Erika Slezak

Erika Slezak, in a still from the updated One Life to Live opening sequence.

Erika Slezak (born August 5, 1946 in Hollywood, California) is an American actress of Austrian descent. She is the daughter of actor Walter Slezak.

She portrays Victoria "Viki" Lord on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, a role she has depicted since March 17, 1971.

Viki's story

Slezak's character has gone through many tragedies. Victoria, who is known as "Viki", has had to live with Dissociative Identity Disorder (also known as DID). She has also had to go through the process of many divorces (such that her full legal name is now Victoria Lord Riley Burke Riley Buchanan Buchanan Carpenter Davidson), the deaths of loved ones, breast cancer, stroke, and heart disease. Viki also found out that she had two long-lost daughters: Megan (played by Jessica Tuck from 1989 through 1992) and Natalie (Melissa Archer); this is in addition to her other children, Kevin (most recently played by Dan Gauthier), Joey (Bruce Michael Hall), and Jessica (Bree Williamson).

Awards

She has won the "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" Daytime Emmy in 1984, 1986, 1992, 1995, and 1996 (the most won by any daytime actress). Additionally, she has won many Soap Opera Digest Awards, including one for Favorite Couple with Mark Derwin in 2000.


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Additionally, she has won many Soap Opera Digest Awards, including one for Favorite Couple with Mark Derwin in 2000. She married movie director Howard Deutch. She has won the "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" Daytime Emmy in 1984, 1986, 1992, 1995, and 1996 (the most won by any daytime actress). She also starred in the failed movies Howard the Duck and SpaceCamp. Viki also found out that she had two long-lost daughters: Megan (played by Jessica Tuck from 1989 through 1992) and Natalie (Melissa Archer); this is in addition to her other children, Kevin (most recently played by Dan Gauthier), Joey (Bruce Michael Hall), and Jessica (Bree Williamson). Thompson played Lorraine Baines McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy, as well as the title role in the sitcom Caroline in the City. She has also had to go through the process of many divorces (such that her full legal name is now Victoria Lord Riley Burke Riley Buchanan Buchanan Carpenter Davidson), the deaths of loved ones, breast cancer, stroke, and heart disease. Lea Thompson (born May 31, 1961 in Rochester, Minnesota) is an American actress.

Victoria, who is known as "Viki", has had to live with Dissociative Identity Disorder (also known as DID). Slezak's character has gone through many tragedies. She portrays Victoria "Viki" Lord on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, a role she has depicted since March 17, 1971. She is the daughter of actor Walter Slezak.

Erika Slezak (born August 5, 1946 in Hollywood, California) is an American actress of Austrian descent.