Stephanie March on Martha #2

Biography

March was born in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Laura Len (née Irwin) and John Abe March IV and the sister of Charlotte. She has German, Dutch, Irish and English ancestry. She attended Highland Park High School, the same high school Angie Harmon (of the original Law & Order) attended. March was a sophomore when Harmon was a senior. She began performing in plays in high school. In 1996 she graduated from the School of Speech (now School of Communication) at Northwestern University, where she majored in Theater and Hispanic Studies. After graduating, she landed her first professional acting role (in her very first audition) as Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream in Chicago, where she continued to pursue her stage career.

In 1999, March made her Broadway debut in the highly acclaimed production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, opposite Brian Dennehy. Her other career highlights include roles on the television series Early Edition and in the TV movie Since You’ve Been Gone.

Her biggest career success to date has been her role as Alexandra Cabot on the NBC crime drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, a role she played from 2000 to 2004. She has also appeared in the Chris Rock comedy Head of State and the Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie vehicle Mr. & Mrs. Smith. March reprised her role as Alexandra Cabot, now a Bureau Chief, on the short-lived NBC courtroom spin-off drama Conviction, which debuted in spring 2006. She will return to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Alexandra Cabot in a six episode arc starting March 10, 2009. March also appeared in a 2009 story arc on Rescue Me as a psychic.

March posed for Maxim Magazine in 2000 and also performed in the Broadway debut of Eric Bogosian's Talk Radio, starring Liev Schreiber, in 2007. She more recently also starred in Howard Korder's Boy's Life alongside Jason Biggs.

She also played the roll of Cissy Hathaway in the TV move Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006) starring Tom Selleck.
Personal Life

March lives in New York City. She loves to travel and enjoys swimming, yoga, and dance in her free time. She married chef Bobby Flay on February 20, 2005; he proposed to her while ice skating at Rockefeller Center on December 19, 2004. She appeared on two of Flay's Food Network shows(Boy Meets Grill and Grill It! with Bobby Flay).

Stephanie March

Stephanie Caroline March (born July 23, 1974) is an American actress, best known for her portrayal of Alexandra Cabot on the television franchise Law & Order.