Leslie Silva

Last updated
Leslie Silva
Born
Leslie Ann Silva

(1968-04-21) April 21, 1968 (age 55)
Education University of Connecticut, Storrs (BFA)
Juilliard School (GrDip)
Occupation Actress
Years active1995present

Leslie Ann Silva (born April 21, 1968) [1] is an American actress who has had long running television roles in Odyssey 5 , Providence , and Shades of Blue .

Contents

Early life and education

In 1968, Silva was born in Schenectady, New York. [1] She graduated from the University of Connecticut with a BFA in dramatic arts (1989) [2] then attended the Juilliard School [1] (1991–1995) where she earned a MFA in drama. [3]

Career

Silva began her professional acting career in 1995, in an off-Broadway production of Macbeth in Washington, D.C. She has starred in many series, most recently So Help Me Todd and Poker Face .

Silva is an activist.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 New York Undercover (TV series)EMTepisode: "Sympathy for the Devil"
1997 Fools Rush In Divorce Papers Process Server
The Cosby Show (TV series)episode: "Shall We Dance?"
1998 Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series)Sister Dyanne Attwood2 episodes
1999 Providence (TV series)Dr. Helen Reynolds18 episodes
2000 ER (TV series)Sonya Bassettepisode: "Viable Options"
The '70s (TV movie)Yolanda
Girlfriends (TV series)Toni Childsunaired pilot
2001 Gideon's Crossing (TV series)Caitlin Reeseepisode: "Hinkytown"
2002 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Younger Willetta
2002–2003 Odyssey 5 (TV series)Sarah Forbes19 episodes
2003 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV series)The Nannyepisode: "Lucky Strike"
The Agency (TV series)FBI Special Agent Shelton4 episodes
2004 Cold Case (TV series)Sarah Tuckerepisode: "The Letter"
2005 Star Trek: Enterprise (TV series)Danica Ericksonepisode: "Daedalus"
2006 CSI: Miami (TV series)Felicia Hillepisode: "Deviant"
2008ReversionEva
2007–2010 Numb3rs (TV series)M.E. Ridenhour9 episodes
2011 Nurse Jackie (TV series)Receptionistepisode: "Rat Falls"
2012 Person of Interest (TV series)Nurse Mary Abbottepisode: "Baby Blue"
2013 The Good Wife (TV Series)Elizabethepisode: "Whack-a-Mole"
2016–2018 Shades of Blue Gail Baker19 episodes
2016–2022 Bull (TV series)Judge Maya Lamkin2 episodes
2018 The Looming Tower (TV Series)Deb Fletcher2 episodes
Vox Lux The Stylist
2019 The Blacklist (TV series)Caroline Eikendollepisode: "Olivia Olson (No. 115)"
2019–2022 In the Dark (TV series)Rhonda Parker6 episodes
2020 FBI (TV series)NSA Agent Dawsonepisode: "Hard Decisions"
2022 Women of the Movement (TV series)Ruby Hurley4 episodes
2023 Poker Face (TV series)Donna Owensepisode: "The Future of the Sport"
So Help Me Todd (TV series)Beverly Crest6 episodes

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bob Crane</span> American actor, drummer, host, and DJ (1928–1978)

Robert Edward Crane was an American actor, drummer, radio personality, and disc jockey known for starring in the CBS situation comedy Hogan's Heroes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ann-Margret</span> Swedish actress, singer, and dancer (born 1941)

Ann-Margret Olsson, credited as Ann-Margret, is a Swedish-American actress and singer. She has won five Golden Globe Awards and been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and six Emmy Awards, winning in 2010 for a guest role in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rebecca Lobo</span> American basketball player

Rebecca Rose Lobo-Rushin is an American television basketball analyst and former women's basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 to 2003. Lobo, at 6'4", played the center position for much of her career. She played college basketball at the University of Connecticut, where she was a member of the team that won the 1995 national championship, going 35–0 on the season in the process. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010. In April 2017, she was one of the members of the 2017 class of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, alongside Tracy McGrady and Muffet McGraw.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barbara Hershey</span> American actress

Barbara Lynn Herzstein, better known as Barbara Hershey, is an American actress. In a career spanning more than 50 years, she has played a variety of roles on television and in cinema in several genres, including westerns and comedies. She began acting at age 17 in 1965 but did not achieve widespread critical acclaim until the 1980s. By that time, the Chicago Tribune referred to her as "one of America's finest actresses".

