Laura San Giacomo

Birthplace: West Orange, New Jersey, USA
Birthday: November 14, 1962

Stage-trained Laura San Giacomo made an auspicious debut as the brassy, hedonistic Cynthia in Steven Soderbergh's low-budget 1989 hit, "sex, lies and videotape". Her career has flourished since, but with the exception of her supporting role as Julia Roberts' wisecracking hooker friend in "Pretty Woman" (1990), her films have not showcased the brown-eyed siren's sass so evident in her first performance. San Giacomo starred with Tom Selleck in the Australian Western "Quigley Down Under" (1990), registered…more

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Just Shoot Me
Maya Gallo
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The Jenifer Estess Story
Jenifer Estess
Saving Grace
Rhetta Rodriguez
Saving Grace
Rhetta Rodriguez

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Career Milestones

2007 to 0000
Cast as Grace's (Holly Hunter) best friend Rhetta in the TNT drama, "Saving Grace"
2006
Returned to TV in a recurring role on the third season of "Veronica Mars" (CW)
2005
Appeared in the feature, "Checking Out"
2001
Played the title role in the CBS biopic, "Jenifer," about actress Jenifer Estess who was stricken with Lou Gehrig's disease and founded Project ALS
1997 to 2003
First regular series role, as the neo-feminist character Maya Gallo on the NBC sitcom, "Just Shoot Me"; earned a Golden Globe (1998) nomination for Best Actress