Alicia Lagano is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Cristina Castelli on the
NBC
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Saturday morning series ''
All About Us'' (2001) and Selena on the
Lifetime television drama ''
The Client List
''The Client List'' is an American television film that premiered on the Lifetime Network on July 19, 2010. It starred Jennifer Love Hewitt and was directed by Eric Laneuville. The film is a fictionalized dramatization of a 2004 prostitution scan ...
'' (2012–13).
Early life and education
Lagano was born
Brooklyn
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,
New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
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. She is of Italian and Irish descent.
At age ten, Lagano moved to
Portland
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* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
,
Oregon
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.
[ She later attended ]Beaverton High School
Beaverton High School (often referred to as The Beaverton High School) is a public high school located in Beaverton, Oregon, United States. The original schoolhouse, called Beaverton Public School, opened in 1875 on land between Canyon Road and Br ...
before graduating from Wilson High School in 1997. She then moved to Los Angeles
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, California
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to pursue an acting career.["Alicia Lagano"]
''Filmbug''. Accessed August 21, 2010.
Career
In addition to her appearance in '' All About Us'', some of her other television acting credits include '' ER'', ''Bones
A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals. Bones protect the various other organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells, store minerals, provide structure and support for the body, an ...
'', ''Judging Amy
''Judging Amy'' is an American legal drama television series that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character (Brenneman) is a judge who serves in a ...
'', ''Without a Trace
''Without a Trace'' is an American police procedural drama television series created by Hank Steinberg that aired on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009 with the total of seven seasons and 160 episodes. The series focuses the cases of ...
'', ''Lie to Me
''Lie to Me'' (stylized as ''Lie to me*'') is an American crime drama television series. It originally ran on the Fox network from January 21, 2009, to January 31, 2011. In the show, Dr. Cal Lightman (Tim Roth) and his colleagues in The Lightma ...
'', ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', also referred to as ''CSI'' and ''CSI: Las Vegas'', is an American procedural forensics crime drama television series that ran on CBS from October 6, 2000, to September 27, 2015, spanning 15 seasons. This wa ...
'', '' Dexter'' (two episodes as Nikki Wald; 2009) and ''Prison Break
''Prison Break'' is an American serial (radio and television), serial drama television show, television series created by Paul Scheuring for Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox. The series revolves around two brothers, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purce ...
'' (two episodes as Agatha Warren; 2009). In 2011, she was cast as Selena in Lifetime television drama ''The Client List
''The Client List'' is an American television film that premiered on the Lifetime Network on July 19, 2010. It starred Jennifer Love Hewitt and was directed by Eric Laneuville. The film is a fictionalized dramatization of a 2004 prostitution scan ...
'', starring Jennifer Love Hewitt
Jennifer Love Hewitt (born February 21, 1979) is an American actress and singer. Hewitt began her career as a child actress and singer, appearing in national television commercials before joining the cast of the Disney Channel series ''Kids I ...
.
Filmography
References
External links
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20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
Actresses from New York City
Actresses from Portland, Oregon
American film actresses
American people of British descent
American people of Italian descent
American television actresses
Beaverton High School alumni
Living people
People from Brooklyn
Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)