In 2001, Sasha Alexander was cast as District Attorney Robin Childs in an episode of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.” While the role was only a one-off, it did appear to inform much of her career. As she’s appeared in pretty much every major TV procedural since.
Indeed, just a year later, Alexander bagged the recurring role of Dr. Jackie Collete in one-season wonder “Presidio Med.” The leading roles of Special Agent Caitlin Todd and Dr. Maura Isles in long-running hits “NCIS” and “Rizzoli & Isles,” respectively, then followed, and she later went on to guest on “House,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” and “FBI.”
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In a chat with The Advocate, Alexander admitted that she had no intention of becoming such a small screen staple. “I don’t know if I thought that I would be working in television as much as I have,” she said. “I remember thinking that, ‘God, I don’t have a small nose and I’m not blond.’ Like I actually thought like people doing TV, like my face was more European. And I thought, ‘God, Isabella Rossellini is my idol.’ [Laughs] I thought I was going to make obscure European films and if I wanted to be an actress, I would go to London. I really thought that that’s what my path would be.”
