Nina Arvesen (born May 16, 1961 in White Plains, New York) Norwegian origin,daughter of an ambassador, an American actress and model best known for her performances on American soap operas and consecutive appearances on popular magazine covers. Nina has appeared in over 300 magazines, Arvesen speaks fluent Norwegian.

Nina's brothers' names are Jannik and Christian. She spent her early years in Egypt, Brazil, New York and Norway. She was a jack-of-all-trades on "Scandinavian Weekly". She came to South California at age 24.

The daughter of a Norwegian ambassador, she grew up globetrotting from the U.S. to Egypt, Brazil and Norway. She moved to Hollywood in 1985, after working as an actress in Norway for several years. Her big break came when she got a part in the 1987 movie Dragnet starring Tom Hanks. Nina's first soap role was in 1987 on Santa Barbara, where she played a rookie policewoman in three episodes. She then wreaked havoc as Cassandra on The Young and the Restless from 1988 to 1991.

Following her dismissal from Y&R, Nina joined the cast of Santa Barbara as Angela Raymond. She stayed with SB until the end of the series.

Nina Arvesen has two brothers to who she is very close - "we knew the same nomad childhood, from the United States to Egypt and Brazil,. Christian Arvesen, is a specialist in special effects and he worked on Robocop and JFK. He also created a company of musical production. Enterprising, Nina Arvesen founded The Arvesen Group, to produce TV movies. Nina knows the businesses. brother, Christian is diabetic. Well knowing the problems that it can create, she takes part in official receptions, conferences that organizes the American Diabetic Association. Many activities which do not prevent her from having a betrothed .

Nina Arvesen A show biz veteran in her native Norway - music, dance, acting, producing and scriptwriting credits fill her resume .

Nina Arvesen captivated millions of fans around the world with her portrayal of the mysterious Cassandra,The Bermuda love Triangle storyline achieved the #1 ratings status. A daytime record held to this day. one of the first serials to venture outside the confines of its studio to present brilliantly executed action sequences "on location".Thus began a tradition of complex stunts, staged outside the CBS studios, which solidified Y&R reputation for innovative, briskly paced drama. Nina Arvesen portrayed Cassandra Rawlins was meeting a mysterious man named Adrian Hunter promising him that she was desperate to leave Genoa City and start a new life with him. Adrian blackmailed Cassandra into marriage. Paul Williams and Carl Williams followed Cassandra and her lover Adrian to Bermuda where Paul and Carl tormented Cassandra with visions of Paul as a ghost. Horrified, Cassandra quickly returned home to Genoa City. Soon after, Cassandra confessed that on the night that George was murdered, she was knocked unconscious. When she awoke, there was a gun in her hand and her husband was dead. With Cassandra's help, Victor Newman came up with an elaborate plan to get Adrian to return to the States so he could be arrested. Cassandra called Adrian and told him that she was being held prisoner by Victor, was tied to a chair, had a gun pointed at her and a block of melting ice rigged to fire it. When Adrian arrived to save her, Victor and Paul captured him. Carl arrested Adrian and succeeded in exposing him as George's killer. Filming locations Bermuda..Nina Arvesen played the the mysterious Cassandra !!! seductive new lover leads her on an odyssey into a mysterious and erotic depths of passion, as she finds herself caught in a terrifying triangle.Paul and Carl followed Cassandra and her lover Adrian to Bermuda, where they tormented Cassandra with visions of Paul as a ghost. Horrified, Cassandra quickly returned home to Genoa City. Soon after, Cassandra confessed that on the night that George was murdered, she was knocked unconscious, and when she awoke, there was a gun in her hand, and her husband was dead. With Cassandra's help, Victor came up with an elaborate plan to get Adrian to return to the states so he could be arrested. Cassandra called Adrian and told him that she was being held prisoner by Victor, tied to a chair, with a gun pointed at her, a block of melting ice rigged to fire it. When Adrian arrived to save her, Victor and Paul captured him, Carl arrested Adrian and succeeded in exposing him as George's killer. Nina Arvesen was one of the most popular and highly profiled characters in the history of the series on The Young and the Restless. her character was“designed well and had great depth. she was chosen by William Bell, the creator-producer of the show, simply because she had "a disconcerting physique". the Memorable Female TV Characters which seems to have made the greatest impact on its viewers, who still remember its vivid characters Lynne Harbaugh Who Played the mysterious Lisa Mansfield On The Young and the Restless and Kimberlin Brown played the mysterious Sheila Carter character on The Young and the Restless and Nina Aevesen played the mysterious Cassandra Hall Rawlins on the soap opera The Young and the Restless from 1988 to 1991.

Nina Aevesen played-( ANGELA RAYMOND)- Brief Character History,Actor History Nina Arvesen Episode Tenure: 1760-2135 Airdates: July 23, 1991 to January 13, 1993

Other Name Angela Cassidy (maiden name)

Occupation • Owner of The Santa Barbara Bulletin • Owner of the Angela Cassidy Gallery

Relationships • David Raymond (divorced) • Warren Lockridge • Ted Capwell (affair) • C.C. Capwell

Relatives • Unnamed father (he was a governor) • Marilyn Cassidy (sister; deceased) the wife of Judge David Raymind, was a strong, cunning, ambitious and strikingly beautiful woman who knew exactly what she wanted. Unfortunately, Angela and David had a troubled marriage, one that started with the coverup of her sister Marilyn's death. Soon after coming to Santa Barbara, Angela arranged for Warren Lockridge to interview David for his newspaper. She became attracted to Warren and they began a hot affair. Still, Angela had a possessive streak and was jealous of David's interest in Julia Wainwright.

