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Erika Slezak
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| Erika Slezak | |
 Erika Slezak as Victoria Lord, from the title opening of One Life to Live. |
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| Birth name | Erika Alma Hermina Slezak |
| Born | August 5, 1946 Hollywood, California |
| Spouse(s) | Brian Davies (married 1978) |
| Official site | http://www.erikaslezak.com/ |
| Notable roles | Victoria Lord, One Life to Live |
| Emmy Awards | |
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| Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series 1984, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1996, and 2005 |
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Erika Slezak (born August 5, 1946 in Hollywood, California) is an American actress of Austrian and Dutch descent. She is the daughter of actor Walter Slezak.
She has portrayed Victoria "Viki" Lord on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live since March 17, 1971.
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Slezak's character Viki has suffered many tragedies, and has struggled with dissociative identity disorder (or DID, once known as multiple personality disorder). She has been married and divorced several times (her full legal name is now Victoria Lord Riley Burke Riley Buchanan Buchanan Carpenter Davidson), and has endured through the deaths of loved ones, breast cancer, stroke, and most recently, heart disease, for which Slezak won her most recent Daytime Emmy Award.
In addition to her three children Kevin, Joey and Jessica, over the years Viki discovered that she had two long-lost daughters: eldest child Megan and Jessica's fraternal twin Natalie.
Slezak has won six Daytime Emmys in the category of "Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series," in 1984, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1996 and 2005, tying the record for most wins by an actor (shared with Justin Deas), as well as the record for most wins for playing one character and by an actress. Additionally, Slezak won a Soap Opera Digest Award for Favorite Couple with Mark Derwin in 2000.
| Year | Award |
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| 2005 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for One Life to Live |
| 1996 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for One Life to Live |
| 1995 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for One Life to Live |
| 1992 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for One Life to Live |
| 1986 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for One Life to Live |
| 1984 | Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series for One Life to Live |
| Year | Award |
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| 2000 | Favorite Couple for One Life to Live (shared with Mark Derwin) |