Lourdes Benedicto

Lourdes Benedicto
Born	November 12, 1974 (1974-11-12) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	Matthew Curley (2006-present)

Lourdes Benedicto (born November 12, 1974) is an American actress of Filipino/Dominican descent.^{[citation needed]} She is most well known for her starring role as Eva Rios on The Nine, and for her role as Alicia Lawson on the short-lived series Cashmere Mafia. She is primarily known as a television actress, but has been in a few films.

Benedicto was born in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Bendicto has had recurring roles on NYPD Blue, ER, Dawson's Creek and as Carrie Turner on 24. She is a main-cast member on the first season of television series V, playing the character Valerie Stevens.

Her film debut was in Permanent Midnight (1998) and she followed that up with roles in Drive Me Crazy (1999), The Fighting Temptations (2003) and Unbeatable Harold (2005).

Filmography

Series television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996–2000	NYPD Blue	Gina Martinez	22 Episodes
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Angela Torres/Sho Ling-Fu	Episode: "Stocks & Bondage"
2000	Resurrection Blvd.	Darcy	2 Episodes
2000–2001	Titans	Samantha Sanchez	13 Episodes
2001	ER	Rena Trujillo	5 Episodes
2001	Strong Medicine	Carmen Infante	Episode: "Relief"
2001	Dawson's Creek	Karen Torres	7 Episodes
2003	24	Carrie Turner	11 Episodes
2003	Lyon's Den, TheThe Lyon's Den	Lisa Falward	Episode: "Blood"
2005	Dead Zone, TheThe Dead Zone	Eva Cortez	Episode: "Grains of Sand"
2006–2007	Nine, TheThe Nine	Eva Rios	13 Episodes
2008	Cashmere Mafia	Alicia Lawson	6 Episodes
2008	Numb3rs	Estella Ramirez	Episode: "Thirty-Six Hours"
2009–2010	V	Valerie Stevens	12 Episodes

Feature films and TV movies

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Gryphon	Monica	TV movie
1998	Permanent Midnight	Vola
1999	Drive Me Crazy	Chloe Frost
2002	Locket, TheThe Locket	Amanda Ibarra	TV movie
2003	Two Days	Rachel Adams
2003	Fighting Temptations, TheThe Fighting Temptations	Rosa Lopez	Supporting Role
2005	Silver Bells	Lizzie	TV movie
2006	Unbeatable Harold	Cinnamon

External links

• Lourdes Benedicto at the Internet Movie Database
• Lourdes Benedicto at AllRovi