Eden Riegel - Biography

Last Editor: kmj201				Eden Riegel Biography -   Name : Eden Riegel Profession : Actress Birth Details : born January 1, 1981 in Washington, D.C. Birth name : Eden Sonja Jane Riegel Height : 5' 6" (1.68 m)

Eden Riegel Trivia -

Younger sister of Sam Riegel and younger half-sister of Tatiana S. Riegel Dating Brian Gallagher. [2001] Was a White House intern in the summer of 2000. Attended Harvard University from 1998 - 2000, where she was a social and political theory major. She intended to become a lawyer, but dropped out of Harvard, temporarily, to pursue her acting career on "All My Children" (1970) Attended New York's Professional Children's School with Macaulay Culkin and Christina Ricci. She was a Broadway Kid (group of young singers/Broadway actors that sing together) and played Bianca Montgomery on "All My Children" (1970), a role earlier played by Lacey Chabert who was also a Broadway Kid. Along with Olga Sosnovska, participated in the first same sex kiss ever aired on American Daytime Television in "All My Children" (1970). She also participated in the fourth and fifth ones the following year with Elizabeth Hendrickson. She is of German, English, Hungarian, Spanish and Moroccan ancestry Daughter of Kurt and Lenore Riegel (divorced) Sang "Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid on a September 9th episode of SoapTalk While attending Harvard University, she sang with the all-female Radcliffe Pitches choir. Was second choice for the role of Nadia in American Pie. Women's Level 1 Figure Skater Began performing at age 7 at a dinner theatre in suburban Washington, D.C. for $10 a week She learned to Western Trick Rope while performing in The Will Rogers Follies. Sang back up for Jewel and Michael Jackson. Step-mother is Marieluise Riegel

Eden Riegel Detailed Biography -

Eden Riegel (born January 1, 1981 in Washington, D.C.) is an American actress. From 2000 to 2005, she played the role of Bianca Montgomery on the soap opera All My Children. Riegel's character became the only lesbian that was currently on a daytime soap when she came out to her mother, Erica Kane (Susan Lucci), on the program in 2000. Riegel is the fourth actress to portray Bianca, and is widely considered to be the most popular. In 2003 the character of Bianca and the character of Lena Kundera (Olga Sosnovska) were scheduled to share the first lesbian kiss on American daytime television. In 2004, with Lena out of the picture, Bianca shared a kiss with close friend and confidante Maggie Stone (Elizabeth Hendrickson). Riegel was awarded the first Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation award for 'Favorite OUT Image of the Year' in 2004. During the 'babyswitch' storyline of 2004-2005, when Bianca's daughter was kidnapped and switched with the son of Babe Chandler (Alexa Havins), Riegel played Bianca on the soap One Life to Live. Before Riegel joined All My Children, she appeared in Les Misérables on Broadway, and attended Harvard University. While attending Harvard, she worked as a Congressional intern. She also had a small role on the soap opera As The World Turns as an AIDS patient and played a minor character in the feature film American Pie. She also did voice acting work in the film The Prince of Egypt. While playing Bianca she remained active in other acting work, doing a small guest role on American Dreams and appearing in the New York play The Sex Lives of Superheros. She was nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards for 'Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series' (2001, 2002, 2004) before finally winning the award in 2005. She also won two Soap Opera Digest Awards -- in 2001 for 'Outstanding Female Newcomer' and in 2005 for 'Outstanding Younger Lead Actress'. Both Eden Riegel and co-star Elizabeth Hendrickson exited All My Children, airing for the last time on February 24, 2005. Riegel then moved to Los Angeles to pursue other acting ventures. She made a brief return to the soap when her TV mother, Erica Kane, was married in May of 2005 and is slated to return for an extended stay beginning December 16th, 2005 through January 10th of 2006. Rumor has it that her daughter, Miranda will be aged as well. (2005) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for All My Children GLAAD Media Awards (2004) Favorite OUT Image of the Year Award for All My Children Soap Opera Digest Awards (2005) Soap Opera Digest Award Outstanding Younger Lead Actress for All My Children (2001) Soap Opera Digest Award Outstanding Female Newcomer for All My Children Daytime Emmy Awards (2004) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for All My Children (2002) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for All My Children (2001) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for All My Children