Sasha Alexander

Sasha Alexander
Alexander in 2012
Born	Suzana S. Drobnjaković (1973-05-17) May 17, 1973 (age 43) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997–present
Spouse(s)	Edoardo Ponti (m. 2007)
Children	2

Suzana S. Drobnjaković Ponti (born May 17, 1973), known by her stage name Sasha Alexander, is an American actress. She played Gretchen Witter on Dawson's Creek and has acted in films including Yes Man (2008) and He's Just Not That Into You (2009). Alexander played Caitlin Todd for the first two seasons of NCIS. From July 2010 through September 2016, Alexander starred as Maura Isles in the TNT series Rizzoli & Isles.

Sasha Alexander, of ethnic Serbian descent, was born Suzana S. Drobnjaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Сузана Дробњаковић) in Los Angeles, California. She began acting in school productions in the seventh grade. She was also an ice skater, but stopped due to a knee injury. She continued acting through high school and college, then moved to New York City to act in and Shakespeare festivals. She graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television, where she was a member of the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta.

Alexander got her acting start 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 in the fourth season of Dawson's Creek as Gretchen Witter, the sister of Pacey Witter, and dated the title character. Alexander was also in an episode of the short-lived Fox comedy series Greg the Bunny, in which she played the role of a lesbian TV Guide reporter and shared an onscreen kiss with Sarah Silverman.