Liza Victoria Huber (born February 22, 1975) is an American television actress, best known for her role as

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on the daytime soap ''

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''. She is the daughter of actress

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. In 2008, she retired from acting to spend time with her family.

Career

Huber appeared with her mother in a 1993

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advertisement. Huber's television debut was an uncredited role in Lifetime's original movie, ''

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'' (1995), which starred her mother. In 1999, Huber was announced as a cast member in the new

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daytime soap ''Passions''. She left the show in 2000, when she announced she was quitting acting to return to New York and be near her fiancé at the time. In 2000, she was named Miss Golden Globe, an honor the

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s show gives each year to the daughter of a celebrity. Huber was asked to return to ''Passions'' in 2002, after her replacement

Natalie Zea Natalie Zea (born March 17, 1975) is an American actress known for her performances on television. Zea began her acting career in theatre. Her first major role was on the NBC daytime soap opera ''Passions'' (2000–2002), where she played the ro ...

chose to depart the role of Gwen when her contract ended. Huber starred in and co-produced the play ''Four Dogs and a Bone'' at the

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Theater in

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, as part of her student acting requirements. For a week in October 2003, she appeared on the game show ''

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''.

Personal life

Liza is currently an entrepreneur, founding the company Sage Spoonfuls in 2011, along with residing in

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with her husband, Alex Hesterberg whom she met in first grade and eventually married in 2004, and her four kids, Royce (born December 23, 2006), Brendan, Hayden and Mason.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Huber, Liza 1975 births Living people Female models from New York (state) American soap opera actresses American people of Italian descent Actresses from New York (state) People from Garden City, New York 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses