Catherine Oxenberg | |
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Born |
New York City, New York, U.S. |
September 22, 1961
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1982–present |
Spouse(s) |
Robert Evans (m. 1998; annulled 1998) Casper Van Dien (m. 1999; div. 2015) |
Children | India Riven Oxenberg Maya van Dien Celeste Alma van Dien |
Parent(s) | Howard Oxenberg Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia |
Catherine Oxenberg (Serbian: Катарина Оксенберг, Katarina Oksenberg, born September 22, 1961) is an American actress best known for her performance as Amanda Carrington on the 1980s prime-time soap opera Dynasty. She is the daughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia. She has dual citizenship, American and Serbian.
Oxenberg was born in New York City, but grew up in London. She is the eldest daughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia (born 1936) and her first husband Howard Oxenberg (1919–2010), a Jewish dress manufacturer and close friend of the Kennedy family. Princess Elizabeth is the only daughter of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (who served as regent for his cousin's eldest son King Peter II of Yugoslavia) and Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark.
Elizabeth is a first cousin once removed of the current Duke of Kent and also a second cousin once removed of Queen Sofía of Spain and Charles, Prince of Wales, making Catherine a third cousin of Felipe VI of Spain and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. Catherine is also a great-great-great-granddaughter of Karađorđe, who started the First Serbian Uprising against the Turks in 1804.