Laura San Giacomo
Three episodes from the television series in 1987 featured San Giacomo for his first television appearance. Two of the most memorable appearances were in Crime Story in 1988 for the episode "Protected Witness" (Season 2 Episode 13) as Theresa Fassino, and in Miami Vice in 1989 for the episode "Leap of Faith" (Season 5 Episode 21) as Tania Lewis. The year before their marriage, Cameron Dye, her prospective husband, also was a guest on the Miami Vice episode. She had previously been a regular on All My Children, playing the character of Louisa Sanchez, a Latina common-law spouse of Mitch Beck, (Brian Fitzpatrick). Her appearance on the show threatened to sever his relationship with Hillary Martin (Carmen Thomas). However, San Giacomo was first acknowledged for her acting in Steven Soderbergh’s Sex videotape, Lies, and Sex (1989). This film marks her first appearance as an actor with credit (her role in the role of Sandy in the 1988 movie Miles from Home was not credi