- Victoria Dillard
Infobox actor
name = Victoria Dillard
caption =
birthdate = birth date and age|1969|9|20
location =New York City ,New York
notable role = Janelle Cooper-
"Spin City " (1996-2000)Victoria Dillard (born September 20, 1969) is an American actress. She is best known for her co-starring role as Janelle Cooper in the ABC sitcom "
Spin City ".Biography
Early life
Dillard was born in
New York, New York . She began performing at the age of five with the Dance Theatre of Harlem. She worked with the company until she was eighteen, appearing in such productions as " "Porgy and Bess " " at theMetropolitan Opera . Then she went on tour withMickey Rooney in " "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum " ". When the run ended inCalifornia , she was cast in an episode of "" playing a crew member, which earned her her union card. [ [http://www.memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Where_No_One_Has_Gone_Before Where No One Has Gone Before - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki ] ]Career
Dillard was in "
Playboy " (November 1988, Vol. 35, Iss. 11, pg. 132-133, by: Bruce Williamson) in the article "Sex In Cinema 1988". Next she performed in George Schlatter's new version of "Laugh-In" as the Goldie Hawn character. In 1988 she was a bather/dancer oppositeJames Earl Jones andEddie Murphy in her first feature film, "Coming to America ".In addition to the 1997 TV movie "The Ditchdigger's Daughters", her other television credits include:
*18 February 1993 "The Old Man " episode of "Seinfeld ";
*10 May 1994 "You Shouldn't Have To Lie" episode of "Roc";
*14 April 1994 "Silence Is Golden" episode of "L.A. Law ",
*22 September 1994 "Over the Rainbow"
*6 October 1994 "With The Greatest Of Ease" episodes of "Chicago Hope " as Dr. Nadine Winslow,
*3 December 1995 "Three Homies and a Baby" episode of "Martin" as Sharon
*27 August 1996 "The List" episode ofMoesha " as Beverly
*17 December 2001 "Angel's Flight" episode of "Family Law" as Marcia Henderson and
*19 May 2006 "COD" season 14 finale episode of "Law & Order " as Belinda Gardner [http://www.tv.com/law-and-order/c.o.d./episode/324520/summary.html?tag=ep_list;title;23 L&O COD info]Victoria's movie credits include "
Deep Cover ", "Murder in Mississippi ", "The Glass Shield ", "Internal Affairs ", "Albert" and "Out of Sync". Victoria's most memorable professional role to date may be as the wife ofDenzel Washington 's character in the 1991 movie "Ricochet". About Denzel, she says "He really taught me a lot about the process"; and adds that she remains friends with most of the cast members from that film. Her most recent television role was as Janelle Cooper in the ABC sitcom "Spin City ". She stayed on the show for three seasons before leaving in 2000.Her most recent film role was as
Betty Shabazz in the 2001 film "Ali".Personal life
Dillard lives in
Los Angeles . She dances in her free time and writes screenplays and plays for the stage. Dillard was long-time girlfriend of actorLaurence Fishburne from 1992 until __. The two met while both were filming the movie "Deep Cover ". [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1264/is_n7_v25/ai_15879670]Footnotes
External links
*imdb name|id=0226851|name=Victoria Dillard
* [http://www.wchstv.com/abc/spincity/victoriadillard.shtml Bio info on Victoria Dillard]
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