Real Name : Rena Sherel Sofer
Birth : 2 December 1968, Arcadia, California, USA
Height : 5' 6"
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Rena was born in Arcadia, California. She moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when her parents divorced. Her father is an orthodox Jewish Rabbi. Her mother teaches psychology. She was discovered at age 15 by a New York talent agent. She appeared on _"Another World" (1964)_ (qv) for a short time and then went to _"Loving" (1983)_ (qv), where she played "Rockie McKenzie". Her present role as "Lois Cerullo Ashton" on _"General Hospital" (1963)_ (qv) has won her an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting actress, and a Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Younger Actress. Rena is now married to director/producer 'Sanford Bookstaver' (qv).
Biography written by: Nicole
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- 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004) (TV) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself - #69: Coupling Arrives...and Departs]
- A Stranger Among Us (1992) [Shayna] <20>
- Always and Forever (2009) (TV) [Grace]
- Battle of the Network Stars (2003) (TV) [Herself (Blue Team)]
- Carrie (2002) (TV) [Miss Desjarden] <3>
- Glory, Glory (1998) (TV) [Elizabeth]
- Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story (1996) (TV) [Kerry Ellison] <1>
- Keeping the Faith (2000) [Rachel Rose] <10>
- March (2001) [Hedy Pullman] <3>
- Nightmare Street (1998) (TV) [Penny Randolph] <2>
- Rock Slyde (2009) [Sara] <3>
- Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style (1992) (TV) [Andrea Larson] <7>
- The 21st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1994) (TV) [Herself]
- The Devil's Teardrop (2010) (TV) [Joan]
- The Secret of Hidden Lake (2006) (TV) [Maggie Dolan] <1>
- The Stepsister (1997) (TV) [Darcy Canfield Ray] <1>
- Traffic (2000) [Helena's Friend] <46>
- Twin Sitters (1994) [Judy] <5>
- "24" (2001) {Day 6: 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. (#6.5)} [Marilyn Bauer] <18>
- "24" (2001) {Day 6: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (#6.6)} [Marilyn Bauer] <18>
- "24" (2001) {Day 6: 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. (#6.7)} [Marilyn Bauer] <18>
- "24" (2001) {Day 6: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. (#6.8)} [Marilyn Bauer] <14>
- "24" (2001) {Day 6: 2:00 a.m.-3:00 a.m. (#6.21)} [Marilyn Bauer] <12>
- "24" (2001) {Day 6: 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. (#6.9)} [Marilyn Bauer] <15>
- "24" (2001) {Day 6: 3:00 a.m.-4:00 a.m. (#6.22)} [Marilyn Bauer] <13>
- "24" (2001) {Day 6: 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. (#6.10)} [Marilyn Bauer] <12>
- "24" (2001) {Day 6: 4:00 a.m.-5:00 a.m. (#6.23)} [Marilyn Bauer] <13>
- "24" (2001) {Day 6: 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. (#6.11)} [Marilyn Bauer] <14>
- "24" (2001) {Day 6: 5:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m. (#6.24)} [Marilyn Bauer] <16>
- "24" (2001) {Day 6: 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. (#6.14)} [Marilyn Bauer] <16>
- "Another World" (1964) [Joyce Abernathy (1987)] <2>
- "Blind Justice" (2005) {Dance with Me (#1.11)} [Christie Dunbar] <6>
- "Blind Justice" (2005) {Doggone (#1.10)} [Christie Dunbar] <6>
- "Blind Justice" (2005) {Fancy Footwork (#1.13)} [Christie Dunbar] <6>
- "Blind Justice" (2005) {Four Feet Under (#1.2)} [Christie Dunbar] <6>
- "Blind Justice" (2005) {In Your Face (#1.9)} [Christie Dunbar] <6>
- "Blind Justice" (2005) {Leap of Faith (#1.7)} [Christie Dunbar] <6>
- "Blind Justice" (2005) {Marlon's Brando (#1.5)} [Christie Dunbar] <6>
- "Blind Justice" (2005) {Past Imperfect (#1.8)} [Christie Dunbar] <6>
- "Blind Justice" (2005) {Pilot (#1.1)} [Christie Dunbar] <6>
- "Blind Justice" (2005) {Rub a Tub Tub (#1.3)} [Christie Dunbar] <6>
- "Blind Justice" (2005) {Seoul Man (#1.6)} [Christie Dunbar] <6>
- "Blind Justice" (2005) {Under the Gun (#1.12)} [Christie Dunbar] <6>
- "Blind Justice" (2005) {Up on the Roof (#1.4)} [Christie Dunbar] <6>
- "Bones" (2005) {The Predator in the Pool (#5.18)} [Dr. Catherine Bryar] <15>
- "Caroline in the City" (1995) {Caroline and the Nice Jewish Boy (#2.6)} [Risa Glickman]
