Alicia Coppola

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Alicia Coppola (born April 12, 1968) is an American television actress.

Biography

Personal life

Born in Huntington, New York, Coppola earned a bachelors degree from New York University in 1990. Although not related to film director Francis Ford Coppola, she is the sister and cousin of film producers Matthew Coppola and Denise Di Novi, respectively. Coppola is married to Anthony "Tony" Jones; their daughter, Mila Rose Jones, was born in October 2002. [ [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20030517/ai_n14546744 'OLTL' star Linda Dano keeps up with 'Another World' daughters] ]

Career

Coppola started her TV career as a hostess on the MTV game show "Remote Control". In 1991, she was hired to play vixen Lorna Devon on the soap opera "Another World"; she played the role until 1994. Her better-known TV jobs include a recurring role on "Trinity" (1998-1999), a starring role on the American remake of the British comedy "Cold Feet" (1999), and top billing on the TNT drama "Bull" (2000). She appeared briefly as Lt. Stadi in the pilot episode of ', played a murderer on ', and appeared several times as a military lawyer on "JAG" and "NCIS". Coppola also took on the unusual role of a female serial killer agreeing to help catch her copycat in the 2005 episode of "Crossing Jordan" titled "Road Kill." She had a recurring role on NBC's "American Dreams" playing the role of Nancy.

Coppola also had a role as a Muslim intelligence analyst working for the Los Angeles branch of the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU), in a single episode of "24", named Azara (1 AM-2 AM during Day 4). All four of her scenes were cut from the broadcast episode, but are restored as extras on the Day 4 DVD. In them, she discovers a lead in the investigation which is originally dismissed by fellow analyst Edgar Stiles, who suspects her because of her religion. Edgar later apologizes to her when her lead turns out to be important.

Starting in the fall of 2006, she appeared in the recurring role of IRS Agent Mimi Clark in the post-apocalyptic drama "Jericho". She became a series regular in February 2007. She was an FBI agent in "", also directed by "Jericho" executive director Jon Turteltaub.

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