American actress (born 1976)

Natalia Livingston (born March 26, 1976) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Emily Quartermaine (for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award) and Rebecca Shaw on ABC's General Hospital, and for playing Taylor Walker on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives.

Contents

• 1 Biography
  • 1.1 Career
  • 1.2 Personal life
• 2 Filmography
• 3 Awards
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Biography

Livingston was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Her father, James Livingston, is a physician, and her mother, Martha Livingston, was an artist and Spanish teacher. Livingston is of half Mexican descent, and is fluent in Spanish. She was raised in Macon, Georgia, and spent her summers in Mexico.

Livingston obtained a degree in sociology from Emory University. She started acting in high school and continued her interests in acting by taking acting cl*es in college. After graduation, she took an internship in the field of social work, and later moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. While working at Home Depot, she was discovered and started acting in national commercials.

Career

Livingston first appeared as Emily Quartermaine on General Hospital on April 1, 2003. The adopted daughter of established characters Alan and Monica Quartermaine, Emily was a prominent character who notably battled breast cancer in 2003. On May 20, 2005, Livingston won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Emily. She decided to leave the series, and Emily was murdered in November 2007; however, Livingston continued to appear periodically until May 7, 2008 as a hallucination of Emily seen by her love interest, Nikolas C*adine (Tyler Christopher).

On January 15, 2009, Livingston returned to General Hospital for eleven (11) months as new character Rebecca Shaw. Livingston also appeared in the films Popstar (2005), and West of Brooklyn (2008), as well as the upcoming 2012 film Rough Hustle. Livingston was cast as Taylor Walker, Nicole's sister, on Days of Our Lives on January 26, 2011. In 2011, Livingston produced a do*entary, The Man Who Ate New Orleans, which aired on PBS in 2012.

Personal life

Livingston dated her General Hospital co-star Tyler Christopher from mid-2004 to early 2006. Livingston married longtime boyfriend Dr. Matt Aldag, a neuroscientist and scientific author, on September 3, 2016, in Bedford, Pennsylvania. In February 2018, Livingston announced she was expecting her first child, a daughter, born on September 6, 2018. Through her instagram, they gave her name, Colette Allegria Ginny-Mar*a Aldag. On September 2, 2020, via instagram, she announced the birth of a son, John Huxley Livingston Aldag.

Prior to her role as breast cancer survivor Emily Quartermaine, Livingston had performed a breast self-exam after watching an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show that promoted awareness for the disease. She found a lump, which turned out to be benign.

Livingston has been actively involved with the Susan G. Komen Foundation and Revlon Run/Walk for Women, helping to raise money and increase awareness through national campaigns and PSAs. She has traveled widely in Europe, the Middle East, Russia, Africa and North and South America, and during a trip to India worked at Mother Teresa's Home for the Dying.

Filmography

Awards

• 2005: Won Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in GH as Emily Quartermaine.

References

External links

• "SOAP STAR STATS: Natalia Livingston (Rebecca, GH)". SoapOperaDigest.com. Retrieved May 30, 2009.
• "General Hospital Cast: Natalia Livingston". Soaps.com. Retrieved May 30, 2009.
• Natalia Livingston at IMDb