Sandra Lynn "Sam" Sorbo (
née
A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...
Jenkins; born October 18, 1964) is an American actress. She played Serena in the television series ''
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' and hosts the weekday, syndicated radio program, ''The Sam Sorbo Show''.
Career
Under her maiden name, Jenkins, Sorbo played Serena on the TV series ''
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys''. In the show, Hercules falls in love with Sorbo's character and they get married, but Serena dies under mysterious circumstances.
Sorbo starred as Dr. Caroline Eggert in the third season of ''
Chicago Hope
''Chicago Hope'' is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It originally aired on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charitable hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
...
'' and alongside
Steve Buscemi
Steven Vincent Buscemi ( ,As stated in interviews by Buscemi himself, some may insist that his pronunciation of his own name is "wrong" because it does not match the original Italian pronunciation as well. It is not uncommon for people to pronou ...
in ''
Twenty Bucks'' and ''
Ed and His Dead Mother
''Ed and His Dead Mother'' is a 1993 American dark comedy film starring Steve Buscemi, Miriam Margolyes, and Ned Beatty.
Plot
Ed Chilton inherits his family's hardware store following the death of his beloved mother, Mabel. He lives with his mat ...
''. She had guest appearances as
Mariah on ''
seaQuest DSV
''SeaQuest DSV'' (stylized as ''seaQuest DSV'' and also promoted as simply ''seaQuest'') is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It originally aired on NBC between 1993 and 1996. In its final season, it ...
'' and she acted alongside her husband as Dr. Sara Riley, Dylan Hunt's former fiancee, in two episodes of ''
Andromeda''.
Under her married name, Sorbo hosts a weekday radio show, ''The Sam Sorbo Show'', syndicated nationwide b
Mojo 5-0 Radio She also co-hosts ''Flashpoint Live'', a weekly radio news magazine.
Personal life
Sorbo studied Biomedical Engineering at
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
, but decided to pursue modeling and acting afterwards.
Sorbo married actor
Kevin Sorbo on January 5, 1998. They met the previous year when she had a small recurring role on ''Hercules'' (Season 3, Episode 8 "Prince Hercules"). They have three children: Braeden Cooper (born 2001), Shane Haaken (born 2004), and Octavia Flynn (born 2005); whom they
homeschooled. Sorbo is the spokesman and chair of A World Fit for Kids! (AWFFK!), a non-profit organization that trains teenagers to become mentors to younger children.
Sorbo wrote ''They're Your Kids'', a book that chronicles her family's experience with homeschooling. She publicly advocates homeschooling.
Politics
Sorbo has been a featured speaker on the
ReAwaken America Tour.
Filmography
References
External links
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1964 births
Actresses from Pittsburgh
American film actresses
American television actresses
Duke University Pratt School of Engineering alumni
Homeschooling advocates
Living people
21st-century American women