| Alicia Coppola | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 12 1968  Huntington, New York |
| Spouse(s) | Anthony Michael Jones |
Alicia Coppola (born April 12, 1968) is an American television actress.
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Biography
Personal life
Coppola was born in Huntington, New York. She is not related to film director Francis Ford Coppola, his daughter, Sofia Coppola, nor his nephew Nicolas Cage. She is the sister of Matthew Coppola and cousin of Denise Di Novi, both film producers. Coppola is married to Anthony "Tony" Jones, and their daughter, Mila Rose Jones, was born in late 2002.[1] She earned a Bachelors degree from New York University in 1990.
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 Star Trek: Voyager, played a murderer on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, 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 reoccuring 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 broadcasted 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 of 2007. Also she was in as and FBI agent, possibly got the role as Jon Turtletaub directed National Treasure as well as Jericho
External links
- Alicia Coppola at the Internet Movie Database
- Alicia Coppola article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