- "Coupling" (2003) {Check/Mate (#1.4)} [Susan Freeman] <5>
- "Coupling" (2003) {Dressed (#1.8)} [Susan Freeman] <5>
- "Coupling" (2003) {Holiday (#1.11)} [Susan Freeman] <5>
- "Coupling" (2003) {Nipple Effect (#1.6)} [Susan Freeman] <5>
- "Coupling" (2003) {Object Lessons (#1.9)} [Susan Freeman] <5>
- "Coupling" (2003) {Present Tense (#1.5)} [Susan Freeman] <5>
- "Coupling" (2003) {Sex, Death & Nudity (#1.3)} [Susan Freeman] <5>
- "Coupling" (2003) {Size Matters (#1.2)} [Susan Freeman] <5>
- "Coupling" (2003) {The Right One (#1.1)} [Susan Freeman] <5>
- "Criminal Minds" (2005) {The Slave of Duty (#5.10)} [Erika Silverman] <9>
- "CSI: Miami" (2002) {Grave Young Men (#1.20)} [Alison] <6>
- "Cursed" (2000) {Dog Eat Dog (#1.17)} [Dawn Cheswick]
- "Dirty Sexy Money" (2007) {The Facts (#2.10)} [News Reporter] <14>
- "E! True Hollywood Story" (1996) {Heather Locklear} [Herself]
- "E! True Hollywood Story" (1996) {Melrose Place} [Herself] <4>
- "Ed" (2000) {Hook, Line and Sinker (#1.12)} [Bonnie Hane] <10>
- "Ed" (2000) {Loyalties (#1.15)} [Bonnie Hane] <10>
- "Ed" (2000) {Opposites Distract (#1.11)} [Bonnie Hane] <10>
- "Ed" (2000) {Prom Night (#1.22)} [Bonnie Hane]
- "Ed" (2000) {The Music Box (#1.13)} [Bonnie Hane] <10>
- "Ed" (2000) {The Stars Align (#2.1)} [Bonnie Hane] <11>
- "Ed" (2000) {Valentine's Day (#1.14)} [Bonnie Hane] <10>
- "Ellen" (1994) {Womyn Fest (#5.12)} [Jean] <10>
- "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (2003) {(2003-09-22)} [Herself]
- "Freshman Dorm" (1992) {Sex, Truth and Theatre (#1.2)} [Veronica]
- "Freshman Dorm" (1992) {The Last Sonnet (#1.3)} [Veronica]
- "Friends" (1994) {The One with the Cooking Class (#8.21)} [Katie] <8>
- "General Hospital" (1963) [Lois Cerullo Ashton Ashton #1 (1993-1997, 1998)] <5>
- "General Hospital" (1963) {(#1.8399)} [Lois Ashton] <1>
- "General Hospital" (1963) {(#1.8421)} [Lois Cerullo] <2>
- "General Hospital" (1963) {(#1.8426)} [Lois Cerullo] <2>
- "General Hospital" (1963) {(#1.8431)} [Lois Cerullo] <2>
- "General Hospital" (1963) {(#1.8434)} [Lois Cerullo] <2>
- "General Hospital" (1963) {(#1.8476)} [Lois Cerullo] <2>
- "General Hospital" (1963) {(#1.8486)} [Lois Cerullo Ashton]
- "Ghost Whisperer" (2005) {Ball & Chain (#4.10)} [Tammy] <6>
- "Herman's Head" (1991) {When Hermie Met Crawford's Girlfriend (#3.13)} [Stephanie]
- "Heroes Unmasked" (2007) {Missing Links (#3.8)} (archive footage) (uncredited) [Heidi Petrelli]
- "Heroes" (2006/II) {Chapter Eight 'Four Months Ago...' (#2.8)} [Heidi Petrelli] <15>
- "Heroes" (2006/II) {Chapter Seven 'Nothing to Hide' (#1.7)} [Heidi Petrelli] <21>
- "Heroes" (2006/II) {Chapter Ten 'Six Months Ago' (#1.10)} [Heidi Petrelli] <24>
- "Heroes" (2006/II) {Chapter Twenty-One 'The Hard Part' (#1.21)} [Heidi Petrelli] <18>
- "Heroes" (2006/II) {Chapter Twenty-Two 'Landslide' (#1.22)} [Heidi Petrelli] <19>
- "Heroes" (2006/II) {Villains (#3.8)} (archive footage) (uncredited) [Heidi Petrelli]
- "Howard Stern" (1994) {(2003-12-03)} [Herself]
- "I Love the '80s Strikes Back" (2003) [Herself]
- "Imagine" (2003) {A Funny Business (#2.2)} [Herself]
- "Just Shoot Me!" (1997) {Da Sister Who Loved DiMauro (#7.5)} [Vicki Costa] <6>
- "Just Shoot Me!" (1997) {Evaluate This (#7.23)} [Vicki Costa] <6>
- "Just Shoot Me!" (1997) {Guess Who's Coming to Blush (#7.1)} [Vicki Costa] <6>
- "Just Shoot Me!" (1997) {Halloween? Halloween! (#7.4)} [Vicki Costa] <6>
- "Just Shoot Me!" (1997) {It's Raining Babies (#7.8)} [Vicki Costa] <5>
- "Just Shoot Me!" (1997) {Mr. Jealousy (#7.2)} [Vicki Costa] <5>
- "Just Shoot Me!" (1997) {Nina and the Rocker (#7.3)} [Vicki Costa] <6>
- "Just Shoot Me!" (1997) {Pictures of Lily (#7.10)} [Vicki Costa] <5>
- "Just Shoot Me!" (1997) {Rivals in Romance (#7.14)} [Vicki Costa] <6>
- "Just Shoot Me!" (1997) {That Burning Passion (#7.6)} [Vicki Costa] <6>
- "Just Shoot Me!" (1997) {The Goodbye Girl (#7.16)} [Vicki Costa] <6>
- "Just Shoot Me!" (1997) {The Talented Mr. Finch (#7.12)} [Vicki Costa] <6>
- "Just Shoot Me!" (1997) {The Write Stuff (#7.7)} [Vicki Costa] <5>
- "Just Shoot Me!" (1997) {Watch Your Backdraft (#7.9)} [Vicki Costa] <6>
- "Last Call with Carson Daly" (2002) {(2003-10-10)} [Herself]
- "Loving" (1983) [Amelia 'Rocky' McKenzie Domeq (1988-1991)] <2>
