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Jennifer Esposito
Esposito at the premiere of the film Sunday, 2008
Born	April 11, 1973 (1973-04-11) (age 36) Brooklyn, New York
Spouse(s)	Bradley Cooper (December, 2006 – November, 2007) (final date set by court)

Jennifer Esposito (born April 11, 1973) is an American actress and dancer.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Personal life 1.2 Career 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

Biography

Personal life

Esposito, an Italian American,¹ was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Phyllis, an interior decorator, and Robert Esposito, a computer consultant and music producer.² She has one older sister. Esposito grew up and attended St.Teresa School in Staten Island, and graduated from Moore Catholic High School in Staten Island.

Esposito dated Benjamin Bratt in 1996-1997 and married Bradley Cooper on December 30, 2006.³ However, in April 2007, she filed for divorce.⁴ On August 24, 2007 court papers were filed that set a final date of November 10 for the official termination of the couple's marriage.⁵

Career

Esposito made her first television appearance in Law & Order in 1996, but she is best known as Stacey in the prime time hit Spin City. She also appeared in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer playing Nancy. One of her more notable roles was as Ruby in Spike Lee's controversial Summer of Sam in 1999, which was set against the mid-1970s backdrop of the Son of Sam murders. She originally had the Mira Sorvino role in Summer of Sam, but had to take a different role due to scheduling conflicts. Esposito's next film was Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000.

In 2000, Esposito played a guest role on Law & Order: SVU as TV Reporter Sarah Logan who was raped. She played Don Cheadle's girlfriend, Ria, in the Academy Award-winning film Crash. Esposito was part of the cast for the now cancelled WB show Related in which she played Ginnie Sorelli. She also played a Lieutenant in the NYPD in the 2004 film Taxi. She recently played a love interest to Denis Leary's character in the FX dramedy Rescue Me. Esposito can currently be seen on television as Andrea Belladonna in the ABC comedy, Samantha Who?.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	American Crude	Carlos
2007–present	Samantha Who?	Andrea	Television series
2007	Rescue Me	Nona	Television series
2005	Related	Ginnie Sorelli	Television series
2004	Taxi	Lt. Marta Robbins
	Crash	Ria
	Breakin' All the Rules	Rita Monroe
2003	Jesus, Mary and Joey	Frankie Vitello
2002	The Master of Disguise	Jennifer Baker
	Welcome to Collinwood	Carmela
2001	Beyond the City Limits	Helen Toretti
	Don't Say a Word	Detective Sandra Cassidy
	Made	Club girl	Uncredited
	The Proposal	Susan Reese
	Backflash	Olive Dee "Harley" Klintucker
2000	Dracula 2000	Solina
	Boys Life 3	Michelle
1999	The Bachelor	Daphne
	Just One Time	Michelle
	Summer of Sam	Ruby
1998	I Still Know What You Did Last Summer	Nancy
	Side Streets	Jessica
	He Got Game	Ms. Janus
	No Looking Back	Teresa
1997	Kiss Me, Guido	Debbie
	A Brother's Kiss	Lucy
	A Brooklyn State of Mind	Donna Delgrosso
1996	Spin City	Stacey Paterno	Television series
1995	The City	Connie Soleito	Television series
	The Sunshine Boys	Jeannie	Television series

References

External links

• Jennifer Esposito at the Internet Movie Database
• Jennifer Esposito at TV.com