Jennifer Esposito
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Jennifer Esposito (born April 11, 1973) is an American actress and dancer.
Biography
Esposito was born in Brooklyn, New York of Italian descent. She made her first appearance in Law & Order in 1990 in various small roles, but she is best known as Stacey in the prime time hit Spin City. She can also be seen in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer playing the role of Nancy. One of her more recent successes was her role as Ruby in Spike Lee's controversial Summer of Sam in 1999. Set against the mid-Seventies backdrop of the Son of Sam murders, the film also starred John Leguizamo and Mira Sorvino. Esposito's next film was Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000 with Johnny Lee Miller, Christopher Plummer and Omar Epps. She played the detective's girlfriend "Ria" in the Academy Award-winning film Crash. Esposito's most recent project was the now cancelled WB show Related in which she played Ginnie Sorelli.Her father Bob was a computer consultant and former music producer.
Quotes
"Well, I'm Italian, but my family isn't stereotypical. I mean, I only have one sister and we don't yell or throw pasta at each other. My mother doesn't even have a secret spaghetti sauce recipe." -Jennifer Esposito, on her heritage.Trivia
- Her favorite sandwich is Nutella and sliced bananas on Wonder Bread.
- She has one older sister.
- She is a former dancer on the MTV show Club MTV.
- She originally had the Mira Sorvino role in Summer of Sam, but had to take a different role due to scheduling conflicts.
- Even though she is of Italian descent she has had numerous roles in movies playing a character who is Hispanic.
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role | Other notes |
| 2005 | Related | Ginnie Sorelli | Television Series |
| 2005 | American Crude | Carlos | Post production |
| 2004 | Taxi | Lt. Marta Robbins | |
| 2005 | Crash | Ria | |
| 2004 | Breakin' All the Rules | Rita Monroe | |
| 2003 | Jesus, Mary and Joey | Frankie Vitello | |
| 2002 | The Master of Disguise | Jennifer Vega | |
| 2002 | Welcome to Collinwood | Carmela | |
| 2001 | Beyond the City Limits | Helen Toretti | |
| 2001 | Don't Say a Word | Detective Sandra Cassidy | |
| 2001 | Made | Club girl | uncredited |
| 2001 | The Proposal | Susan Reese | |
| 2001 | Backlash | Oliver Dee "Harley" Klintucker | |
| 2000 | Dracula 2000 | Solina | |
| 2000 | Boys Life 3 | Michelle | |
| 1999 | The Bachelor | Daphne | |
| 1999 | Just One Time | Michelle | |
| 1999 | Summer of Sam | Ruby | |
| 1998 | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | Nancy | |
| 1998 | Side Streets | Jessica | |
| 1998 | He Got Game | Ms. Janus | |
| 1998 | No Looking Back | Teresa | |
| 1997 | Kiss Me, Guido | Debbie | |
| 1997 | A Brother's Kiss | Lucy | |
| 1997 | A Brooklyn State of Mind | Donna Delgrosso | |
| 1996 | Spin City | Stacey Paterno | Television series |
| 1995 | The City | Connie Soleito | Television Series |
| 1995 | The Sunshine Boys | Jeannie | Television Series |
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