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Sasha Alexander (born May 17, 1973)[1] is an American actress.
She is known for her role as Gretchen Witter, the sister of Pacey Witter, Joshua Jackson's character in "Dawson's Creek", the female lead on NCIS, starring opposite Mark Harmon, as NCIS Special Agent Caitlin "Kate" Todd in the first two seasons of the CBS television drama NCIS, a minor role as Melissa in Mission: Impossible III (2006), as Lucy in Yes Man (2008), and as Catherine in He's Just Not That Into You (2009). She made a guest appearance as Nora in the episode "The Down Low" of the TV series House. She currently stars as Medical Examiner Maura Isles on the new hit Turner Network Television series Rizzoli and Isles, costarring with Angie Harmon.
Alexander was born Suzana S. Drobnjaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Сузана С. Дробњаковић) in Los Angeles, California. She began acting in school productions in the seventh grade. She also was an ice skater, but had to stop due to an injury to her knee. She continued acting through high school and college, and then moved to New York to act in summer stock and Shakespeare festivals. She graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television before going on to have a successful acting career in both TV and film.
Alexander was a regular on two short-lived series: the medical drama Presidio Med and ABC's twenty-something drama Wasteland. She achieved widespread media attention and critical praise when she appeared on the fourth season of Dawson's Creek as Gretchen Witter, dating the title character, and in an episode of the short-lived Fox comedy series Greg the Bunny, playing the part of a lesbian TV Guide reporter and shared an onscreen kiss with Sarah Silverman. Alexander has also appeared in the films Lucky 13, and All Over the Guy as well as He's Just Not That Into You, the independent movie Last Lullaby, and Yes Man starring Jim Carrey.
Before being cast as Caitlin Todd on NCIS, she appeared on CSI as District Attorney Robin Childs, in the episode, "Alter Boys". Her role on NCIS ended in May 2005 and she had a small role in 2006's Mission Impossible III.
She joined the cast of The Nine in the role of Nick's ex-wife. She also appeared in one episode of Friends ("The One with Joey's Interview"), playing a Soap Opera Digest reporter who interviewed Joey.
Her current television role is that of Boston medical examiner Maura Isles on the new TNT series Rizzoli & Isles, which debuted on July 12, 2010.
Alexander and director Edoardo Ponti have one child, Lucia Sofia, born May 12, 2006. On August 11, 2007, Alexander married Ponti, son of actress Sophia Loren and the late film producer Carlo Ponti, in Geneva, Switzerland. On August 11th, 2010, Alexander announced she was pregnant with her second child.[2]
Alexander attended the University of Southern California, where she was a member of the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta.[3]
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