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Laura San Giacomo (born November 14, 1962) is an Italian-American actress. November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ...
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Born in West Orange, New Jersey and raised in the neighboring town of Denville, San Giacomo discovered acting in high school and subsequently earned a degree in fine arts at the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. She also attended Washington College. San Giacomo then went on to appear in several theater productions. San Giacomo has appeared on the Los Angeles stage in the Garry Marshall-Lowell Ganz production of Wrong Turn at Lungfish, the Princeton/McCarter Theatre production of Three Sisters and off-Broadway in Beirut. She has also starred in Italian-American Reconciliation, regional productions of Shakespeare's The Tempest, As You Like It and Romeo And Juliet, as well as Crimes of The Heart. Map of West Orange Township in Essex County West Orange is a township located in Essex County, New Jersey. ...
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San Giacomo first drew international attention in the landmark 1989 independent drama Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), which also marked her film debut. Her work was nominated for a Golden Globe, and she also received a Los Angeles Film Critics' Association New Generation Award. The film itself was honored with the Cannes Film Festival's prestigious Grand Prize, the Palme d'Or. Laura also appeared in such films as Miles from Home (1988), Pretty Woman (1990), Quigley Down Under (1990), and Nina Takes a Lover (1994). The correct title of this article is sex, lies, and videotape. ...
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San Giacomo played the neo-feminist character Maya Gallo in the sitcom Just Shoot Me (1997-2003). She also did voice work for the animated series Gargoyles (as the character of Fox), although her agent insisted that her name not appear in the end credits. She has also appeared in the Stephen King TV miniseries The Stand, (in the role of Nadine Cross). Just Shoot Me was an American television sitcom airing on NBC from 1997 to 2003. ...
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San Giacomo was to have made her return to television on The WB's new drama Related in 2005, but the character was recast due to creative differences. Kiele Sanchez took her place as Anne Sorelli on the show. The WB Television Network, casually referred to as The WB, or sometimes as The Frog (referring to the networks former mascot, the animated character Michigan J. Frog), is a television network in the United States, founded as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. ...
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San Giacomo hasn't been involved in any film production nor any television program since her character on Related was recast. San Giacomo has made all of two public appearances in the last year. San Giacomo made her first public appearance in nearly a year on October 19, 2005 at the 15th Annual Environmental Media Awards. San Giacomo also made her first public appearance in 2006 at the Crystal and Lucy Awards on June 6, 2006 in a loose-fitting white evening gown. June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ...
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Other credits include:
- starring role as Jenifer in the Jenifer Estess bio-pic Jenifer (2001)
- guest-starring role as Karen on The Handler (2003)
- supporting role as Flo Applebaum on Checking Out (2005)
- supporting role as Joanna Lang on Havoc (2005)
- guest-starring role as herself on HBO's Unscripted (2005)
- four appearances on The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997 - 2000)
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Just Shoot Me In regards to her television work, Laura San Giacomo is perhaps best known for her role as the buxom, neo-feminist character Maya Gallo in the sitcom Just Shoot Me (1997-2003). She played a smart, sassy journalist who took a job at the fictional glossy fashion magazine Blush - which happened to be owned by her father Jack Gallo (George Segal). Image File history File links Mayagalo. ...
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Just Shoot Me was an American television sitcom airing on NBC from 1997 to 2003. ...
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San Giacomo's character on the show was quite a dichotomy. Maya had headstrong smarts coupled with a naivete about life and sometimes even love. Taking her neo-feminist tendencies into account, it seemed all the more ironic that she would occasionally portray her character in a sexual manner, which she most certainly did at times. In another bit of a parodox, Maya worked for a fashion magazine where stylish clothing, glamour and sexuality are the main concepts of the periodical. Yet she'd frequently adorn frumpy, unalluring articles of clothing on a daily basis. And in yet another anomaly, this neo-feminist's plentiful bustline was arguably larger than the majority of the sexually provocative models portrayed on the show. A dichotomy is a division into two non-overlapping or mutually exclusive and jointly exhaustive parts. ...
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Despite her neo-feminist stance on Just Shoot Me, Maya Gallo was by no means prude as there were several instances in which she was portrayed to be in the buff or alluding to sexual intercourse. She also went along with a scene which required her to wear a see-through dress in which her underwear was visible and her breasts were digitized. Although, her character wasn't previously aware that her dress was see-through, it was simply a measure of revenge on the part of Oskar Milos (Dana Carvey). San Giacomo also took part in a storyline in which a photographer took nude photographs of her. And in another uncharacteristic moment on the show, Maya purposely stuck her chest out and partially unbuttoned her blouse to show a hint of cleavage in an effort to stimulate - and thus distract - Dennis Finch. This page is a candidate to be copied to Wiktionary using the Transwiki process. ...
