Laura San Giacomo

Laura San Giacomo

Born: November 14, 1962
in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Laura San Giacomo (born November 14, 1962) is an American actress. She played Cynthia in the film Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) for which she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, Kit De Luca in the film Pretty Woman (1990), Crazy Cora in the film Quigley Down Under (1990), Nadine Cross in The Stand (1994), and Maya Gallo on the sitcom Just Shoot Me! (1997–2003). A BAFTA and two-time Golden Globe Award nominee, she played the regular role of Rhetta Rodriguez on the drama Saving Grace (2007–2010), and the recurring role of Dr. Grace Confalone on the drama NCIS (2016–2022).

Movies for Laura San Giacomo...

Title: The Santa Clauses
Character: La Befana
Released: November 16, 2022
Type: TV
After nearly three decades of being Santa Claus, Scott Calvin’s magic begins to falter. As he struggles to keep up with the demands of the job, he discovers a new clause that forces him to rethink his role as Santa and as a father.
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Violet
Title: Violet
Character: Janice
Released: October 29, 2021
Type: Movie
Violet realizes that her entire life is built on fear-based decisions, and must do everything differently to become her true self.
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Title: The Movies That Made Us
Character: Self
Released: November 29, 2019
Type: TV
These blockbusters brought us together and gave us the time of our lives. Meet the actors, directors and industry insiders who made them happen.
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Honey Boy
Title: Honey Boy
Character: Dr. Moreno
Released: September 28, 2019
Type: Movie
The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life.
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Something in the Air: Making
Title: Something in the Air: Making "sex, lies, and videotape"
Character: Self
Released: July 17, 2018
Type: Movie
Produced for the Criterion Collection in 2018, the documentary features actors Peter Gallagher, Andie MacDowell, and Laura San Giacomo discussing their work with director Steven Soderbergh on his first feature, and the ways that the film transformed their careers.
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Title: Barry
Character: Annie Eisner
Released: March 25, 2018
Type: TV
A listless hitman is enthralled by theatre acting and becomes eager to leave his old life behind in pursuit of a new career.
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The Meddler
Title: The Meddler
Character: TV Mom
Released: April 5, 2016
Type: Movie
With a new iPhone, an apartment near the Grove, and a comfortable bank account left to her by her beloved late husband, Marnie Minervini has happily relocated from New Jersey to Los Angeles to be near her daughter Lori, a successful (but still single) screenwriter, and smother her with motherly love. But when the dozens of texts, unexpected visits, and conversations dominated by unsolicited advice force Lori to draw strict personal boundaries, Marnie finds ways to channel her eternal optimism and forceful generosity to change the lives of others - as well as her own - and find a new purpose in life.
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Title: Recovery Road
Released: January 25, 2016
Type: TV
Maddie is a teenage girl dealing with addiction who has a reputation as a party girl who doesn’t think she has a problem, until she’s confronted one day by her school guidance counselor and is forced to choose between expulsion and rehab. Maddie makes the difficult decision to live with other recovering addicts at a sober living facility while facing the daily pressures of her teenage life. Based on the popular young adult novel by Blake Nelson.
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Least Among Saints
Title: Least Among Saints
Character: Jolene
Released: October 12, 2012
Type: Movie
A haunted soldier just back from war and a boy who has never known peace in his home life embark on a life-changing journey as they become unlikely friends — and one another’s last shot at redemption.
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TalhotBlond
Title: TalhotBlond
Character: Carol Montgomery
Released: June 23, 2012
Type: Movie
Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.
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Title: Hot in Cleveland
Character: Caroline
Released: June 16, 2010
Type: TV
Three fabulous, eccentric, LA best friends of a certain age have their lives changed forever when their plane unexpectedly lands in Cleveland and they soon rediscover themselves in this new "promised land."
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Title: The Mentalist
Character: Miriam Gottlieb
Released: September 23, 2008
Type: TV
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
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Title: Saving Grace
Character: Rhetta Rodriguez
Released: July 23, 2007
Type: TV
Grace Hanadarko is a tormented, fast-living Oklahoma City police detective who, despite having an excellent career in solving crimes, takes self-destruction to new heights. After seeing tremendous tragedy, both professionally and personally, Grace reaches a turning point one night and meets a rough-hewn angel with a similar past who wants to help lead her back to the right path.