One night, a bullet traveled through Mason Capwell and killed Amado Gonzalez at the Oasis Hotel. Immediately afterwards, a stunned Angela saw Warren on her apartment balcony holding a rifle aimed at the Oasis. Warren and Angela suspected each other of the shooting, but soon realized that neither of them was guilty.

When Warren was tried for the shooting, Angela bravely played up to Craig Hunt to prove he was the real culprit. When Craig caught on, he planned to kill Angela and forced her to write a suicide note in which she confessed to the shooting. Luckily, she was rescued in time by Cruz Castillo and Warren. Eventually, Angela and David got divorced. By then, Angela had fallen in love with Warren.

Trying to buy Warren's love, Angela gave him the Santa Barbara Bulletin. She also purchased an art gallery. Warren became torn between Angela and Cassandra Benedict, his former lover. In the end, he chose Angela. Cassie went mad over the issue and began harassing Angela. She even poisoned Angela's soup. When that didn't work, Cassie exposed the fact that David and Angela were responsible for the car crash that killed Angela's sister Marilyn. Later, when Angela fell off a ladder and was unconscious, Marilyn's spirit urged her to forgive herself for causing Marilyn's death.

Warren and Angela's relationship continued until he fell in love with B.J. Walker. Meanwhile, Angela began a lusty affair with Ted Capwell, who was engaged to Katrina Ruyker at the time. Following a car accident, Angela suffered from amnesia and began working in a diner. She was found by Ted. Later, in Dallas, Angela and Ted were caught in bed together by Katrina. Angela finally got her memory back and dumped Ted. She then cozied up to his father, C.C. Capwell. C.C. proposed to her. However, realizing that C.C. still loved his ex-wife Sophia, Angela broke up with him. It was a friendly parting and the last time we saw Angela.

Nina Aevesen played-(Cassandra Rawlins (aliases Cassandra Hall and Sandy, also called Cassie) )- Brief Character History,Actor History Cassandra Rawlins was an interior designer and, later, the owner of Ra-Tech,In 1988, private detective Paul Williams met the mysterious and beautiful Cassandra Hall and contracted her interior decorating skills to redo his office and bachelor pad. Paul and Cassandra fell in love and Paul proposed. One evening, while dining at the mansion of his client, George Rawlins, the wealthy owner of Ra-Tech, Paul was shocked when introduced to his much younger wife "Cassie" who turned out to be Cassandra Rawlins but Cassandra and Paul didn’t let on that they knew each other. Cassandra carried on with Paul while married to George.

George confided in Paul that he feared his young wife would leave him since he was impotent and asked Paul to sire a child for them. Paul refused. Cassandra asked George for a divorce to be with Paul causing George to have a heart attack. After George recovered he was bent on revenge against Paul and Cassandra. George plotted to have himself killed and make it look as if Paul had murdered him. Paul was arrested, indicted and went to trial. Paul faked his own suicide and escaped before going into hiding but he was eventually cleared and he reunited with Cassandra.

Paul followed Cassandra and her secret lover (and the real killer), Adrian Hunter, to Bermuda. Cassandra was stunned to find Paul alive and confessed her complicity to him. Adrian was jailed. Victor Newman made Brad Carlton his temporary fill in as CEO at Ra-Tech and gave him a vice presidency at Newman Enterprises. Cassandra offered Brad a job at Ra-Tech, the company she inherited when George died. Cassandra, out for Brad, offered him a permanent job at Ra-Tech as opposed to his interim CEO position from before.

Ashley Abbott went away to a cabin to sort out her feelings and wound up marrying her old love, Victor. Furious, Brad's attitude was evident at work where Victor ordered him to snap out of it or find another job.

In 1991, Brad accepted Cassandra's job offer and, to work out the details, agreed to go skiing with her in Aspen. Cassandra drugged him on the way and changed the flight plan to land in Vegas. The next day, a groggy Brad woke up married to Cassandra! She told him he had willingly participated in the marriage but he was concerned about missing a date with Traci Abbott Connolly due to the snowstorm causing flights to be canceled. When they returned to Genoa City, Brad was made permanent CEO at Ra-Tech. He also held onto his job at Newman out of loyalty to his ex-father-in-law, John Abbott.

Brad convinced Victor to merge Ra-Tech and Newman Enterprises but resigned from Newman when the Ra-Tech demands became too great. Traci uncovered Cassandra's scheme and told Brad who immediately filed for divorce after only a few weeks of marriage. At the divorce hearing, Brad and Cassandra agreed to part amicably without laying claim to each other's financial interests. Immediately after the hearing, Cassandra called Paul telling him that he was the man she really loved and rushed off to see him. But before they could connect, Cassandra mysteriously disappeared without a trace. actress Nina Arvesen three year contract with The Young and the Restless expired in 1991, she made the decision to join the NBC television series Santa Barbara.