Laura San Giacomo, an Italian-American actress, made us sit up and take notice with her very first film Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989), which bagged several international awards. Laura San Giacomo further consolidated her position as an actress with her fine performance in Pretty Woman (1990). Her becoming an actress was not at all surprising as she studied acting in the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama.
Name : Laura San Giacomo Gender : Female Date of birth : Nov 14, 1961 City : West Orange State/Region : New Jersey Country : United States Laura San Giacomo appeared in a number of stage productions which improved her acting skills. Her other films included Miles from Home (1988), Quigley Down Under (1990), Vital Signs (1990), Under Suspicion (1991) and Nina Takes a Lover (1994).
Motherhood prompted her to make the transition from the big to the small screen. As she wanted to stay close to her child as well as regular working hours, San Giacomo readily accepted an offer to play the role of the neo-feminist character Maya Gallo on the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me! (1997–2003). Post-Just Shoot Me!, she made sporadic appearances in films and on television.
While she appeared as a guest artiste in the CBS show The Handler and HBO’s Unscripted during this period, she also acted in films like Checking Out, Havoc, and Conquistadora. She was once all set to play the lead in a biopic of Mexican artist-icon Frida Kahlo, but had to back out over protests about her non-Mexican heritage.
She has been married twice, once to actor Cameron Dye (1990-1998), and then to Matt Adler (2000). She had a son, Mason (born in 1996) with Dye, who has cerebral palsy. San Giacomo is actively involved in a number of social projects, mostly disability-related ones. The actress, whose ‘ample bosom’ has often triggered widespread discussion among her fans, loves horseback riding, gymnastics, ice skating, ballet, tennis, golf and playing piano.
