Jennifer Esposito

Jennifer Esposito
Born	April 11 1973 (age 36) Brooklyn, New York, USA
Spouse(s)	Married to Bradley Cooper

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

Biography

Esposito was born in Brooklyn, New York of Italian descent. She made her first appearance in Law & Order in 1996, but she is best known as Stacey in the prime time hit Spin City. She can also be seen in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer playing the role of Nancy. One of her more recent successes was her role as Ruby in Spike Lee's controversial Summer of Sam in 1999, which was set against the mid-Seventies backdrop of the Son of Sam murders. Esposito's next film was Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000. She played the detective's girlfriend "Ria" in the Academy Award-winning film Crash. Esposito's most recent project was the now cancelled WB show Related in which she played Ginnie Sorelli. Her father Bob was a computer consultant and former music producer. Jennifer is married to actor Bradley Cooper.^[1]

Quotes

"Well, I'm Italian, but my family isn't stereotypical. I mean, I only have one sister and we don't yell or throw pasta at each other. My mother doesn't even have a secret spaghetti sauce recipe." -Jennifer Esposito, on her heritage.

Trivia

• Her favorite sandwich is Nutella and sliced bananas on Wonder Bread.
• She has one older sister.
• She is a former dancer on the MTV show Club MTV.
• She originally had the Mira Sorvino role in Summer of Sam, but had to take a different role due to scheduling conflicts.
• Even though she is of Italian descent, she has had numerous roles in movies playing a Hispanic character.

Filmography

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