Jennifer Esposito
| Jennifer Esposito | |
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Esposito in 2012
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| Born |
April 11, 1973 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Moore Catholic High School |
| Occupation | Actress, Author, Baker, Health Advocate, Businesswoman |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Bradley Cooper (m. 2006; div. 2007) Louis Dowler (m. 2014; div. 2016) |
| Website | jennifersway.org |
Jennifer Esposito (born April 11, 1973) is an American actress, author, baker, and health advocate. Esposito is most known for her appearances in the films Crash, Summer of Sam, Don't Say a Word, and Welcome to Collinwood, and the television series Spin City, Related, Samantha Who?, and Blue Bloods among others. She currently stars in the CBS hit drama NCIS as Special Agent Alex Quinn.
Esposito was born in Brooklyn, the second of two daughters of Phyllis, an interior decorator, and Robert Esposito, a computer consultant and music producer. She is of Italian descent. She was raised on Staten Island and is a graduate of Moore Catholic High School.
Esposito made her first television appearance in Law & Order in 1996. She then joined the cast of Spin City, where she appeared for two seasons. She also appeared in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. One of her more notable roles was as "Ruby" in Spike Lee's Summer of Sam in 1999, which was set against the late-1970s backdrop of the Son of Sam murders. Esposito's next films included Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000, The Master of Disguise, the 2004 comedy Taxi, and the Academy Award-winning film Crash, in which she played Don Cheadle's girlfriend 'Ria'.
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