Born: November 14, 1961

Born in New Jersey to Italian-American parents, deep-voiced actress Laura San Giacomo studied at Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. After performing in regional theater, off-Broadway, and TV guest-star roles, she made her auspicious debut in Steven_Soderbergh's sex, lies, and videotape. As the down-to-earth yet adulterous Cynthia, her presence brought a sense of inhibition to the cast of otherwise sexually repressed characters. This was followed by a series of other good roles: the prostitute Kit in Pretty_Woman, the hardworking waitress in Vital_Signs, Holly_Hunter's sister in Once_Around, and the American expatriate Crazy Cora in Quigley_Down_Under. In addition to providing her husky voice to the star-studded animated series Gargoyles, she moved over to TV movies, most notably the Stephen_King adaptation The_Stand. On the big screen, she starred in Nina Takes a Lover, Stuart_Saves_His_Family, and The_Apocalypse (co-starring her then-husband Cameron_Dye). After having her son Mason, she started playing the memorable role of magazine journalist Maya Gallo on Just Shoot Me, which ran from 1997-2003 on NBC. Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

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