Leslie Bega
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 17, 1967 (age 59)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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)
Known For
Filmography
Talking Sopranos
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood
Movie · as Cameo (uncredited)
Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar
Movie · as Self
Dating Games People Play
Movie · as Mona Evans
American Dad!
TV · as Ms. Anderson (voice) · 1 ep
CSI: NY
TV · as Grace Walderson · 1 ep
Nip/Tuck
TV · as Photographer · 1 ep
The Last Producer
Movie · as Restaurant Manager (as Leslie Rae Bega)
Time of Her Time
Movie · as Denise Gondelman
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Leah · 3 eps
The Sopranos
TV · as Valentina la Paz · 7 eps
Martial Law
TV · as Didi Kirkus · 1 ep
Lost Highway
Movie · as Raquel
Against the Law
Movie · as Lucia the Liquor Store Clerk
Power 98
Movie · as Denise
Get Shorty
Movie · as Vikki Vespa
The American President
Movie · as White House Staffer Laura (as Leslie Rae Bega)
seaQuest DSV
TV · as Sandra · 1 ep
Uncaged
Movie · as Mickie
Mobsters
Movie · as Anna Lansky
Beverly Hills, 90210
TV · as Marianne Moore · 1 ep
For Keeps
Movie · as Carlita
Freddy's Nightmares
TV · as Stacy · 1 ep
21 Jump Street
TV · as Stephanie 'Stevie' Plummer · 1 ep
Head of the Class
TV · as Maria Borges · 66 eps
Tuff Turf
Movie · as Dancer
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Girl (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes") · 1 ep
Small Wonder
TV · as Mary · 1 ep
Silence of the Heart
Movie · as Cindy
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Movie · as Dancer
Highway to Heaven
TV · 1 ep
Hardcastle and McCormick
TV · as Betty · 1 ep