Sally Pressman

Biography

Sally Pressman is an American actress and dancer. She is perhaps best known for her role as Roxy LeBlanc on the Lifetime television series Army Wives.

Pressman was born Sally Pressman Bernstein in New York City. She is the daughter of Penny Ann Pressman and Jonathan Bernstein. Pressman’s mother studied fine arts and theater at Brandeis University and works for Christie’s Auction House. Pressman’s father is a lawyer and investor. She no longer uses her childhood name of Sally Bernstein professionally, preferring her mother’s maiden name.

As a child, she attended Spence School for girls in New York. She was classically trained in ballet and was a member of the Manhattan Ballet Company. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater studies from Yale University.

Pressman is best known for her role as Roxy LeBlanc on the Lifetime Television drama series Army Wives. She was regular cast member in the first six seasons (2007 to 2012). In 2013 she appeared in two episodes of season 7. With other members of the Army Wives cast, she joined the picket line on November 13, 2007 in support of striking writers. In 2013, she landed a lead role in an NBC comedy pilot Joe, Joe and Jane.

In 2013, Pressman was cast in recurring role as Candace Marcus, a daughter of Lisa Kudrow’s character, in the third season of Shonda Rhimes drama series Scandal. In 2014 she guest-starred in the episode of CBS series Person of Interest.

2014 she was cast of the fourth season in the ABC series, Once Upon a Time, and appeared in Shonda Rhimes’ Grey’s Anatomy as Young Ellis Grey in flashbacks. This role previously played Sarah Paulson in Season 6. In 2016, she guest starred in two episodes of The Catch, another Rhimes’ drama. Later that year, she was cast in a recurring role as Debi Mazar’s character’s love interest on Younger.

On October 19, 2010, Pressman became engaged to her longtime boyfriend David Clayton Rogers. The couple met at Lesley Kahn’s Acting Studio. The couple married on September 17, 2011