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Havoc
Title: Havoc
Character: Joanna Lang
Released: October 16, 2005
Type: Movie
A wealthy Los Angeles teen and her superficial friends wants to break out of suburbia and experience Southern California's "gangsta" lifestyle. But problems arise when the preppies get in over their heads and provoke the wrath of a violent Latino gang. Suddenly, their role-playing seems a little too real.
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Checking Out
Title: Checking Out
Character: Flo Appelbaum
Released: April 10, 2005
Type: Movie
A feisty octogenarian on the verge of his ninetieth birthday invites his three grown children to his upcoming birthday celebration with the explicit understanding that when the festivities end, so does his life.
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Title: Grey's Anatomy
Character: Marjorie Kersey
Released: March 27, 2005
Type: TV
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
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Title: Unscripted
Character: Self
Released: January 9, 2005
Type: TV
Three young, struggling actors (played by three young, less-struggling actors) try to navigate the maze of agents, auditions and avarice that is Hollywood, frequently turning to their acting teacher for advice. As the title implies, the dialogue is mostly improvised, with situations based on the lives of the cast and creators.
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Title: Medium
Character: Susannah Collings
Released: January 3, 2005
Type: TV
Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help to solve crimes. Her dreams often give her clues to the whereabouts of missing people.
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Title: Veronica Mars
Character: Harmony Chase
Released: September 22, 2004
Type: TV
In the fictional town of Neptune, California, student Veronica Mars progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father.
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Title: Snapped
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: August 6, 2004
Type: TV
The fascinating cases of every day, seemingly average moms, wives and girlfriends accused of murder. Did they really do it? And if so, why?
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A House on a Hill
Title: A House on a Hill
Character: Gaby
Released: November 14, 2003
Type: Movie
A once-successful architect (Philip Baker Hall) has become a grumpy loner, but a young couple plead with him to come out of retirement to rebuild his crumbling old house for them.
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Title: The Handler
Released: September 26, 2003
Type: TV
The Handler is a crime series created by Canadian writer-producer Chris Haddock, airing in the United States on CBS in the 2003-04 season. The show starred Joe Pantoliano as Joe Renato, an FBI agent assigned to train and handle young undercover officers in the FBI. Other cast members included Hill Harper, Anna Belknap, Lola Glaudini, and Tanya Wright. Belknap and Harper would reunite as costars on the drama CSI: New York beginning in 2005.
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Title: NCIS
Character: Grace Confalone
Released: September 23, 2003
Type: TV
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.
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The Electric Piper
Title: The Electric Piper
Character: Mrs. Robinson
Released: February 2, 2003
Type: Movie
Based on the classic tale of the Pied Piper, this Rock-Opera themed cartoon tells the tale of the 1960s small suburban town of Hamlin, which has been infested with rats. Sly, a Jimi-Hendrix styled guitarist, is hired to take care of the rats with his musical abilities, and is promised a Harley Davidson from the mayor as payment. When he gets cheated out of his payment, he then uses his music to lead the kids to a mountain.
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Jenifer
Title: Jenifer
Character: Jenifer Estess
Released: October 21, 2001
Type: Movie
The true story of three sisters who unite in the face of adversity when one of them is diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
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Sister Mary Explains It All
Title: Sister Mary Explains It All
Character: Angela DiMarco
Released: May 27, 2001
Type: Movie
As Sister Mary delivers a lecture on sin and its consequences, she's interrupted by several of her former students, who have little positive to say about how a Catholic education has impacted their lives.
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Title: Batman Beyond
Character: Freon (voice)
Released: January 10, 1999
Type: TV
As new villains overrun Gotham City of the future, the aging Bruce Wayne hangs up the cape of the once invincible Batman. But when troubled teenager Terry McGinnis stumbles upon the Dark Knight's secret, a new alliance is forged. And a triumphant new Batman is born.
