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Female |
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5' 2" |
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US - United States of America |
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November 14, 1962 |
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West Orange or Hoboken, New Jersey, USA |
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Laura San Giacomo (born November 14, 1962) is an American actress. She was born in West Orange, New Jersey and was raised in the nearby city of Denville. She went to Morris Knolls High School in Denville, where she got the acting bug, and had the lead in several school plays. Laura then got a Fine Arts degree, specializing in acting, at Carnegie Mellon School of Drama.
She has appeared in the film Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), the movie won grand prize at the Cannes Film Festival; as for Laura, critics and fans alike loved her performance: she won the New Generation Award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and received a Golden Globe nomination. Next in the film Pretty Woman (1990), the film won the People's Choice Awards for Best Comedy and Best Film. In Nina Takes a Lover (1994), she gave another magnificent performance.
She also appeared in the Stephen King TV miniseries The Stand, playing the part of Nadine Cross.
San Giacomo has been married twice; to actor Cameron Dye (1990-1998), with whom she has a son, Mason (born 1996), and to actor Matt Adler (since 2000). Having a child influenced Laura to make the transition to TV, she started in the sitcom Just Shoot Me (1997); television gave her a more regular work schedule, and no more traveling (as movies required). In the TV series she plays Maya Gallo, which is Italian for Mayan Rooster... and her wonderful career is something to crow about.
She is the cousin of Torry Castellano, a member of the rock group The Donnas.
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