Kristin Dattilo (born November 30, 1970) is an American television actress, known for playing manager Yola Gaylen on ''

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'' from 2001 to 2004 and detective Barbara Gianna in season 3 of ''Dexter''.

Early life

Dattilo was born in

Kankakee, Illinois Kankakee is a city in and the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. As of 2020, the city's population was 24,052. Kankakee is a principal city of the Kankakee-Bourbonnais-Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area. It serves as an ...

. She is the sister of fellow actor

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Career

She played the character Nikki Chandler in the 1990 horror film '' Mirror, Mirror''. In 1999, she was

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's love interest in an episode of Friends. She appeared on an episode of ''

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'', and three episodes of '' Tracey Takes On...'', and made many other television appearances, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Dattilo played the titular character in the

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's 1989 song "

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* 1970 births Actresses from Illinois American television actresses Living people People from Kankakee, Illinois 21st-century American women {{US-tv-actor-1970s-stub