Kristen Alderson Biography

Kristen DeAnn Alderson (born May 29, 1991) is an American actress and occasional singer.

Personal life

Alderson was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania to Richard and Kathy Alderson. She has a younger brother, Eddie Alderson.

Alderson attended a Catholic school in Pennsylvania through seventh grade and was also a cheerleader, but decided to receive on-set tutorial for eighth grade and she then attended the Professional Performing Arts School in New York City for high school. She also looks forward to achieving a degree in teaching.

Alderson and her family relocated to Los Angeles when she joined the cast of General Hospital. Alderson is currently dating her General Hospital co-star Chad Duell.

Career

At six years old, Alderson auditioned for the One Life to Live role of Starr Manning in February 1998 and has portrayed the character since March 20, 1998, and was put on contract with the series in April 2001, at the time making her the youngest performer on daytime television with a contract role. In an episode, she experienced her first kiss on-screen when Starr kissed Travis (Connor Paolo). Before One Life to Live, she portrayed Molly in a Broadway production of Annie.

Alderson received the 2005 Soap Opera Digest Award Favorite Teen for her work in One Life to Live. Alderson's younger brother, Eddie, portrayed Matthew Buchanan on One Life to Live until its cancellation. After One Life to Live finished filming on November 18, 2011, Alderson relocated with her brother to Los Angeles.

On January 11, 2012, it was announced that Alderson, along with former co-stars Kassie DePaiva, Michael Easton, and Roger Howarth, would reprise her One Life to Live role on ABC's sole remaining soap opera General Hospital. She debuted on the series on February 24, 2012 and left on March 20, 2013. However, she will be returning to the series after briefly returning to One Life to Live, and then there will likely be a recast of the character. Prospect Park currently owns the rights to all One Life to Live characters; TV Guide reported that because ABC does not want to risk any further legal disputes with Prospect Park concerning the characters, the only way to avoid such disputes may be to have the former One Life to Live actors portray "characters that in no way resemble the current ones" in order to stay on General Hospital. Alderson returned to General Hospital as Kiki Jerome. In 2013, she received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for her work as Starr on General Hospital in 2012.

On September 24, 2013, Kristen Alderson was honored as "The Star of Tomorrow" by the ZEPHRA Magazine Recognition Awards and the City of West Hollywood issued a proclamation for the actress.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
Television
1998"2012	One Life to Live	Starr Manning	Main role; March 20, 1998 to January 13, 2012
2012"13 2013"present	General Hospital	Starr Manning Kiki Jerome	Main role; February 24, 2012 to March 20, 2013 Main role; May 13, 2013 to present

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Result	Ref
2003	Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger	One Life to Live
2005	Soap Opera Digest Award for Favorite Teen
2008	Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV series - Recurring Young Actress
2009	Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actress
	Young Artist Award for Outstanding Young Ensemble in a TV Series (shared with Eddie Alderson, Camila Banus, Carmen LoPorto and Austin Williams)
2013	Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series	General Hospital