Laura San GiacomoFilmography

Born:: November 14, 1961 in Orange, NJ
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Born in New Jersey to Italian-American parents, deep-voiced actress Laura San Giacomo studied at Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. After performing in regional theater, off-Broadway, and TV guest-star roles, she made her auspicious debut in Steven Soderbergh's sex, lies, and videotape. As the...Read More

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Hurricane Mary

Actors: Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Cooper, William H. Macy, Laura San Giacomo

Synopsis: A devoted Irish-American mother (Patricia Clarkson) wages a tenacious battle to get her two disabled twin daughters (Dakota and Elle Fanning) into the public school system in director Arvin Brown's heartfelt docudrama. William H. Macy, Chris Cooper, and Laura San Giacomo co-star in a film produced Read More

1/1/09
Saving Grace: Season 02

Actors: Holly Hunter, Leon Rippy, Bailey Chase, Bokeem Woodbine, Laura San Giacomo

Synopsis: The edgy crime series' sophomore season charts hard-living detective Grace Hanadarko (Holly Hunter) solving myriad crimes in Oklahoma City, confronting a haunting figure from her past, and continuing her extended journey toward spiritual fulfillment with otherworldly help from her ragged Read More

2008
Saving Grace: Season 01

Actors: Holly Hunter, Leon Rippy, Bailey Chase, Bokeem Woodbine, Laura San Giacomo

2007
Checking Out

Actors: Peter Falk, Laura San Giacomo, Judge Reinhold, David Paymer, Jeffrey D. Sams

Synopsis: A feisty octogenarian on the verge of his ninetieth birthday invites his three grown children to his upcoming birthday celebration with the explicit understanding that when the festivities end, so does his life, in a dark but light-hearted family comedy directed by Jeff Hare and starring Peter Read More

9/15/06
Veronica Mars: Of Vice and Men

Synopsis: A girl named Meryl comes to Veronica for help, because she's sure that her boyfriend is in trouble, but Veronica is cynical and tries to convince the girl that her man is cheating. Meanwhile, Logan finally reveals to Veronica just why exactly he's sure that Mercer did not commit the rapes. Read More

2006
Havoc

Actors: Bijou Phillips, Anne Hathaway

Synopsis: A pair of naïve young girls learn that even the most insignificant actions can have lasting consequences in this music-driven take on teen culture starring Anne Hathaway and Bijou Phillips and directed by two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple. Influenced by the hip-hop thug lifestyle and Read More

2005
Sister Mary Explains It All

Actors: Diane Keaton, Brian Benben, Wallace Langham, Laura San Giacomo, Jennifer Tilly

Synopsis: Diane Keaton stars in this adaptation of Christopher Durang's popular one-act play Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You as Sister Mary, a nun who teaches at a parochial school and has very firmly held ideas about sin, forgiveness, and the importance of church doctrine. As Sister Mary Read More

2001
A House on a Hill

Actors: Philip Baker Hall, Laura San Giacomo, Shirley Knight, Rebecca Staab, Henry Rollins

Synopsis: A retired architect returns to work at the behest of unlikely patrons in this low-key drama. Richard and Kate Banks (Jack Conley and Rebecca Staab) are a well-to-do couple who want to buy a home in Southern California. While house-hunting, Kate discovers the charred remains of a house that was Read More

2001
Jenifer

Actors: Laura San Giacomo, Jane Kaczmarek, Annabella Sciorra, Maddie Corman

2001
Batman Beyond: The Movie

Synopsis: In this pilot film for the Batman Beyond television series (which aired as a two-part episode), Bruce Wayne (Kevin Conroy) has become too old for super heroics and has hung up his bat suit for good. However, a young man named Terry McGinnis (Will Friedle) wants to avenge the death of his father Read More

1999
Stories From My Childhood Vol. 1

Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Laura San Giacomo, Kathleen Turner, Mickey Rooney

1999
With Friends Like These...

Actors: Adam Arkin, Robert Costanzo, Beverly D'Angelo, Elle MacPherson, Amy Madigan

Synopsis: Life among insecure, middle-aged character actors, former New Yorkers in L.A., is the main plot focus of this Philip Frank Messina comedy about four friends who want the same role in the next Martin Scorsese gangster flick. Balding Johnny DiMartino (Robert Costanzo) is so excited by the news of a Read More

1998
Just Shoot Me: Season 01

Actors: Laura San Giacomo, George Segal, Wendie Malick, Enrico Colantoni, David Spade

1997
Eat Your Heart Out

Actors: Christian Oliver, Laura San Giacomo, Pamela Segall

Synopsis: Christian Oliver, Pamela Segall and Laura San Giacomo star in this story about how success can drive a wedge between friendships. Daniel is a chef who shares an apartment with two of his best friends, Samantha and Peter. When Daniel gets a job on a TV cooking show, he's an overnight success, but Read More

1997
Just Shoot Me: Season 02

Actors: Laura San Giacomo, George Segal, Wendie Malick, Enrico Colantoni, David Spade

1997
Suicide Kings

Actors: Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Henry Thomas, Sean Patrick Flanery, Jay Mohr, Johnny Galecki

Synopsis: Television director Peter O'Fallon made his feature film debut with this independent film that pays obvious homage to the style of Quentin Tarantino, with plenty of violence and funny, talkative hit men. Suave gangster Charlie Barrett (Christopher Walken) meets four young men who have taken over Read More

1997
The Good, The Bad, and The Beautiful: Women in the Movies

1996
The Right to Remain Silent

Actors: Lea Thompson, Robert Loggia, Judge Reinhold, Laura San Giacomo, Patrick Dempsey