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {A Fist Full of Secrets (#7.22)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {Asses to Ashes (#7.35)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {Bitter Homes and Guardians (#7.31)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {Dead Men Don't Shut Up (#7.34)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {Fiddling on the Roof (#7.15)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {Floral Knowledge (#7.32)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {How Amanda Got Her Groove Back (#7.26)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {I Married a Jock Murderer (#7.21)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {Lethal Wedding 4 (#7.16)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {Lexi Gets Stiffed (#7.33)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {McBride's Head Revisited (#7.29)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {Not Quite All About Eve (#7.11)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {Ryan's Choice (#7.28)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {Saving Ryan's Privates (#7.24)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {Suddenly Sperm (#7.18)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {Suspicion (#7.14)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {The Daughterboy (#7.30)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {The Kyle High Club (#7.20)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {The Night the Lights Went Out at Melrose (#7.13)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {The Rumor Whisperer (#7.12)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {The Usual Santas (#7.19)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {The Younger Son Also Rises (#7.23)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {They Shoot Blanks, Don't They? (#7.25)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {Unpleasantville (#7.27)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Melrose Place" (1992) {When Cheerleaders Attack (#7.17)} [Eve Cleary]
- "Monk" (2002) {Mr. Monk's Favorite Show (#8.1)} [Kim Kelly] <6>
- "Mr. Nice Guy" (2006)
- "Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" (2003) {Ignition (#7.11)} [Margaret Allison Hart] <9>
- "Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" (2003) {Masquerade (#7.14)} [Margaret Allison Hart] <9>
- "Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" (2003) {Mother's Day (#7.16)} [Margaret Allison Hart] <10>
- "Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" (2003) {Obsession (#7.21)} [Margaret Allison Hart]
- "Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" (2003) {Patriot Down (#7.23)} [Margaret Allison Hart]
- "Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" (2003) {Rule Fifty-One (#7.24)} [Margaret Allison Hart] <14>
- "Oh, Grow Up" (1999) {Baby It's Cold Outside (#1.13)} [Suzanne Vandermeer] <4>
- "Oh, Grow Up" (1999) {Clods and Monsters (#1.6)} [Suzanne Vandermeer] <4>
- "Oh, Grow Up" (1999) {Duckboy Flies Again (#1.11)} [Suzanne Vandermeer] <4>
- "Oh, Grow Up" (1999) {Good Pop, Bad Pop (#1.2)} [Suzanne Vandermeer] <4>
- "Oh, Grow Up" (1999) {Goodwill Hunter (#1.12)} [Suzanne Vandermeer] <4>
- "Oh, Grow Up" (1999) {Himbo (#1.8)} [Suzanne Vandermeer] <4>
- "Oh, Grow Up" (1999) {Hunter's Metamorphosis (#1.7)} [Suzanne Vandermeer] <4>
- "Oh, Grow Up" (1999) {Love Stinks (#1.3)} [Suzanne Vandermeer] <4>
- "Oh, Grow Up" (1999) {Marathon Men (#1.5)} [Suzanne Vandermeer] <4>
- "Oh, Grow Up" (1999) {Pilot (#1.1)} [Suzanne Vandermeer] <4>
- "Oh, Grow Up" (1999) {President of the House (#1.4)} [Suzanne Vandermeer] <4>
- "Oh, Grow Up" (1999) {The Parent Trap: Part 2 (#1.10)} [Suzanne Vandermeer] <4>
- "Opposite Sex" (2000) {Pilot (#1.1)} [Ms. Gibson]
- "Seinfeld" (1990) {The Muffin Tops (#8.21)} [Mary Anne] <8>
- "Spin City" (1996) {Lost and Found (#5.7)} [Sam]
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {A Snitch in Time (#1.22)} [Grace Hall] <2>
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {Baby Got Back (#1.4)} [Grace Hall]
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {Bermuda Love Triangle (#1.6)} [Grace Hall]
