Alexandra Kingston (born March 11, 1963, in Epsom, Surrey) is an English actress best known for her role as Elizabeth Corday on the NBC medical drama "ER". Kingston grew up in Epsom, on the outskirts of London, the eldest of three daughters of a butcher and his German wife. Her mother's younger brother is actor Walter Renneisen. She was inspired to pursue acting by one of her teachers at the all-girls grammar school she attended as a child. Wikipedia
Growing up on the outskirts of London, Kingston was first introduced to the theater when she and her family visited her mother's native Germany to see her uncle perform. www.geocities.com/alexkingston2/
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