Bio
Catherine Oxenberg is a British actress best known for her role as Amanda Carrington on the soap opera Dynasty, from 1984-1986.
A native New Yorker, Oxenberg grew up in London where her first Shakespearean acting coach was Richard Burton. He was engaged to her mother, HRH Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia.
She returned to the United States to attend St. Paul's School where she graduated Summa cum Laude and was admitted to Harvard University. She transferred to Columbia University after deciding to pay her own way through college and start modeling.
She was photographed for the covers of Vogue, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, Los Angeles magazine and Interview.
Oxenberg's acting career took off after landing her first audition as Princess Diana in CBS TV's Royal Romance of Charles and Diana. The talent agency ICM immediately signed her, and she was soon personally cast by Aaron Spelling in his hit ABC TV series Dynasty.
She went on to star in various television mini-series and movies including Still Crazy Like a Fox, Swimsuit and Trenchcoat in Paradise. She hosted Saturday Night Live with Paul Simon and then took time off to complete a two-year Meisner training course with Joanne Baron.
She was subsequently cast in a remake of Roman Holiday and the FOX TV pilot, K-9000.
For her feature film debut she starred opposite Hugh Grant in Ken Russell's The Lair of the White Worm. Next, she starred in two mini-series, Bony and Ring of Scorpio, for Paramount and the BBC.
After taking time off to have a baby, she resurrected her role as Princess Diana, in Charles and Diana; A Palace Divided. Oxenberg then starred in CBS TV's Treacherous Beauties and the syndicated series Acapulco Heat.
She again took time off to complete comedy improvisation with the Groundling's Theatre. Oxenberg then starred with Jon Voight in Dom DeLuise's Boys Will Be Boys, Arthur's Quest, Time Served with Jeff Fahey and Louise Fletcher, Sidney Furie's The Collectors And Catch Me If You Can with Tim Matheson.
In 1999, she starred in the highest grossing independent film of the year, The Omega Code with Michael York. The following year Oxenberg filmed Sanctimony with Michael Pare and her husband, Casper Van Dien, for Regent Entertainment followed by The Flying Dutchman with Rod Steiger and Eric Roberts and perilous with Bruce Boxleitner.
Then she took a break to have two more children and completed Premonition for the Sci-fi channel.
In 2005 she hosted American Princess, a reality competition television series which ran for two seasons.