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Title: Hollywood Squares
Character: Self - Panelist
Released: September 14, 1998
Type: TV
On September 14, 1998, a Hollywood Squares revival debuted with Tom Bergeron as its host. In addition to her production duties, Whoopi Goldberg served as the permanent center square, with series head writer Bruce Vilanch, Gilbert Gottfried, Martin Mull, and Caroline Rhea as regular panelists and Brad Garrett, Bobcat Goldthwait, Jeffrey Tambor, George Wallace, Kathy Griffin and various others as semi-regular panelists. Shadoe Stevens returned to announce, although he was not given a square on the panel as he had been when John Davidson was host.
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With Friends Like These...
Title: With Friends Like These...
Character: Joanne Hersh
Released: September 10, 1998
Type: Movie
Four small-time two-bit character actors, all close friends, are competing for same important part in the next Martin Scorsese mob film.
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Suicide Kings
Title: Suicide Kings
Character: Lydia
Released: April 17, 1998
Type: Movie
Carlo, a former mobster, is abducted by five privileged young men desperate to raise a $2 million ransom to save the sister of a friend. As Carlo plays mind games, however, his captors splinter -- each wondering whether one of their own had a hand in the crime.
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The Apocalypse
Title: The Apocalypse
Character: Goad
Released: May 17, 1997
Type: Movie
A salvage pilot and a bartender go up against a crazed computer programmer and the head of a criminal gang who have equipped a spaceship with nuclear warheads and plan to crash it into Earth.
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Title: Just Shoot Me!
Character: Maya Gallo
Released: March 4, 1997
Type: TV
Just Shoot Me! is an American television sitcom that aired for seven seasons on NBC from March 4, 1997, to August 16, 2003, with 148 episodes produced. The show was created by Steven Levitan, the show's executive producer.
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Eat Your Heart Out
Title: Eat Your Heart Out
Character: Jacqueline Fosburg
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A womanizer gets his own cooking show and, ironically, the females who call in end up airing their relationship problems to him.
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The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Title: The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Character: Narrator / Spirit of the Movies
Released: March 17, 1996
Type: Movie
A documentary reflecting on women in film and the entertainment industry through the ages led and hosted by some of its most beloved female icons.
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The Right to Remain Silent
Title: The Right to Remain Silent
Character: Nicole Savita
Released: January 7, 1996
Type: Movie
Bright and eager to hit the streets in search of bad guys, rookie cop Christine Paly is disappointed when she's instead assigned to process criminals. Under the supervision of a tough but likable mentor, Christine quickly learns that hers is like no other desk job in the world.
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Stuart Saves His Family
Title: Stuart Saves His Family
Character: Julia
Released: April 12, 1995
Type: Movie
A self-help advocate struggles to put his dysfunctional family in its place.
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Title: Gargoyles
Character: Fox (voice)
Released: October 24, 1994
Type: TV
In Scotland, 994 A.D. Goliath and his clan of gargoyles defend a medieval castle. In present day, David Xanatos buys the castle and moves it to New York City. When the castle is attacked the gargoyles are awakened from a 1000 year curse.
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Title: Gargoyles
Released: October 24, 1994
Type: TV
In Scotland, 994 A.D. Goliath and his clan of gargoyles defend a medieval castle. In present day, David Xanatos buys the castle and moves it to New York City. When the castle is attacked the gargoyles are awakened from a 1000 year curse.
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The Stand
Title: The Stand
Character: Nadine Cross
Released: May 8, 1994
Type: Movie
After a deadly plague kills most of the world's population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a malevolent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.
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Title: The Stand
Character: Nadine Cross
Released: May 8, 1994
Type: TV
After a deadly plague kills most of the world’s population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a maleficent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.
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Nina Takes a Lover
Title: Nina Takes a Lover
Character: Nina
Released: March 3, 1994
Type: Movie
Laura San Giacomo stars in this sexy comedy about adultery. When Nina's (San Giacomo) husband goes out of town for several weeks on a business trip, Nina hooks up with a photographer. Told from a reporter's point of view, his interviews with Nina and the photographer provide comic insights. Stars Laura San Giacomo, Paul Rhys, Michael O'Keefe, Fisher Stevens and more.
