Leslie Bega

Leslie Rae Bega (lahir 17 April 1967) adalah seorang aktris teater, film dan televisi Amerika. Bega lahir di Los Angeles dari ayah Yahudi Sephardi dan ibu Yahudi Rusia. Kakek dan nenek dari pihak ayah datang ke Amerika Serikat dari Spanyol. Selain bahasa Inggris, Bega fasih berbahasa Spanyol dan Prancis. Setelah lulus sebagai pembaca pidato perpisahan dari Lycée Français de Los Angeles, Bega kuliah di University of Southern California. Bega dikenal karena penampilannya di Kepala Kelas sebagai Maria Borges, Lost Highway karya David Lynch, sebagai anggota pemeran berulang di CSI: Investigasi TKP, C-16: FBI dan The Sopranos sebagai Valentina La Paz. Dia juga tampil sebagai penari dalam film break dancing Breakin dan Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. Dia memainkan peran Anna Lansky di Mobsters tahun 1991. Dia pernah tampil sebagai bintang tamu di acara televisi 21 Jump Street, Beverly Hills, 90210, The New Twilight Zone, dan Highway To Heaven. Karya teaternya meliputi King Lear, di Electric Theatre, The Merchant of Venice, Gypsy, Grease, The Sound of Music, dan Maria di West Side Story di Westchester Theatre. (Sumber: Wikipedia)

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)