Biography
Laura San Giacomo (born November 14, 1962) is an American actress. She played Cynthia in the film Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) for which she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, Kit De Luca in the film Pretty Woman (1990), Crazy Cora in the film Quigley Down Under (1990), Nadine Cross in The Stand (1994), and Maya Gallo on the sitcom Just Shoot Me! (1997–2003). A BAFTA and two-time Golden Globe Award nominee, she played the regular role of Rhetta Rodriguez on the drama...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Violet
2021
as Janice
Violet realizes that her entire life is built on fear-based decisions, and must do everything differently to become her true self.

Honey Boy
2019
as Dr. Moreno
The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based...
Something in the Air: Making "sex, lies, and videotape"
2018
as Self
Produced for the Criterion Collection in 2018, the documentary features actors Peter Gallagher, Andie MacDowell, and Laura San Giacomo discussing thei...

The Meddler
2016
as TV Mom
With a new iPhone, an apartment near the Grove, and a comfortable bank account left to her by her beloved late husband, Marnie Minervini has happily r...

Least Among Saints
2012
as Jolene
A haunted soldier just back from war and a boy who has never known peace in his home life embark on a life-changing journey as they become unlikely fr...

TalhotBlond
2012
as Carol Montgomery
Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and se...

Havoc
2005
as Joanna Lang
A wealthy Los Angeles teen and her superficial friends wants to break out of suburbia and experience Southern California's "gangsta" lifestyle. But pr...

Checking Out
2005
as Flo Appelbaum
A feisty octogenarian on the verge of his ninetieth birthday invites his three grown children to his upcoming birthday celebration with the explicit u...

A House on a Hill
2003
as Gaby
A once-successful architect (Philip Baker Hall) has become a grumpy loner, but a young couple plead with him to come out of retirement to rebuild his ...

The Electric Piper
2003
as Mrs. Robinson (voice)
Based on the classic tale of the Pied Piper, this Rock-Opera themed cartoon tells the tale of the 1960s small suburban town of Hamlin, which has been ...

Jenifer
2001
as Jenifer Estess
The true story of three sisters who unite in the face of adversity when one of them is diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Sister Mary Explains It All
2001
as Angela DiMarco
As Sister Mary delivers a lecture on sin and its consequences, she's interrupted by several of her former students, who have little positive to say ab...

With Friends Like These
1998
as Joanne Hersh
Four small-time, two-bit character actors, all close friends, compete for the same important part in the next Martin Scorsese mob film.

Suicide Kings
1997
as Lydia
Carlo, a former mobster, is abducted by five privileged young men desperate to raise a $2 million ransom to save the sister of a friend. As Carlo play...

The Apocalypse
1997
as Goad
A salvage pilot and a bartender go up against a crazed computer programmer and the head of a criminal gang who have equipped a spaceship with nuclear ...
Sunset Boulevard - 27 Meilen Amerika
1997
as Self (uncredited)
Schmidt follows the 27 miles of the “street of life” to Pacific Palisades, where the boulevard ends at the ocean. While interviews with celebrities f...

Eat Your Heart Out
1997
as Jacqueline Fosburg
A womanizer gets his own cooking show and, ironically, the females who call in end up airing their relationship problems to him.

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996
as Narrator / Spirit of the Movies
A documentary reflecting on women in film and the entertainment industry through the ages led and hosted by some of its most beloved female icons.

The Right to Remain Silent
1996
as Nicole Savita
Bright and eager to hit the streets in search of bad guys, rookie cop Christine Paley is disappointed when she's instead assigned to process criminals...

Stuart Saves His Family
1995
as Julia
A self-help advocate struggles to put his dysfunctional family in its place.

Nina Takes a Lover
1995
as Nina
Laura San Giacomo stars in this sexy comedy about adultery. When Nina's (San Giacomo) husband goes out of town for several weeks on a business trip, N...

The Stand
1994
as Nadine Cross
After a deadly plague kills most of the world's population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the othe...

For Their Own Good
1993
as Jo Mandell
A factory worker gets an ultimatum from her employer that she agree to be sterilized or be fired.

Where the Day Takes You
1992
as The Interviewer
King is a young man, but he's already a veteran of life on the streets of Los Angeles. The de facto leader of a group of teenage runaways, King acts a...

Under Suspicion
1991
as Angeline
In the late 1950s, British police officer Tony Aaron resigns from the force after sleeping with Hazel, wife of the man whose house he was supposed to ...

Once Around
1991
as Jan Bella
Renata Bella feels like a failure at life and career. But when Renata attends a seminar on selling real estate, she finally finds True Love. Sam Sharp...

Quigley Down Under
1990
as Crazy Cora
American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley find...

Vital Signs
1990
as Lauren Rose
As they enter their third year of medical school, a group of young students must prepare to decide what they intend to specialize in. Somehow, they mu...

Pretty Woman
1990
as Kit De Luca
While on a business trip in Los Angeles, Edward Lewis, a millionaire entrepreneur who makes a living buying and breaking up companies, picks up a pros...

sex, lies, and videotape
1989
as Cynthia Bishop
Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. Unbeknownst to her, her husband John has begun an affair with her sister. W...

SEGAL
N/A
as Self
From a shy kid on Long Island to Hollywood Leading Man, during its most prolific decades, legendary entertainer George Segal shares his life story.