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Title: Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 13, 1993
Type: TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. The second incarnation of NBC's Late Night franchise, O'Brien's debuted in 1993 after David Letterman, who hosted the first incarnation of Late Night, moved to CBS to host Late Show opposite The Tonight Show. In 2004, as part of a deal to secure a new contract, NBC announced that O'Brien would leave Late Night in 2009 to succeed Jay Leno as the host of The Tonight Show. Jimmy Fallon began hosting his version of Late Night on March 2, 2009.
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Title: Fallen Angels
Character: Peggy Carroll
Released: August 1, 1993
Type: TV
A neo-noir anthology television series, set in somber Los Angeles right after World War II and before the election of American President John F. Kennedy. The episodes, although filmed in color, mimicked what had been done by Hollywood filmmakers during the film noir era of the 1940s and 1950s in terms of tone, look, and story content.
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For Their Own Good
Title: For Their Own Good
Character: Jo Mandell
Released: April 5, 1993
Type: Movie
A factory worker gets an ultimatum from her employer that she agree to be sterilized or be fired.
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Where the Day Takes You
Title: Where the Day Takes You
Character: The Interviewer
Released: September 11, 1992
Type: Movie
King is a young man, but he's already a veteran of life on the streets of Los Angeles. The de facto leader of a group of teenage runaways, King acts as a mentor to troubled kids such as gay hustler Little J and junkie Greg. When Heather, a beautiful girl from Chicago, starts hanging out with King and his crew, it changes the dynamic of the gang. However, it seems as though nothing will alter their dangerous lifestyle.
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Under Suspicion
Title: Under Suspicion
Character: Angeline
Released: September 27, 1991
Type: Movie
In the late 1950s, British police officer Tony Aaron resigns from the force after sleeping with Hazel, wife of the man whose house he was supposed to guard. In his new job as a fake private investigator, he helps couples get divorces by photographing Hazel having "affairs" with the husband. When she is murdered during a job, Tony begins having an affair with the dead man's mistress, Angeline, while trying to prove his innocence.
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Once Around
Title: Once Around
Character: Jan Bella
Released: January 18, 1991
Type: Movie
Renata Bella feels like a failure at life and career. But when Renata attends a seminar on selling real estate, she finally finds True Love. Sam Sharpe, while a top-notch, successful salesman, is much older than Renata. She is swept away by his excessively flamboyant style and irrepressible nature. The very traits she finds romantic, however, lead to repeated conflict with her family, especially her beloved father Joe, leaving Renata trapped in the middle.
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Quigley Down Under
Title: Quigley Down Under
Character: Crazy Cora
Released: October 17, 1990
Type: Movie
American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley finds out that Marston's real target is the aborigines, Quigley hits the road. Now, even American expatriate Crazy Cora can't keep Quigley safe in his cat-and-mouse game with the homicidal Marston.
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Vital Signs
Title: Vital Signs
Character: Lauren Rose
Released: April 13, 1990
Type: Movie
As they enter their third year of medical school, a group of young students must prepare to decide what they intend to specialize in. Somehow, they must impress the Chief of Surgery while learning how to survive the life-and-death area of medicine and the complexity of their everyday lives.
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Pretty Woman
Title: Pretty Woman
Character: Kit De Luca
Released: March 23, 1990
Type: Movie
When a millionaire wheeler-dealer enters a business contract with a Hollywood hooker Vivian Ward, he loses his heart in the bargain.
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sex, lies, and videotape
Title: sex, lies, and videotape
Character: Cynthia Bishop
Released: August 4, 1989
Type: Movie
Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. Unbeknownst to her, her husband John has begun an affair with her sister. When John’s best friend Graham arrives, his penchant for interviewing women about their sex lives forever changes John and Ann’s rocky marriage.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Trudy Collins
Released: September 18, 1985
Type: TV
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
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Title: Miami Vice
Released: September 16, 1984
Type: TV
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.