Leslie Bega
Born: 1967-04-17 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Leslie Rae Bega (born April 17, 1967) is an American theater, film and television actress. Bega was born in Los Angeles to a Sephardi Jewish father and Russian Jewish mother. Her paternal grandparents came to the United States from Spain. In addition to English, Bega speaks Spanish and French fluently. After graduating as valedictorian from Lycée Français de Los Angeles, Bega attended the University of Southern California. Bega is known for her performances in Head of the Class as Maria Borges, David Lynch's Lost Highway, as a recurring cast member in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, C-16: FBI and The Sopranos as Valentina La Paz. She is also featured as a dancer in the break dancing films Breakin and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. She played the role of Anna Lansky in 1991's Mobsters. She has appeared as a guest star in the television shows 21 Jump Street, Beverly Hills, 90210, The New Twilight Zone, and Highway To Heaven. Her theater work includes King Lear, at the Electric Theatre, The Merchant of Venice, Gypsy, Grease, The Sound of Music, and Maria in West Side Story at the Westchester Theatre. (Source: Wikipedia)
Filmography
2020
- Talking Sopranos as Self
2019
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as Cameo (uncredited)
2017
2008
- Dating Games People Play as Mona Evans
2005
- American Dad! as Ms. Anderson (voice)
2004
- CSI: NY as Grace Walderson
2003
- Nip/Tuck as Photographer
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Leah
- The Last Producer as Restaurant Manager (as Leslie Rae Bega)
- Time of Her Time as Denise Gondelman
1999
- The Sopranos as Valentina la Paz
1998
- Martial Law as Didi Kirkus
1997
- Lost Highway as Raquel
- Against the Law as Lucia the Liquor Store Clerk
1996
- Power 98 as Denise
1995
- Get Shorty as Vikki Vespa
- The American President as White House Staffer Laura (as Leslie Rae Bega)
1993
- seaQuest DSV as Sandra
1990
- Beverly Hills, 90210 as Marianne Moore
1988
- Freddy's Nightmares as Stacy
- For Keeps as Carlita
1987
- 21 Jump Street as Stephanie 'Stevie' Plummer
1986
- Head of the Class as Maria Borges
1985
- The Twilight Zone as Girl (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
- Small Wonder as Mary
- Tuff Turf as Dancer
1984
- Highway to Heaven
- Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo as Dancer
- Silence of the Heart as Cindy
1983
- Hardcastle and McCormick as Betty