She played Gina on "Miami vice". See will be Santiago for 65 years old now.
The actor with multiple talents was a continuous success on the stage and the screen.
From 1984 to 1989,Will jump Santiago brought heat like the deadly detective Gina Calabresse on the emblematic criminal series of the 80s,Miami vice. During the decades that followed, the actor remained busy with stage roles and parts of some of the biggest dramas on television. Read more to find out where Santiago has been in the decades since his days with the Metro-Dade police department.
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She is always an "working actor".
Santiago has continued to act in the decades since the end ofMiami vice, appearing in a number of TV movies, including the 1996 suiteTo Monsieur with Love II withSidney Poitierand make invited appearances on series includingLaw and order,,Real detective,,Mafia in cashmere, andBlue blood. She hasappeared on stage Both on and off Broadway during the decades. She was a regular on the soapsGuiding light andA life to live and appeared on the dramasLinked to a gangue,,Damage, andThe sopranos. Having played in a number of independent films and played the mother ofRosario Dawsoncharacter inSpike Lee The 25th hour, she will return to the cinema in 2023 as a sister ofArmand Assante character inDon q.
From 2011 to 2013, she told her life as a self-written "working actor"On HuffPost, describing the ups and downs of stage work, hearing, shooting and - in a poignant entry of 2012 - frustration with the limited roles that Hollywood has for the Latinas.
"I just want Hollywood to consider that Latinas are sunk in more roles than simple maid and nannies," she wrote. "Not that there is something wrong with playing a good role of chambermaid or nanny ... But we are so much more diverse! The Latinas come in many forms, colors, sizes and occupations."
She played twins onThe sopranos.
During the casting forThe sopranos, Santiago was initially invited to read for the role of Carmela, wife of the boss of the Mafia Tony Soprano, a role she saidon theSpeak sopranos podcast She "instinctively knew" that she was not good. After Carmela (who went toEdie Falco), she read and tested the role of Tony's psychiatrist, Dr. Jennifer Melfi, the part she said that she really wanted, feeling that the show was going to be a success - to discover that the role had been offered toLorraine Bracco.
Later, she received a call that the writer and producerDavid Chase had created the role of the wife of the family doctor, Dr. Bruce Cusamano, (the lateRobert Lupone), Jeannie Cusamano. Santiago played Jeannie for five episodes, from 1999 to 2007, with the twin sister of the character, lawyer Joan. (Nor was it the first time that the actor played two members of the same family; in the third season ofMiami vice, she played both Gina Calabresse and her mother Elena Obergon in the episode "Heroes of the Revolution".)
Santiago remembers his time with emotion in the show, describingThe sopranos Like "the best set on which she ever worked" with "the best narration of all time".
She met her husband in Broadway.
In 1994, Santiago was chosen as Angela Vicario in the production of Broadway ofChronicle of a predicting death and met a professional percussionistRoger Squitero, which also performed in production. The couple got married in 1999 and now lives with their Havanese dog Lola, dividing time between West Village in New York and a house in New York.
She remembers Don Johnson less than in a affectionate way.
Despite the booming romance, the out of sight and the subsequent friendship of their characters, the relationship between Santiago andMiami vice CostarDon Johnson seems to have been less hot. When he is driven by the host andSopranosstarSteve Schirripa About his work experiences with Johnson during his appearanceon the podcastSpeak sopranos, Santiago admitted that even if the actor could be "extremely charming, especially for those who can help him" he was "very difficult".
"To be honest, I have stories, but they are very private," she said. "One day, I will write a little book, and I will talk about it."
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It was involved in a controversy of redesign of the soap.
Having played in Carmen Santos onGuiding light From 1999 to 2002, Santiago returned to soaps when she intervened to resume the role ofA life to liveCarlotta Vega in 2009.television guide'sMichael Logan As mentioned in Soap Opera Network,The replacement took place afterPatricia Mauceri, who had played the role since 1995, "refused to make a touch of history in which his character wrongly thinks his son Cristian (David Fumero) is gay and reacts positively and favorable. ""
Santiago said that the request at 9 p.m. is on the set at 6 am for the emergency overhaul, but remained mom on other details.
"I avoid talking about it because I thought everything I say would offer someone," she said. "It's such a delicate subject."
Later,Mauceri said she was not opposed To a gay scenario, but estimated that the way in which his character managed it was in contradiction with its deeply religious characterization.
She appeared on stage in front of the other ex -Mari from Melanie Griffith - and recorded her own album.
Although she posted her vocal talents onMiami vice, singing "someone to watch over me" and "storm timesPhilip Michael Thomas And Johnson by capitalizing on the popularity of the series to release his own album. She continued to sing throughout her career, however, appearing on Broadway in the aforementionedChronicle of a predicting death And like Stephanie Necrophorus in the 2003 production of musicalNew, oppositeAntonio Banderas (who was then married to Don Johnson's ex-wife,Melanie Griffith). And she finally published this post-Miami vice album:2004Live.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
