Alex Donnelley
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Alex Donnelley was born August 13, 1959 in Frankfurt
, Germany
. She is an American
actress best known for originating the role of Diane Jenkins
on the popular daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless
. She played the role from 1982–1984, then briefly in 1986, and then from 1996-2001. She also had a small role in Cruel Intentions 3
.
Donnelley has two daughters, Kate and Sean, from her former marriage to musician Robert Lamm
.
As of April 2010, Donnelley is dating Billy Joel
after meeting him at one of his concerts. He announced in June 2009 that he and his third wife were splitting up.
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. She is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress best known for originating the role of Diane Jenkins
Diane Jenkins
Diane Jenkins is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. She last portrayed by Maura West from October 8, 2010 to August 1, 2011. Since August 3, 2011, West continues to appear as Diane in flashbacks...
on the popular daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
. She played the role from 1982–1984, then briefly in 1986, and then from 1996-2001. She also had a small role in Cruel Intentions 3
Cruel Intentions 3
Cruel Intentions 3 is a 2004 American teen drama film directed by Scott Ziehl and released direct-to-video in 2004. Despite its name, the movie has almost no relation to the previous films in the series, except for the shared themes and the lead character in this film, Cassidy Merteuil, who is a...
.
Donnelley has two daughters, Kate and Sean, from her former marriage to musician Robert Lamm
Robert Lamm
Robert William Lamm is an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter who came to fame as a founding member of the pop rock band Chicago...
.
As of April 2010, Donnelley is dating Billy Joel
Billy Joel
William Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...
after meeting him at one of his concerts. He announced in June 2009 that he and his third wife were splitting up.