Yvonne Perry (born October 23, 1966, in Voorheesville, New York,

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) is an American

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. After years doing commercials, and nearly a year as part of the improv team tricking people for Candid Camera, her big break came in 1992 when she landed the role of Rosanna Cabot on the

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''. In 1993, she won the

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award for Outstanding Female Newcomer which was the show's first win in that category. She and on-screen love interest

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(ex-Mike) were voted Hottest Soap Opera Couple by

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in 1995. In 1996, she left the program but returned in 1998 and 1999. After leaving ''As the World Turns'', Yvonne studied in London with the Royal National Theatre, lived in LA for several years, and now resides in upstate NY with her husband, Mark, whom she married in 1993, and their two daughters. She remains very good friends with former co-stars,

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(Lily, ex-Rose) and

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(Emily). She has been a Visiting Guest Artist at

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and currently teaches at Siena College, Skidmore College, and the State University of New York at Albany. Yvonne still enjoys an active career as a freelance actress. She does regional theatre, commercials, voice-overs, books-on-tape, industrial films, and occasional independents. In 2018 Yvonne became an Associate Artist at Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany, NY. - where she often performs, directs, and serves on the Next Act New Play Summit selection committee. She also serves as the vice-chair of the Greater Albany Area Liaison for Actors Equity. She played a divorced mother of a young boy in a half-hour comedy

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called "Dads" in 1997.

Movie roles

In 2006, she appeared in the film "

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" and in UnCivil Liberties. She appeared in two unreleased films, "

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" and " Love Conquers Paul."

References

External links

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1966 births Living people American stage actresses American soap opera actresses American film actresses Siena College faculty University at Albany, SUNY faculty 20th-century American actresses People from Voorheesville, New York Actresses from New York (state) American women academics 21st-century American women {{US-screen-actor-1960s-stub