She is best known for her role as Emily Quartermaine, adoptive daughter of supercouple Alan and Monica Quartermaine, on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital. The second actress to play the role, Livingston portrayed Emily from April 1, 2003 through May 7, 2008, winning a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2005. Livingston returned to General Hospital as new character Rebecca Shaw from January 15, 2009 through December 22, 2009.

Livingston was born on March 26, 1976, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Her father, James Livingston, is a physician and her mother, Martha Livingston, is an artist and Spanish teacher. Livingston is half Mexican and is fluent in Spanish. She was raised in Macon, Georgia, and spent her summers in Mexico.

Livingston obtained a degree in Sociology from Emory University, where she was a member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority. She started acting in high school and continued her interests in acting by taking acting classes in college and participating in student films. After graduation she took an internship in the field of social work, and later moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue her acting career. While working at Home Depot, she was discovered and started doing commercials for McDonalds in Spanish.

Livingston first appeared as Emily Quartermaine on General Hospital on April 1, 2003. The adopted daughter of established characters Alan and Monica Quartermaine, Emily was a prominent character who notably battled breast cancer in 2003. On May 20, 2005, Livingston won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Emily. Livingston eventually decided to leave the series, and Emily was murdered in November 2007; however, Livingston continued to appear periodically until May 7, 2008 as a hallucination of Emily seen by her love interest, Nikolas Cassadine (Tyler Christopher).

On January 15, 2009, Livingston returned to General Hospital for 11 months as new character Rebecca Shaw.

Livingston also appeared in the films Big Fat Liar (2002), Hired Help (2004), Popstar (2005) , and West of Brooklyn (2008), as well as upcoming 2009 films Fight or Flight and Rough Hustle.

Prior to her role as breast cancer survivor Emily, Livingston had performed a breast self-exam after watching an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show promoting awareness for the disease. She found a lump, which turned out to be benign. At one point Livingston dated General Hospital co-star Tyler Christopher.

Sarah Brown, General Hospital (2000) · Lesli Kay, As the World Turns (2001) · Crystal Chappell, Guiding Light (2002) · Vanessa Marcil, General Hospital (2003) · Cady McClain, As the World Turns (2004) · Natalia Livingston, General Hospital (2005) · Gina Tognoni, Guiding Light (2006) · Genie Francis, General Hospital (2007) · Gina Tognoni, Guiding Light (2008) • Tamara Braun, Days of our Lives (2009)

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