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Laura San Giacomo Biography
Actor
Photos ( See all 10 )A slender brunette with looks as Italian as her name, Laura San Giacomo was already a veteran stage actress when she appeared as Cynthia, the fiery sister-in-law in the 1989 film sex, lies, and videotape. The small-budget hit is often credited with kicking off the independent film boom of the 1990s, and it also boosted San Giacomo's film career. She played Kit, the wisecracking friend of Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman (1990), then appeared in a series of mid-level films, including Under Suspicion (1992), Nina Takes a Lover (1995), and The Suicide Kings (1998). She really found her footing in the TV sitcom Just Shoot Me, with San Giacomo playing a feminist editor on a fashion magazine, surrounded by horndog men and quirky women models. She played a forensics expert in the cop drama Saving Grace (with Holly Hunter, 2006-10).
Extra credit: San Giacomo is 5'2", according to Ability magazine.
Four Good Links
The Laura San Giacomo Page
Memory lane: a friendly old-time fan page
Laura San Giacomo Filmography
Yahoo movies lists her films
sex, lies and videotape
The All Movie Guide discusses her breakthrough film
Laura San Giacomo Interview
She talks with Ability magazine about her work on and off camera
Vital Stats
Birth
14 November 1961
(age 48)
Birthplace
Death
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Best Known As
Maya Gallo on TV's Just Shoot Me



