Erika Slezak
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Erika Slezak (born August 5, 1946 in Hollywood, California) is an American actress of Austrian descent. She is the daughter of actor Walter Slezak.
She portrays Victoria "Viki" Lord on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, a role she has depicted since March 17, 1971.
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Viki's story
Slezak's character has gone through many tragedies. Victoria, who is known as "Viki", has had to live with Dissociative Identity Disorder (also known as DID). She has also had to go through the process of many divorces (such that her full legal name is now Victoria Lord Riley Burke Riley Buchanan Buchanan Carpenter Davidson), the deaths of loved ones, breast cancer, stroke, and most recently, heart disease, for which Slezak won her most recent Emmy. Viki also found out that she had two long-lost daughters: Megan (played by Jessica Tuck from 1988 through 1992) and Natalie (Melissa Archer); this is in addition to her other children, Kevin (Timothy Gibbs, then Dan Gauthier), Joey (Nathan Fillion, Don Jeffcoat, Bruce Michael Hall), and Jessica (Erin Torpey, then Bree Williamson).
Awards
She has won six Daytime Emmys in the category of "Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series" in 1984, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1996, and 2005, tying the record for most wins by an actor (shared with Justin Deas), as well as the record for most wins for playing one character and by an actress. Additionally, she won a Soap Opera Digest Awards for Favorite Couple with Mark Derwin in 2000.
Award (Won)
- Daytime Emmy Awards
- (2005) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for One Life to Live
- (1996) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for One Life to Live
- (1995) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for One Life to Live
- (1992) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for One Life to Live
- (1986) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for One Life to Live
- (1984) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series for One Life to Live
- Soap Opera Digest Awards
- (2000) Soap Opera Digest Award Favorite Couple for One Life to Live
- Shared with Mark Derwin
- (2000) Soap Opera Digest Award Favorite Couple for One Life to Live
External link
- Official site (http://www.erikaslezak.com)