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Lisa Vidal (born June 13, 1965) is an American actress of Puerto Rican heritage. She starred in the Lifetime crime drama series The Division (2001–2004) and BET drama series Being Mary Jane (2013–2019). Vidal also starred in the short-lived series include High Incident (1996–97) and The Event (2010–11), and had major recurring roles on Third Watch (1999–2001), and ER (2001–04).

Lisa Vidal
Vidal in 2012
Born	(1965-06-13) June 13, 1965 (age 57)[1] Whitestone, Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1980–present
Spouse	Jay Cohen ​ (m. 1990)​
Children	3
Relatives	Christina Vidal (sister) Tanya Vidal (sister)

Early life

Vidal was born in Whitestone, Queens, the daughter of Josie, a secretary, and Manny Vidal, a tax consultant and businessman.^{[citation needed]} Her parents moved from Puerto Rico and settled in Manhattan, 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 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. 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 theatre series Oye Willie and later on made her feature debut with a small role in Delivery Boys. Soon, she was working in television with parts in shows such as The Cosby Show.[2][3]

Career

In 1992, Vidal appeared in the crime drama film Night and the City alongside Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange, directed by Irwin Winkler.[2] She starred alongside Lauren Vélez and Rita Moreno in the 1994 comedy-drama film I Like It Like That. From 1994–1995, she appeared in New York Undercover in a recurring role 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. Vidal has also appeared in number of other films, such as Mighty Aphrodite (1995), The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998) and Chasing Papi (2003). She played a leading role in the 2007 psychological horror film Dark Mirror.[4]

Vidal was series regular in the ABC police drama High Incident (1995–1996), and on The Brian Benben Show in 1998, and later had major recurring roles on Third Watch from 1999–2001 as Dr. Sarah Morales, and ER from 2001–2004 as firefighter Sandy Lopez. From 2001 to 2004, Vidal starred opposite Bonnie Bedelia in the Lifetime drama series The Division, 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. In 2010 she starred in NBC drama The Event playing the First Lady of the United States.[2] Vidal also starred in a number of made-for-television movies, including The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998), Naughty or Nice (2004), and Odd Girl Out (2005).

In 2013, Vidal began starring opposite Gabrielle Union in the BET drama series Being Mary Jane, playing the role of Kara Lynch: the executive producer of Mary Jane show.[5][6] The series ended in 2017, and in 2019 BET released a two-hour film finale. From 2015 to 2017, she also had a recurring role in the Fox comedy-drama series Rosewood. Vidal also guest-starred on American Horror Story, Shameless and Chicago P.D. In 2020, Vidal was cast as Mari Garcia, the lead character’s mother, in ABC romantic comedy-drama series The Baker and the Beauty.[7][8]

Personal life

Vidal has been married to real estate agent Jay Cohen since 1990 and had two sons, Scott (1992–2021) and Max (b. 1998) and daughter Olivia-Taylor (b. 2003). The family lives in Los Angeles. She previously owned a children's clothing store called Oodles in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, but it has since been closed.^{[citation needed]} Vidal is a breast cancer survivor.[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Delivery Boys	Tina
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 Nominated – ALMA Award
1998	The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit	Ramona
	The Taking of Pelham One Two Three	Babs Cardoza	TV Movie Nominated – ALMA Award
	Naked City: Justice with a Bullet	Lori Halloran	TV Movie
	Naked City: A Killer Christmas		TV Movie
1999	Hit and Run	Detective Rico	TV Movie
	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 Snyder	TV Movie Imagen Awards
2007	Dark Mirror	Deborah Martin	Nominated – Imagen Awards
2009	Signal Lost	TV Newswoman
	Star Trek	Barracks Officer
2010	Baby	Dominique	Short film
2011	A Day Without Rain	Ana Lanza	Short film
2014	Victor	Lila

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Oye Willie		PBS series
1986	"Christmas Eve"	Maria	TV Movie starring Loretta Young
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
1994–95	New York Undercover	Carmen	Recurring role, 6 episodes
1995	The Commish	Connie Muldoon	2 episodes
1996–97	High Incident	Officer Jessica Helgado	Series regular, 22 episodes Nominated – ALMA Award (1996)
1998	The Brian Benben Show	Julie	Series regular, 8 episodes
1999	Wasteland	Unknown Role	2 episodes
1999–2001	Third Watch	Dr. Sara Morales	Recurring role, 19 episodes
2001–04	The Division	Inspector Magdalena "Magda" Ramirez	Series regular, 88 episodes Nominated – ALMA Award (2002) Nominated – Imagen Awards (2004)
	ER	Sandy Lopez	Recurring role, 12 episodes
2006	Boston Legal	Irma Levine	2 episodes
	Criminal Minds	Gina Sanchez	1 episode
2006–07	Smith	Valez	Recurring role, 4 episodes
2007	Numb3rs	Jessica Malloy	1 episode
2009	Without a Trace	Detective Bianca Gonzalez	1 episode
	CSI: Miami	Patricia Busick	1 episode
2009–10	Southland	Mia Sanchez	3 episodes
2010–11	The Event	Christina Martinez	Series regular, 14 episodes Nominated – Imagen Awards (2011)
2011	American Horror Story: Murder House	Stacy Ramos	Episode: "Afterbirth"
2012–13	Grimm	Lauren Castro	2 episodes
2013–19	Being Mary Jane	Kara Lynch	Series regular, 51 episodes Imagen Awards (2016) Nominated — Imagen Awards (2017)
2014	Shameless	Maria Vidal	2 episodes
2015–16	Rosewood	Daisie Villa	Recurring role, 11 episodes
2019	Chicago P.D.	Alexa Rivera	1 episode
2020	The Baker and the Beauty	Mari Garcia	Series regular, 9 episodes
2020—21	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Alma Ortiz	Recurring role, 3 episodes

References

External links

• Lisa Vidal at IMDb
• Lisa Vidal on Twitter

На других языках

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[de] Lisa Vidal

Lisa Vidal Cohen (* 13. Juni 1965 in New York City, New York) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin.

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- [en] Lisa Vidal

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[es] Lisa Vidal

Lisa Vidal (Nueva York, Estados Unidos; 13 de junio de 1965) es una actriz de cine y televisión estadounidense.

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[ru] Видал, Лиза

Лиза Видал (англ. Lisa Vidal, род. 13 июня 1965) — американская актриса.

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