Jenna von Oÿ is an American actress, singer and author. She played the role of Dorothy "Six" LeMeure in the 1990 sitcom Blossom and Stevie Van Lowe in the 1999 sitcom The Parkers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leslie Uggams</span> American actress and singer (born 1943)

Leslie Marian Uggams is an American actress and singer. Beginning her career as a child in the early 1950s, Uggams is recognized for portraying Kizzy Reynolds in the television miniseries Roots (1977), earning Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for her performance. She had earlier been highly acclaimed for the Broadway musical Hallelujah, Baby!, winning a Theatre World Award in 1967 and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1968. Later in her career, Uggams received renewed notice with appearances as Blind Al in the superhero films Deadpool (2016), its 2018 sequel and the upcoming 2024 third film, as well as a recurring role as Leah Walker on the Fox musical drama series, Empire (2016–2020) and for the comedy-drama film American Fiction (2023).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gail Goestenkors</span> American basketball coach

Gail Ann Goestenkors is an American basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ann Strother</span> American basketball player (born 1983)

Ann Elise Strother is an American basketball coach, and former professional player, most recently for the Indiana Fever. Strother played at the collegiate level for the Connecticut Huskies, helping the team to two national titles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jayne Atkinson</span> British-American actress (born 1959)

Jayne Atkinson is a British-American actress. She is best known for the role of Karen Hayes on 24, as well as her Tony Award–nominated roles in The Rainmaker and Enchanted April. She has also appeared in Criminal Minds as BAU Section Chief Erin Strauss, Madam Secretary as United States Vice President Teresa Hurst, and House of Cards as U.S. Secretary of State Catherine Durant.

Ann Charters is Professor Emerita of American Literature at the University of Connecticut at Storrs. She is a Jack Kerouac and Beat Generation scholar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barbara B. Kennelly</span> American politician (born 1936)

Barbara Bailey Kennelly is an American politician. She is the former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ann Leslie</span> English journalist (1941–2023)

Dame Ann Elizabeth Mary Leslie, DBE was a British journalist who wrote for the Daily Mail.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gail Collins</span> American journalist, columnist and author

Gail Collins is an American journalist, op-ed columnist and author, most recognized for her work with The New York Times. Joining the Times in 1995 as a member of the editorial board, she served as the paper's Editorial Page Editor from 2001 to 2007 and was the first woman to attain that position.

"Pilot" is the pilot episode of the American comedy television series Parks and Recreation. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on April 9, 2009. The episode was written by series creators Michael Schur and Greg Daniels, and directed by Daniels.

"The Stakeout" is the second episode of the second season of the American comedy television series Parks and Recreation, and the eighth overall episode of the series. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on September 24, 2009. In the episode, Leslie conducts surveillance on a community garden in an attempt to find out who planted marijuana there.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leslie Knope</span> Fictional character from Parks and Recreation

Leslie Barbara Knope is a fictional character portrayed by Amy Poehler and the main protagonist of the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation. For most of the show's run, she serves as deputy director of the Parks and Recreation Department of the fictional city of Pawnee, Indiana. An overachiever, Knope believes the government should serve the people and is unceasingly optimistic about the potential of her role within it. For her performance as Knope, Poehler has been nominated for several awards and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy.

"The Set Up" is the 13th episode of the second season of the American comedy television series Parks and Recreation, and the nineteenth overall episode of the series. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on January 14, 2010. In the episode, Leslie is set up on a blind date with an MRI technologist, played by Poehler's then-husband, comedic actor Will Arnett.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ann Wynia</span> American politician

Ann Wynia is an American politician who served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1977 to 1989. A member of the Democratic Farmer-Labor Party, Wynia represented portions of the city of St. Paul and served as Majority Leader from 1987 to 1989. In 1989 Governor Rudy Perpich appointed her Commissioner of Minnesota's Department of Human Services until 1990. She was the Democratic Party's nominee for United States Senate in the 1994 election. After a defeat by U.S. Congressman Rod Grams, Wynia served as the President of North Hennepin Community College in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota from 1997 until her retirement in 2010.

Robert Lloyd Fish was an American writer of crime fiction.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cutler, Jacqueline (September 15, 2002). "Checking In With Leslie Silva". Zap2it . Free Lance-Star.
  2. "Commencement Program: Leslie Ann Silva" (PDF). University of Connecticut . Retrieved April 5, 2012.
  3. "Leslie Silva". LinkedIn . Retrieved April 5, 2012.