Jennifer Esposito

At 51 years old, Jennifer Esposito has this physical status:

Jennifer Esposito (born April 11, 1973) is an American actress and author.

She is known for her roles in the feature films Crash, Summer of Sam, Don't Say a Word, Taxi, and Welcome to Collinwood.

She has also appeared in several television series, most notably The Looney Tunes Show, Spin City, Related, Samantha Who?, Blue Bloods, and Mistresses.

From 2016 to 2017, she played Special Agent Alexandra Quinn on the CBS series NCIS.

Early life

Esposito was born in New York City, the second of two daughters of Phyllis, an interior decorator, and Robert Esposito, a music producer. She is of Italian descent, and was raised on Staten Island in Bulls Head and is a graduate of Moore Catholic High School.

Personal life

Esposito married actor Bradley Cooper on December 30, 2006. In May 2007, after five months of marriage, they filed for divorce, which was finalized that November. In 2009, Esposito became engaged to Australian tennis player Mark Philippoussis. The couple separated in August 2010. In October 2011, Esposito announced on The Late Show with David Letterman that she had celiac disease. In May 2014, Esposito announced her engagement to British model Louis Dowler. They married on November 16, 2014, in New York City. It was reported in March 2016 that Esposito had filed for divorce from Dowler. In 2020, Esposito married Jesper Vesterstrøm.

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Career

Esposito made her first television appearance in 1996 in Law & Order. She then joined the cast of Spin City, where she appeared for two seasons. She appeared in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. In Spike Lee's Summer of Sam in 1999, one of her most notable appearances was as "Ruby" in the Son of Sam series set against the late 1970s backdrop of the Son of Sam murders. Esposito's upcoming films include Dracula 2000, The Master of Disguise, the 2004 comedy Taxi, and Crash, in which she played Don Cheadle's partner and intimate interest, Ria.

On May 21, 2004, Esposito joined Jon Favreau, Stephen Dorff, Luis Guzmán, and Barry Pepper for Dinner for Five season 3, episode 7. Esposito has appeared on television shows such as Law & Order: SVU, Rescue Me, and Mercy. She appeared on Related and Samantha Who? as a regular cast member. Esposito played Detective Jackie Curatola, the girlfriend of Detective Danny Reagan (played by Donnie Wahlberg), on CBS' Blue Bloods in 2010. Esposito was diagnosed with celiac disease in the third season, and Esposito told CBS that her illness would not prevent her from appearing on camera. In 2012, Blue Bloods creators decided to write her character out of the story rather than relying on her limited hours.

Jennifer's Way Bakery opened in West Village, Manhattan, in 2013 and only serves celiac-safe food. She appeared on NBC's Taxi Brooklyn in 2014. Jennifer's Way, Da Capo Lifelong Books' first book, a detailed look at her personal battle with celiac disease before and after she was diagnosed and the things she did not do to survive, was published on April 22, 2014. On July 6, 2014, the book appeared on The New York Times Best Seller List. Esposito appeared in Calista Raines' ABC drama series Mistresses, and it was announced that she will be a cast member on CBS pilot Taxi-22, whose main character will be played by John Leguizamo. In the Showtime series The Affair, she appeared as Dominic West's sister.

Esposito was also ambassador for Eclair Naturals in 2015, a gluten- and GMO-free vegan body and skin care line sold in Rite Aid stores around the country. Esposito will join the cast of NCIS as Special Agent Alexandra "Alex" Quinn, a veteran agent who left field service and became an instructor at the Law Enforcement Training Center, when it was revealed in 2016. Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon), the NCIS chief, will lure Quinn back to the field as part of his team, where she'll be able to use her quick wit, quick mind, and unsurpassed talent as a federal agent. "We couldn't be happier to have Jennifer Esposito joining us for season 14," executive producer Gary Glasberg said on her first appearance on NCIS. We'd like to see her as part of Quinn's character, but we can't wait for her to be a part of our team. It was announced in June 2017 that this was going to be her first season. Esposito appeared on Oprah's September 10, 2016, where she said her doctor had her hospitalized in a mental hospital. The hospitalization occurred during a time when she was an actress on the program Samantha Who?

An Amazon Prime Exclusive, she appeared on The Boys, the cast of The Boys in 2019. She was supposed to appear in the Awkwafina film on Comedy Central in August.

Esposito joined Netflix's Inventing Anna, created by Shonda Rhimes, in February 2020.

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