Lisa Vidal

Infobox actor
name = Lisa Vidal

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othername = Lisa Vidal Cohen
yearsactive = 1980-present
spouse = Jay Cohen (1990-present) 3 children
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Lisa Vidal (born June 13, 1965) is an American film and television actress of Puerto Rican descent.

Biography

Early life

Lisa's parents emigrated from Puerto Rico and settled in Manhattan, New York, where Lisa and her two sisters Christina and Tanya were born. She also has a brother named Christian. After Lisa finished her elementary education, she auditioned and was accepted in the High School of Performing Arts. When she graduated, Lisa went to work with La Familia Theater Company, alongside Raul Julia and Julia Roberts. Lisa was 14 years old when she acted in the theater series "Oye Willie" and later on made her feature debut with a small role in "Delivery Boys". Soon, she was working in T.V. with parts in shows such as "The Cosby Show".

Acting career

From 1994-1995, Lisa worked in New York Undercover as a reporter named Carmen. In the series she was sister to Det. Eddie Torres, played by Michael DeLorenzo. In 1995, she did some Off-Broadway and worked in The Commish. Among the other series she has worked in are: "The Brian Benben Show" in 1998 as "Julie"; "Third Watch" from 1999-2001 as "Sarah Morales" ; "ER" from 2001-2004 as "Sandy Lopez". Lisa had starring roles in "High Incident" (1996) and "The Division" (2001), for which she received the 2002 nomination for the ALMA Award in the Best Actress Category. In 2006, she had a brief role in the short-lived action series "Smith", as one of the federal agents looking for Ray Liotta's group of thieves.

Lisa has also participated in the following movies: "Odd Girl Out" (2005), "Naughty or Nice" (2004); "Chasing Papi" (2003); "I Like It Like That" (1994); "The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit" (1998) and in "Night and the City" (1992), alongside Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange, directed by Irwin Winkler. She is currently starring in HBO's "The Blue Diner".

Personal life

She has been married to Jay Cohen since 1990 and have two sons, Scott (b. 1992) and Max (b. 1998) and daughter Olivia (b. 2003) and lives in Los Angeles, California with them.

She owns and does the buying for a children's clothing store called "Oodles" in Studio City, California.

Filmography

*"I Wanna Dance" (2008)
*"Dark Mirror" (2007)
*"Numb3rs" (1 episode) (2007)
*"Smith" (2006-2007)
*"Criminal Minds" (1 episode) (2006)
*"Boston Legal" (2 episodes) (2006)
*"Odd Girl Out" (2005)
*"Naughty or Nice" (2004)
*"Chasing Papi" (2003)
*"ER" (2001-2004)
*"The Division" (2001-2004)
*"The Blue Diner" (2001)
*"Third Watch" (1999-2001)
*"Hit and Run" (1999)
*"Active Stealth" (1999)
*"Wasteland" (2 episodes) (1999)
*"Naked City: A Killer Christmas" (1998)
*"Naked City: Justice of a Bullet" (1998)
*"The Brian Benben Show" (1 episode) (1998)
*"The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" (1998)
*"The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit" (1998)
*"The Third Twin" (1997)
*"Fall" (1997)
*"Destination Unknown" (1997)
*"High Incident" (1996-1997)
*"Mighty Aphrodite" (1995)
*"Girls' Night Out" (1995)
*"The Commish" (2 episodes) (1995)
*"New York Undercover" (1994-1995)
*"I Like It Like That" (1994)
*"Law & Order" (1 episode) (1992)
*"Night and the City" (1992)
*"Miami Vice" (1 episode) (1988)
*"Nightmare Beach" (1988)
*"ABC After School Specials" (2 episodes) (1987-1991)
*"The Cosby Show" (1 episode) (1987)
*"Christmas Eve" (1986)
*"Delivery Boys" (1985)
*"Oye Willie" (1980)

ee also

*List of famous Puerto Ricans

External links

*imdb name|id=0005529|name=Lisa Vidal
*tvtome person|id=8755|name=Lisa Vidal
* [http://www.latina.com/pages/423.do Lisa Vidal] on Latina.com
* [http://www.hollywood.com/celebs/fulldetail/id/468740 Lisa Vidal] on Hollywood.com