Background
Jensen Buchanan was born in Montgomery, Alabama on July 18, 1962.
Jensen Buchanan was born in Montgomery, Alabama on July 18, 1962.
She attended Boston University on scholarship from 1980 to 1984, eventually earning a degree in music theory.
She was the only child of William and Mary Buchanan, who divorced when she was a toddler. She was raised in Neenah, Wisconsin. She played the role of Sarah Gordon on the American Broadcasting Company soap opera One Life to Live from 1987 to 1990.
In 1991 she moved to the National Broadcasting Company soap opera Another World.
She played Marley Love from 1991 to 1994 and from 1997 to 1998. She also played Marley"s twin, Vicky Hudson, from 1991 to 1999.
She moved to As the World Turns in a short term capacity to play the role of Vicky, who was killed in a plane crash in November 1999. In 2001, she started playing the role of Melissa Bedford, R. North. on General Hospital.
She exited the role in 2002.
In 2015, Buchanan joined the soap opera The Young and the Restless.
She will portray Elise Moxley, a member of the Genoa City social set.