, she played Bess in Season 2 of the HBO drama series In Treatment. The next few years would see HET in roles in CW's Gossip Girl, CBS's Unforgettable, ABC's Body of Proof and Revenge.[3]

In 2013 she plays the lead role in Jennifer Lopez produced drama series The Fosters for ABC Family.[4][5]

Filmography [edit]

Film [edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Anne B. Real Janet Gimenez
2003 Finding Home Candace
2005 Love and Suicide Georgina
2010 Ten Stories Tall Susan

Television [edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1997-1999 Sunset Beach Vanessa Hart Main role (281 episodes)
Nominated - Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series (1999)
1999-2001 Beggars and Choosers Casey Lennox Main role (29 episodes)
2000 Girlfriends Angela Anderson Episode: "The Importance of Being Frank"
2001 Charmed Ariel Episode: "Pre-Witched"
2001-2003 One Life to Live Keri Reynolds TV series
Nominated - Daytime Emmy Award for America's Favorite Couple (2002)
2005 Law & Order: Trial by Jury Tiffany Jackson Episode: "Pattern of Conduct"
2006 Love Monkey Daria Episode: "Nice Package"
2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Lydia Wyatt Episode: "The Healer"
2006-2007 Rescue Me Natalie Recurring role (15 episodes)
2007 Army Wives Vanessa Kelsing Episode: "Only the Lonely"
2009 Relative Stranger Nicole Tate TV film
2009 In Treatment Bess Recurring role (6 episodes)
2009 CSI: Miami Karen Ballard Episode: "Point of Impact"
2009 Gossip Girl Holland Kemble Episodes: "The Debarted"
2010 Gossip Girl Holland Kemble Episodes: "The Hurt Locket", "It's a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World", "Ex-Husbands and Wives"
2010 Heroes Kate Bennet Episode: "The Wall"
2010 Memphis Beat Melinda Connor Episode: "One Night of Sin"
2010 Lie to Me Candice McCallister Episode: "The Royal We"
2011 Grace Shay Grace Davis Pilot
2011 Whole Truth, TheThe Whole Truth Dr. Christy Turner Episode: "Lost in Translation"
2011 Body of Proof Nina Wheeler Episode: "Letting Go"
2011 Unforgettable Rosario Sanchez Episode: "Road Block"
2012 CSI: NY Elaine Moore Episode: "Unwrapped"
2013 Revenge Donna Carlisle Episode: "Collusion"
2013 The Fosters Lena Foster TV series

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