Synopsis: In this police actioner, a brand-new lady cop's lack of enthusiasm at getting a job behind a criminal processing desk instead of on the streets proves unfounded. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1996
The Apocalypse

Actors: Sandra Bernhard, Laura San Giacomo, Cameron Dye

Synopsis: Sandra Bernhard, Cameron Dye, and Laura San Giacomo star in this science-fiction thriller about a spaceship carrying a load of explosive material that is thrown out of orbit and suddenly begins heading straight for Earth. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

1996
Stuart Saves His Family

Actors: Al Franken, Laura San Giacomo, Vincent D'Onofrio, Shirley Knight, Harris Yulin

Synopsis: Al Franken brings his Saturday Night Live character Stuart Smalley to the big screen in this unexpectedly downbeat comedy about a man desperately trying to overcome his dysfunctional upbringing. Stuart hosts a TV show on public access TV in which he offers bits of New Age wisdom on self-help Read More

1995
The Stand

Actors: Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Miguel Ferrer, Rob Lowe

Synopsis: Originally aired as a television mini-series, this all-star filmization of Stephen King's gripping epic of good versus evil chronicles the episodic adventures of a disparate group of people who struggle to reestablish civilization after a man-made catastrophe wipes out most of the world's Read More

1994
Nina Takes a Lover

Actors: Laura San Giacomo, Paul Rhys, Michael O'Keefe, Cristi Conaway, Fisher Stevens

Synopsis: Nina (Laura San Giacomo), a young married woman, has an affair with a British photographer in this low-key comedy drama about adultery and romantic role-playing. Nina Takes a Lover, the debut film of writer-director Alan Jacobs, tells its story in flashback, as Nina is interviewed by a journalist Read More

1994
For Their Own Good

Synopsis: Corporate women launch a bitter courtroom battle when their avaricious employer tells them that they will lose their jobs if they do not get sterilized. The fight takes the women through a disillusioning jungle of government red tape. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1993
Where the Day Takes You

Actors: Sean Astin, Lara Flynn Boyle, Peter Dobson, Balthazar Getty, Ricki Lake, James LeGros, Dermot Mulroney

Synopsis: Marc Rocco's gritty drama Where the Day Takes You stars Dermot Mulroney as King, a street-smart hustler who acts as a father figure to a motley collection of young runaways. Among the people in his sphere are the young self-destructive drug addict Greg (Sean Astin), self-hating gay prostitute Read More

9/11/92
Under Suspicion

Actors: Liam Neeson, Laura San Giacomo, Kenneth Cranham, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Stephen Moore, Maggie O'Neill

Synopsis: Simon Moore's directorial debut (his also wrote the screenplay) is a brooding thriller that takes place in the melancholy British resort town of Brighton in the 1950s. Liam Neeson stars as Tony Aaron, a disreputable ex-cop who now makes a living as a sleazy private eye. With his wife Hazel (Maggie O'Neill Read More

2/28/92
Once Around

Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Danny Aiello, Laura San Giacomo, Gena Rowlands

Synopsis: Swedish director Lasse Hallstrom made his American movie debut with this romantic comedy, starring Holly Hunter as Renata Bella, an aimless Bostonian thirtysomething who attends a seminar for aspiring condo salespersons. Here she meets hotshot salesman Sam Sharpe (Richard Dreyfuss), who Read More

1/18/91
Quigley Down Under

Actors: Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan Rickman, Chris Haywood, Ron Haddrick

Synopsis: Tom Selleck stars as American cowboy archetype Matthew Quigley in Simon Wincer's outback western Quigley Down Under. Answering an advertisement placed by Australian cattle baron Elliot Marston (Alan Rickman) to come to the rugged and uncivilized Australian countryside and shoot dingoes, Quigley Read More

10/19/90
Pretty Woman

Actors: Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Ralph Bellamy, Jason Alexander, Laura San Giacomo

Synopsis: Self-involved corporate raider Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) has recently split up with his girlfriend. Seeking directions to the Beverly Hills Hotel, he makes the acquaintance of free-spirited hooker Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) and decides to put her on a 3,000-dollar retainer as his "date." He Read More

3/23/90
Vital Signs

Actors: Adrian Pasdar, Diane Lane, Jimmy Smits, Norma Aleandro, Jack Gwaltney

Synopsis: Marisa Silver helmed this tightly directed hospital drama reminiscent of David Swift's 1962 The Interns. Jimmy Smits plays Dr. David Redding, who guides seven student doctors through their third year of residency at Los Angeles Central's medical school. The cast includes Laura San Giacomo as Read More

3/16/90
sex, lies, and videotape

Actors: James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, Laura San Giacomo, Ron Vawter

Synopsis: Steven Soderbergh kickstarted the independent film movement of the 1990s with this landmark drama about the tangled relationships among four people and a video camera. John (Peter Gallagher) is an unscrupulous, self-centered yuppie lawyer with a beautiful wife named Ann (Andie MacDowell). Ann Read More

8/4/89
Miles From Home

Actors: Richard Gere, Jason Campbell, Kevin Anderson, Austin Bamgarner, John Malkovich, Larry Poling, Brian Dennehy, Judith Ivey

Synopsis: Two brothers (Richard Gere, Kevin Anderson) have inherited a large farm (once voted "Farm of the Year") from their father, but cannot keep it afloat. When the farm goes bankrupt, the pair decide to torch the place and take off across the Midwest, fleeing the law to become folk heroes for many Read More

9/16/88