Jennifer Esposito Biography

Born

April 11, 1973 (age 33)
Brooklyn, New York, USA

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 1996, 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, which was set against the mid-Seventies backdrop of the Son of Sam murders. Esposito's next film was Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000. 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 Hispanic character.

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 Baker
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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