Lisa Vidal
Born	June 13, 1965 (1965-06-13) (age 44) New York City, New York
Other name(s)	Lisa Vidal Cohen
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1980—present
Spouse(s)	Jay Cohen (1990-present) 3 children

Lisa Vidal (born June 13, 1965) is an American film and television actress.

Contents 1 Early years 2 Acting career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Early years

Vidal was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Josie, a secretary, and Manny Vidal, a tax consultant and businessman.^[1] Her parents emigrated from Puerto Rico and settled in Manhattan, New York, where Vidal and her two sisters Christina and Tanya were born. She also has a brother named Christian. After Vidal finished her elementary education, she auditioned and was accepted in the High School of Performing Arts. When she graduated, Vidal went to work with La Familia Theater Company, alongside Raul Julia and Julia Roberts. Vidal was 14 years old when she acted in the theater series Oye Willie and later on made her feature debut with a small role in Delivery Boys. Soon, she was working in T.V. with parts in shows such as The Cosby Show.

[edit] Acting career

From 1994-1995, Vidal worked in New York Undercover as a reporter named Carmen. In the series she was sister to Det. Eddie Torres, played by Michael DeLorenzo. In 1995, she did some Off-Broadway and worked in The Commish. Among the other series she has worked in are: The Brian Benben Show in 1998 as "Julie"; Third Watch from 1999-2001 as "Sarah Morales" ; ER from 2001-2004 as "Sandy Lopez". Vidal had starring roles in High Incident (1996) and The Division (2001), for which she received the 2002 nomination for the ALMA Award in the Best Actress Category. In 2006, she had a brief role in the short-lived action series Smith, as one of the federal agents looking for Ray Liotta's group of thieves.

Vidal has also participated in the following movies: Odd Girl Out (2005), Naughty or Nice (2004); Chasing Papi (2003); I Like It Like That (1994); The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998) and in Night and the City (1992), alongside Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange, directed by Irwin Winkler. She is currently starring in HBO's The Blue Diner and co-starring in NBC's Southland.

[edit] Personal life

She has been married to Jay Cohen since 1990 and has two sons, Scott (b. 1992) and Max (b. 1998) and daughter Olivia (b. 2003) and lives in Los Angeles, California with them. She owns and does the buying for a children's clothing store called Oodles in Studio City, California.

[edit] Filmography

• Southland (2009)
• Without a Trace (1 episode) (2009)
• I Wanna Dance (2009)
• Dark Mirror (2007)
• Numb3rs (1 episode) (2007)
• Smith (2006-2007)
• Criminal Minds (1 episode) (2006)
• Boston Legal (2 episodes) (2006)
• Odd Girl Out (2005)
• Naughty or Nice (2004)
• Chasing Papi (2003)
• ER (2001-2004)
• The Division (2001-2004)
• The Blue Diner (2001)
• Third Watch (1999-2001)
• Hit and Run (1999)
• Active Stealth (1999)
• Wasteland (2 episodes) (1999)
• Naked City: A Killer Christmas (1998)
• Naked City: Justice of a Bullet (1998)
• The Brian Benben Show (1 episode) (1998)
• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998)
• The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998)
• The Third Twin (1997)
• Fall (1997)
• Destination Unknown (1997)
• High Incident (1996-1997)
• Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
• Girls' Night Out (1995)
• The Commish (2 episodes) (1995)
• New York Undercover (1994-1995)
• I Like It Like That (1994)
• Law & Order (1 episode) (1992)
• Night and the City (1992)
• Miami Vice (1 episode) (1988)
• Nightmare Beach (1988)
• ABC Afterschool Special (2 episodes) (1987-1991)
• The Cosby Show (1 episode) (1987)
• Christmas Eve (1986)
• Delivery Boys (1985)
• Oye Willie (1980)

[edit] See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Lisa Vidal at the Internet Movie Database
• Lisa Vidal at TV.com
• Lisa Vidal on Latina.com
• Lisa Vidal on Hollywood.com