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Perhaps her most significant storyline on the show was her on-again, off-again romantic relationship with womanizing photographer Elliot DiMauro (Enrico Colantoni). In a two part episode in 2001, Maya was set to marry Elliot, however, he fainted after she said "yes" when he asked her to marry him. Soon after, Maya didn't think that they were meant to be as a couple and she simply broke off her romantic relationship with him. Maya also engaged in romantic relationships with a number of other males including Michael Tenzer (David Rasche), Chris (Dean Cain), Ray Liotta (Ray Liotta), and another person named Chris (Joe Rogan). Her longest storyline on the show was her shaky relationship with her father Jack Gallo. It was strung out through the entire duration of the show. Enrico Colantoni Enrico Colantoni (born February 14, 1963 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actor who starred in the sitcom Just Shoot Me, playing the womanizing fashion photographer Elliot DiMauro. ...
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Laura San Giacomo was also well known on the show for a physical trademark: her distinctively low-slung large breasts were often a source of attention, discussion and appeasement amongst the fans of Just Shoot Me - most especially during the latter seasons of the show when they appeared to be significantly larger in contrast to earlier in her career, let alone the earlier seasons of Just Shoot Me. Considering that San Giacomo is relatively petite in stature - she is only 5'2" - the size and the low-slung nature of her breasts seemed all the more emphasized on her small frame in contrast to a taller woman with similar sized breasts, thus making San Giacomo's upper torso come off as highly unproportional. By the midway point of her tenure on Just Shoot Me, San Giacomo's breasts had become so large that it forced her to become incredibly meticulous in regards to her choice of wardrobe on the program. San Giacomo would go to great lengths to subtly downplay their immense proportions in the form of loose-fitting clothing during the latter seasons of Just Shoot Me - oftentimes, large, baggy sweatshirts. San Giacomo would tend to shy away from form-fitting tops, turtlenecks, light-colored clothing, tank tops, and push-up bras as they would greatly accentuate the size and contours of her breasts. Also note, Laura has yet to publicly discuss her famed chest or disclose her bra size. The human torso Torso is an anatomical term for the greater part of the human body without the head and limbs. ...
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Even the script writers took note of San Giacomo's massive chest. All of the main characters of Just Shoot Me had a physical foible in which the show's script writers would often play up to at their expense. In both Nina's and Jack's case, it was their advancing age. In Elliot's case, it was his receding hairline. In Finch's case, it was his height. And in the case of Maya, it was her overwhelmingly large chest. In spite of her attempts to draw attention away from her ever so prominent forward feature on the program, the writers would often squeeze in a wisecrack in the script at the expense of her substantial bustline. The size of Maya's breasts was a long running gag on the program. One memorable instance in which a joke was made towards her bustline on Just Shoot Me was on an episode in which Nina Van Horn (Wendie Malick) considered getting breast implants. Nina started wearing a silicone prosthetic around the office to try out her post operative figure. When Maya tells Nina that she doesn't think the surgery is a good idea, Nina dismisses her and says that Maya wants to be the only woman in the office with large breasts. "Drat!" Maya says in a mock-British accent. "You've discovered my diabolical plan to rule the world with my bosoms!" In another instance on the program, Dennis Finch (David Spade) was much more blunt after Maya teased the first name of his mother - which happened to be Fanny. Finch scowled back to Maya, "Yeah, and you've got a big rack, we're all God's children." That remark hit an obvious nerve with Maya as she looked visibly upset. Whenever a joke in regards to her bustline was made on the program, Maya usually wouldn't dignify the remark with a verbal response. Although, she'd often look visibly flustered and unnerved due to the said comment. Actor Patrick Stewarts bald head is considered part of his distinctive attractiveness. ...
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Having a child influenced San Giacomo to make the transition from films to television. Her move to television gave her a regular work schedule and she didn't have to travel as much (as movies required). She was originally cast in the lead role of the show, however, David Spade's Dennis Finch character nabbed the lead role by season three. Despite the move, Laura remained on as an integral part of the show nonetheless. Laura appeared in all 148 episodes of Just Shoot Me. David Spade David Spade (born July 22, 1964) is an American actor, comedian and producer. ...
Personal life - The actress has been married twice: to actor Cameron Dye (1990-1998), with whom she had a son, Mason (born in 1996), who suffers from cerebral palsy, and since 2000 to actor Matt Adler.
- She is a cousin of Torry Castellano of the rock group "The Donnas".
- Her hobbies include horseback riding, gymnastics, ice skating, ballet, tennis, golf & playing piano.
- Is a strong supporter of charitable causes; over the last few years, she has appeared at the Environmental Media Awards, the "Voices For Change" Gala Benefit & Concert (Benefiting Children with Disabilities), and the Friends Finding A Cure Gala Benefiting Project A.L.S.
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Trivia - San Giacomo was going to star in a biopic of Frida Kahlo, but it was canceled because of a backlash from fans who insisted that a Mexican be cast. Salma Hayek has since starred in a version.
- She made her first public appearance in nearly a year on October 19, 2005 at the 15th Annual Environmental Media Awards.
- Perhaps the one and only time in which Laura San Giacomo has been publicly seen in a swimsuit was in the movie Nina Takes a Lover (1994).
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