Biography
Icy blonde actress Catherine Oxenberg is the American-born daughter of Yugoslavia's Princess Elizabeth. Befitting her breeding and bearing, Catherine was cast as Lady Di in the 1982 TV-movie biopic
Royal Romance of Charles and Diana--and, bringing things full circle, she repeated the role in 1992's Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After. She also essayed the
Audrey Hepburn "princess" role in the 1987 remake of
Roman Holiday--a bit of "stunt casting" that did not meet with universal approval. Catherine's theatrical film credits are sparse but memorable; those with a fetishist bent may get a rush from her near-nude bondage sequence in
Ken Russell's
Lair of the White Worm (1988). Most televiewers will remember Catherine Oxenberg as Amanda Carrington, long-lost daughter of Alexis Carrington (
Joan Collins),in the prime time serial
Dynasty (the 1984-85 "wedding massacre" season); and as British secret agent Ashley Hunter-Caddington in the 1993 syndicated weekly Acapulco H.E.A.T.. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide