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Nina Siemaszko

 
Actor: Nina Siemaszko
  • Born: Jul 14, 1970 in Chicago, Illinois
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '90s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: Love and Happiness, Bed and Breakfast, A Carol Christmas
  • First Major Screen Credit: Bed and Breakfast (1992)

Biography

Born into a Polish Chicagoan family, blonde-haired and baby-faced actress Nina Siemaszko began life as Antonina Jadwiga Siemaszko in 1970. Though she initially harbored no definite plans to pursue acting professionally, Nina -- the sister of actor Casey Siemaszko (Stand by Me, Young Guns) --unexpectedly broke into show business by goofing off in front of her sibling's agent (and reportedly poking fun at Casey); it so impressed the agent that he signed her not long after. She landed her first significant role as the onscreen sister of teen heartthrob Corey Haim in 1988's License to Drive, then acted for the eminent Francis Ford Coppola in that helmer's 1988 pet project, Tucker: The Man and His Dream (as Preston Tucker's teenage daughter). For better or worse, Siemaszko subsequently had to endure a string of less-than-prestigious projects, including the 1992 softcore melodrama Wild Orchid 2: Two Shades of Blue (as the lascivious title character) and the 1994 telemovie Baby Brokers, as a sleazy con-woman who joins her husband in luring childless victims into a phony adoption scheme. Siemaszko took a massive step up (in prestige and visibility) with a key supporting role in the Rob Reiner/Aaron Sorkin comedy-drama The American President (1995), played Mona Ramsey in the acclaimed miniseries More Tales of the City (1998), and, around the middle of the following decade, played a recurring role as an amateur detective's (Kellie Martin) close friend, in the "Mystery Woman" series of telemovies. In 2008, Siemaszko signed on for a supporting turn in the teen-oriented shocker The Haunting of Molly Hartley. Siemaszko's resumé also includes guest spots on series such as Judging Amy, The West Wing, and Red Shoe Diaries (which reunited her with Orchid director Zalman King). ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
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Nina Siemaszko
Born Antonina Jadwiga Siemaszko
July 14, 1970 (1970-07-14) (age 39)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1986–present

Nina Siemaszko (born Antonina Jadwiga Siemaszko; July 14, 1970) is an American film and television actress.

Biography

Siemaszko was born in Chicago, Illinois to a Polish American father and an English mother. She is the sister of actor Casey Siemaszko and Corky Siemaszko, who is a reporter/writer for the New York Daily News.

Siemaszko's first feature film was in the 1986 comedy movie One More Saturday Night as Karen Lundahl. Her other well-known role in the 1980s was the 1988 comedy film License to Drive as Corey Haim's sister Natalie Anderson. Nina has starred in many TV movies, especially ten Mystery Woman TV movies, the latest of which is Mystery Woman: In the Shadows.

She appeared in the 1992 hit film Reservoir Dogs as an undercover cop, but her scene in the film ended up in the cutting room floor, though now you can see her scene in the deleted scene section on "Reservoir Dogs 10th Anniversary-Special Edition" DVD. She played actress Mia Farrow in the CBS miniseries Sinatra a film about the life of singer Frank Sinatra.

In 1998 Siemaszko played Mona Ramsey in the PBS miniseries More Tales of the City, the sequel to 1994's Tales of the City (which starred Chloe Webb in the role of Mona), and had a brief role on Sports Night as the Nanny for Casey's son Charlie.

Siemaszko has made guest appearances on TV shows including Red Shoe Diaries, Judging Amy, The West Wing, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Private Practice.

Filmography

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Ellie: The West Wing (TV Episode) (2001 Drama TV Episode)
Bed and Breakfast (1992 Comedy Film)
Love and Happiness (1995 Crime Film)

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