Sabine Erika Singh (born August 4, 1974) is an American actress.

Early life

Sabine Singh was born in

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. Her father, Anand Singh, and mother, Gisa Singh, née Voigt, immigrated to the United States from

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and

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respectively. Before graduating from

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, Singh attended

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, as well as the

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(LAMDA) and the

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both in London. Continuing her love of

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, she studied at

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at the

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Career

Singh was a founding company member of Jim Simpson's and

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's award-winning

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. She was one of the first "BATS", the

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winning resident acting troupe of The Flea, that primarily presented new and experimental voices of the downtown NY theatre world. Sabine recently appeared

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as "Olivia" in the critically acclaimed production of ''The Gold Standard'', a

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by Daniel Roberts. From ''

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'' review: "Olivia (Sabine Singh) is a genuine beauty who spends Act 1 ... imitating

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's sinuous lounge singer from ''

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''... She's the kind of stunning blonde who practically stops traffic." Her

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credits include '' Tony Goldwyn's Someone Like You'', ''

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'', and '' Ricky Six''. Her film '' Maryam'' opened

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's first

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, where Sabine was honored and invited to participate as guest speaker. Her TV credits include guest and recurring roles on ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' CSI: NY'', and ''

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''. Beginning March 2007, Singh filmed more than 170 episodes as Greenlee Smythe on ''

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'', replacing the original Greenlee

Rebecca Budig Rebecca Budig (; born June 26, 1973) is an American actress and television presenter. Her career began in 1993, and in 1995, she was cast in the role of Michelle Bauer on the CBS soap opera ''Guiding Light''. In 1999, she was cast as Greenlee ...

who had left the show two years prior. Singh's performance prenominated her as Best Supporting Actress for the

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as well as Daytime Confidential's 2007 'Top Newcomer' award. In December 2007, it was announced that Singh was fired from the role, to be replaced by Budig. The producers of ''

'' broke Singh's contract to bring back the original actress. This sparked a firestorm of controversy because of how Singh was treated and let go. Besides giving Singh only a four-day notice of termination, her firing no longer qualified her for the Emmy. Fans were appalled by the commercials that ABC put out calling Budig the "Real" Greenlee, as well as the clock counting the days until Rebecca's return, which watermarked the screen during Singh's final month of airing. Singh last aired on ''

'' on January 15, 2008. Budig returned the next day. After her exit from ''

'', Singh returned to theatre work in May 2008 and starred in the one woman play ''The Euthanasiast'' — Liza Lentini's exploration of care-givers and the right to die — at PS 122 in New York City. After ''The Euthanasist'' Singh continued acting in various TV film and theatre - most notably as Amy Townsend in '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' and spent 2008 and 2009 hosting the travel show ''Voyages'' exploring the culture and beauty of the Caribbean Islands. In 2010 she was chosen by

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as the face of

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, traveling and acting as spokesperson for the brand. Although Singh always worked as a social advocate donating time with various non profits, human service organizations, and charities, in 2011 she began working as a full-time volunteer, advocate and activist, starting PURE, a non-profit advocating, spreading awareness, and raising money to intercept, rescue and help in the recovery of sex trafficked children in South East Asia and various areas of the Indian subcontinent.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Sabine 1974 births Living people American soap opera actresses Actresses from New York (state) American actresses of Indian descent University of Michigan alumni Tisch School of the Arts alumni People from Suffern, New York American people of Austrian descent