Susan Lucci Biography And Filmography: 

TV Guide calls her "indisputably the most famous soap opera character in the history of daytime television." Soap Opera Digest says her "character is larger than life." Susan Lucci, the actress who has made this wily temptress a household name, says, "Erica is probably the best part ever written for a woman in a soap opera."

In January 1996, Susan. Lucci celebrated her 25th anniversary starring as the amazing femme fatale on the ABC Television Network's Emmy Award-winning "All My Children." During those more than twenty years, Lucci has seen Erica grow from troubled young teen to international beauty, progressing over the years from high-fashion super model to humanitarian to magazine publisher.

Susan Lucci had eight marriages to seven different men. She's been kidnapped, survived a plane crash, stared down a grizzly bear, posed as a nun, driven a race car and tried a daring helicopter rescue of one of her lovers from prison. But she always rises, Phoenix-like, from her own ashes.

With sixteen Emmy nominations as Best Actress and countless other awards -- such as a 1992 People's Choice Award, the 1993 Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Lead Actress, the 1994 Crystal Apple Award, the 1985 People magazine poll as Best Soap Actress, the 1988 Soap Opera Digest Editor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Daytime Television, the 1989 Canadian TV Guide People's Choice Award for Best Soap Actress, and the Italian-American Welfare League's "Woman of the Year" -- it is clear that Susan Lucci as Erica Kane is as trendy as the show itself. Soap Opera Digest has selected Susan Lucci as the most beautiful woman on television many times.

Further proving the point, in June, 1991, Ms. Lucci was one of a small group of people (including General Norman Schwarzkopf) to be honored with a prestigious American Academy of Achievement Award. Susan is also listed in the "Who's Who in America" directory. Most recently, in 1993, Lucci was honored with the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Lead Actress.

If there's one thing Susan and Erica have in common, it's their commitment to pursuing a career. In addition to her leading role on "All My Children," in the 1993-94 season, Susan starred in the prime-time television film, "French Silk," for ABC; "Between Love and Hate," also for ABC, in the 1992-93 season; during 1991-92, she starred in ABC's "The Woman Who Sinned"; and in "Double Edge." Before that, she starred in the final season of the prime-time serial, "Dallas"; hosted "Saturday Night Live," and starred in the ABC television film, "The Bride in Black," which was the highest rated movie on ABC during the 1990-91 season. Lucci also appeared in a critically acclaimed amusing television commercial for the sugar substitute, Sweet One; a television advertisement for Wendy's, and has done a series of television commercials for Ford.

Ms. Lucci's other made-for-television movies include "Lady Mobster," "Mafia Princess," "Invitation to Hell," "Anastasia" and "Haunted By Her Past." The multitalented actress also served as co-host with Tony Danza on the ABC Television Network special, "99 Ways to Attract the Right Man," and appeared in the prime-time television extravaganzas, "Night of 100 Stars II and III." She also appeared in the feature film, "Young Doctors in Love."

Next to acting, Susan is also well-rounded in her interests and activities, which include tennis, skiing and traveling. In December 1995, Susan starred as Elizabeth Scrooge, the female contemporary counterpart of Ebenezer Scrooge in the Lifetime original movie "Ebbie."

In addition to her work on-screen, Ms. Lucci has been busy off-camera as well. In 1991, the renowned actress was successful when she launched the Susan Lucci Collection of beauty products, marketed through a home shopping cable channel.

When "All My Children" premiered on January 5, 1970, Susan Lucci was a student at New York's Marymount College. Now she has a son and a daughter, and although she is just as enchanting as her alter ego, the similarities end there.

Most recently Lucci has been seen in guest appearances on "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show", "Martha", "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", "Jeopardy!", "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy", "The View", "Dancing with the Stars", "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee", "That's So Raven" and "Hope & Faith".

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