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {Bring Me the Head of Tucker Burns (#1.8)} [Grace Hall]
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {He's Dead, She's Dead (#1.5)} [Grace Hall]
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {Hell Mall (#1.21)} [Grace Hall] <2>
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {Here There Be Dragons (#1.3)} [Grace Hall]
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {Hot from the Oven (#1.17)} [Grace Hall]
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {I See Dead Fat People (#1.15)} [Grace Hall]
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {Let Sleeping Dogs Fry (#1.9)} [Grace Hall]
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {Man and Superman (#1.16)} [Grace Hall]
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {Only the Young Die Good (#1.7)} [Grace Hall]
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {Pig Boy's Big Adventure (#1.12)} [Grace Hall]
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {Pilot (#1.1)} [Grace Hall] <2>
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {Take Me Back (#1.10)} [Grace Hall]
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {Tears of a Clone (#1.14)} [Grace Hall]
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {The Cursed Sombrero (#1.13)} [Grace Hall]
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {The King Is Undead (#1.20)} [Grace Hall] <2>
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {The Mists of Avalon Parkway (#1.19)} [Grace Hall]
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {The Stepford Cheerleaders (#1.18)} [Grace Hall]
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {Touched by an Alien (#1.11)} [Grace Hall]
- "The Chronicle" (2001) {What Gobbles Beneath (#1.2)} [Grace Hall] <2>
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" (1999) {(2001-06-22)} [Herself]
- "Timecop" (1997) {D.O.A. (#1.8)} [Dr. Carrie Ann Trent]
- "Two and a Half Men" (2003) {Gumby with a Pokey (#7.21)} [Chrissy]
- "Two and a Half Men" (2003) {Taterhead Is Our Love Child (#6.1)} [Chrissy] <8>
- "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" (1998) {Two Guys, a Girl and a Recovery (#1.7)} [Lauren Henderson] <7>
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- 'Wally Kurth' (qv) (31 March 1995 - 1997) (divorced); 1 child
- 'Sanford Bookstaver' (qv) (18 May 2003 - present); 1 child
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- "TV Guide" (USA), 12 February 2007, Vol. 55, Iss. 7, pg. 51, by: Damian J. Holbrook, "Seeing Double"
- "TV Guide" (USA), 12 October 2002, Vol. 50, Iss. 41, pg. 14, by: Mark Schwed, "Grapevine"
- "A Capital" (Portugal), 26 March 1999, pg. 76, by: Vera Ferreira, "A versatibilidade feita fantasia"
- "A Capital" (Portugal), 1 August 1997, pg. 68
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- "InStyle Magazine" (USA), February 2004, pg. 264, by: Ellen Lieberman, "Bonded For Life"
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- TV commercial for Head & Shoulders shampoo (2004).
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- (2002) Acting support role as love interest for "Ed" character on the show _"Ed" (2000)_ (qv).
- (March 2005) Expecting her second child, her first with husband 'Sanford Bookstaver' (qv), due August 2005.
- (February 2007) Currently playing the role of Marilyn Bauer, Jack Bauer's sister-in-law on the Fox show 24.
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- Her father is an Orthodox rabbi.
- She was married to 'Wally Kurth' (qv) who plays her husband on _"General Hospital" (1963)_ (qv).
- (17 September 1996) Gave birth to a girl - Rosabel Rosalind Kurth. She weighed 7 lbs, 10 ounces. She was 20 1/2 inches with black hair and blue eyes. Her middle name comes from the recently deceased 'Rosalind Cash' (qv), whom both Rena and her (then) husband absolutely adored.
- (September 2002) Announced her engagement to director/producer 'Sanford Bookstaver' (qv).
- Her wedding to 'Sanford Bookstaver' (qv) was featured in the February 2004 issue of InStyle Magazine.
- Attended high school with actor 'Gene Gabriel' (qv).
- Daughter, Avalon Leone Bookstaver was born in Los Angeles at 5 a.m. on Aug. 5, 2005 and weighed in at 8 lbs. 14 oz
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