Lisa Vidal

Lisa Vidal
Born	June 13, 1965 (1965-06-13) New York City, New York, United States
Other names	Lisa Vidal Cohen
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1980–present
Spouse	Jay Cohen (1990-present) 3 children

Lisa Vidal (born June 13, 1965) is an American film and television actress.

Early years

Vidal was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Josie, a secretary, and Manny Vidal, a tax consultant and businessman. Her parents moved from Puerto Rico and settled in Manhattan, New York, where Vidal and her two sisters Christina and Tanya were born. She also has a brother named Christian. After Vidal finished her elementary education, she auditioned and was accepted in the High School of Performing Arts. When she graduated, Vidal went to work with La Familia Theater Company, alongside Raul Julia and Julia Roberts. Vidal was 14 years old when she acted in the theater series Oye Willie and later on made her feature debut with a small role in Delivery Boys. Soon, she was working in T.V. with parts in shows such as The Cosby Show.

Acting career

From 1994-1995, Vidal worked in New York Undercover as a reporter named Carmen. In the series she was sister to Det. Eddie Torres, played by Michael DeLorenzo. In 1995, she did some Off-Broadway and worked in The Commish. Among the other series she has worked in are: The Brian Benben Show in 1998 as "Julie"; Third Watch from 1999-2001 as "Dr. Sarah Morales" ; ER from 2001-2004 as "firefighter Sandy Lopez". Vidal had starring roles in in the police series High Incident (1996) and The Division (2001), for which she received the 2002 nomination for the ALMA Award in the Best Actress Category. In 2006, she had a brief role in the short-lived action series Smith, as one of the federal agents looking for Ray Liotta's group of thieves.

Vidal has also participated in the following movies: Odd Girl Out (2005), Naughty or Nice (2004); Chasing Papi (2003); I Like It Like That (1994); The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998) and in Night and the City (1992), alongside Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange, directed by Irwin Winkler. She is currently starring in NBC's The Event.

Personal life

She has been married to real estate agent Jay Cohen since 1990 and has two sons, Scott (b. 1992) and Max (b. 1998) and daughter Olivia (b. 2003) and lives in Los Angeles, California with them. She used to own a children's clothing store called Oodles in Studio City, California.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1985	Delivery Boys	Tina	Film Debut
1986	Christmas Eve	Maria	TV Movie
1988	Nightmare Beach	Girl at Pool
1992	Night and the City	Carmen
1994	I Like It Like That	Magdalena Soto
1995	Mighty Aphrodite	Chorus Voice
1997	Destination Unknown	Marisol
	Fall	Sally
	The Third Twin	Lisa	TV Movie
1998	The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit	Ramona
	The Taking of Pelham One Two Three	Babs Cardoza	TV Movie
	Naked City: Justice with a Bullet	Lori Halloran
	Naked City: A Killer Christmas
1999	Hit and Run	Detective Rico
	Active Stealth	Maria	Direct-to-video
2001	The Blue Diner	Elena
2003	Chasing Papi	Carmen
2004	Naughty or Nice	Diana Ramiro	TV Movie
2005	Odd Girl Out	Barbara
2007	Dark Mirror	Deborah Martin
2009	Signal Lost	TV Newswoman
	Star Trek	Barracks Officer
2010	Baby	Dominique	Short Movie
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Oye Willie	Unknown Role	Unknown episode(s)
1987	The Cosby Show	Mrs. Miron	1 episode
1987-1991	ABC Afterschool Special	Gloria Rodriguez	2 episodes
1988	Miami Vice	Angel Montepina	1 episode
1992	Law & Order	Lena Armendariz	1 episode
1994-1995	New York Undercover	Carmen	Recurring character
1995	The Commish	Connie Muldoon	2 episodes
1996-1997	High Incident	Officer Jessica Helgado
1998-2000	The Brian Benben Show	Julie	Recurring character
1999	Wasteland	Unknown Role	2 episodes
1999-2001	Third Watch	Dr. Sara Morales
2001-2004	The Division	Inspector Magdalena "Magda" Ramirez
	ER	Sandy Lopez
2006	Boston Legal	Irma Levine	2 episodes
	Criminal Minds	Gina Sanchez	1 episode
2006-2007	Smith	Valez	Recurring character
2007	Numb3rs	Jennifer Malloy	1 episode
2009	Without a Trace	Detective Bianca Gonzalez	1 episode
	CSI: Miami	Patricia Busick
2009-2010	Southland	Mia Sanchez	Recurring character
2010-2011	The Event	Christina Martinez	Main character
2011	American Horror Story	Stacy Ramos	Afterbirth episode

Awards and nominations

Year	Group	Award	Result	Film/Show
1996	NCLR Bravo Award	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated	High Incident
1998	ALMA Award	Outstanding Actress in a Made-for-Television Movie or Mini-Series	Nominated	The Third Twin
1999		Outstanding Actress in Made-for Television Movie or Mini-Series	Nominated	The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
2002		Outstanding Actress in a Television Series	Nominated	The Division
2004	Imagen Foundation Award	Best Actress in a Television Drama	Nominated
2006		Best Actress in a Television Movie	Won	Odd Girl Out

See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans

External links

• Lisa Vidal at the Internet Movie Database
• Lisa Vidal on Latina.com
• Lisa Vidal on Hollywood.com