Lourdes Benedicto
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Lourdes Benedicto | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1990–present |
Spouse |
Matthew Curley (m.2006) |
Lourdes Benedicto(born November 12, 1974) is an American actress ofFilipinoandDominicandescent.[1]She is known for her roles on the television series24asCarrie Turner,as Eva Rios onThe Nine,and for her role as Alicia Lawson on the short-lived seriesCashmere Mafia.[2]
Early life, family and education
[edit]Benedicto was born inBrooklyn,New York City,New York.
She graduated fromCarnegie Mellon UniversityinPittsburgh,Pennsylvania.
Career
[edit]Benedicto has had recurring roles onNYPD Blue(1996–97, 2000),ER(2001),Dawson's Creek(2001),24(2003). She played Eva Rios inThe Nine(2006–07) and Valerie Stevens in the remake of the science fiction television seriesV(2009–10). Other series performances have been inMajor Crimes(2017),Animal Kingdom(2018), andThe Kominsky Method(2021).
Her film debut was inPermanent Midnight(1998). She had subsequent roles inDrive Me Crazy(1999),The Fighting Temptations(2003) andUnbeatable Harold(2005).
Filmography
[edit]Television series
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996–2000 | NYPD Blue | Gina Martinez | 22 episodes |
1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Angela Torres/Sho-Ling Fu | Episode: "Stocks & Bondage" |
2000 | Resurrection Blvd. | Darcy | 2 episodes |
2000–2001 | Titans | Samantha Sanchez | 13 episodes |
2001 | ER | Rena Trujillo | 5 episodes |
2001 | Strong Medicine | Carmen Infante | Episode: "Relief" |
2001 | Dawson's Creek | Karen Torres | 7 episodes |
2003 | 24 | Carrie Turner | 11 episodes |
2003 | The Lyon's Den | Lisa Falward | Episode: "Blood" |
2005 | The Dead Zone | Eva Cortez | Episode: "Grains of Sand" |
2006–2007 | The Nine | Eva Rios | 13 episodes |
2008 | Cashmere Mafia | Alicia Lawson | 6 episodes |
2008 | Numb3rs | Estella Ramirez | Episode: "Thirty-Six Hours" |
2009–2010 | V | Valerie Stevens | 10 episodes |
2013 | NCIS | Rebecca Childis | Episode: "Chasing Ghosts" |
2017 | Pure Genius | Claudia Guerrero | Episode: "Hero Worship" |
2017 | Major Crimes | Sarah Galvez | 4 episodes |
2018 | Animal Kingdom | Episode: "Off the Tit" | |
2020 | Shameless | Tasha | Episode: "Location, Location, Location" |
2020–2022 | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Curandera | 2 episodes |
2021 | The Kominsky Method | Episode: "Chapter 20. The Round Toes, of the High Shoes" |
Films
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | Gryphon | Monica | TV movie |
1998 | Permanent Midnight | Vola | |
1999 | Drive Me Crazy | Chloe Frost | |
2002 | The Locket | Amanda Ibarra | TV movie |
2003 | Two Days | Rachel Adams | |
2003 | The Fighting Temptations | Rosa Lopez | Supporting Role |
2005 | Silver Bells | Lizzie | TV movie |
2006 | Unbeatable Harold | Cinnamon |
References
[edit]External links
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Actresses from Brooklyn
- American television actresses
- American film actresses
- Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts alumni
- Convent of the Sacred Heart (NYC) alumni
- Hispanic and Latino American actresses
- American actresses of Filipino descent
- Schools of the Sacred Heart alumni
- American people of Dominican Republic descent
- American screen actor, 1970s birth stubs