Gina Ravera
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Gina Ravera (born May 20, 1966[1]) is an American actress known for her role in the film Soul Food, in which she played the role of the wild and seductive Faith, a distant cousin.
Ravera was born Gina D. Ravarra in San Francisco, California, to a Puerto Rican father and African American mother.[2] She appeared in the film The Great Debaters, about the first African-American college debate team to be nationally successful and the man who created it. The film was produced by Oprah Winfrey and starred Denzel Washington as Mel Tolson, the man who eventually inspired his debate team to victory. Ravera played the wife.
[edit] Filmography
- ER (2006) ...as Dr. Betina De Jesus
- Everwood (2006) ... as Stacey
- Inconceivable ... as Tricia Santos
- The Closer (2005) ... as Detective Daniels
- Boston Legal (2004) ... as Dr. Amanda Gerard
- Soul Food (1997) ... as Faith
- Kiss the Girls (1997) ... as Naomi Cross
- Get on the Bus (1996)
- Showgirls (1995) ... as Molly Abrams
- NYPD Blue (1994) ... as Shawanda Wilson
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993) ... (as Gina Ravarra) as Ensign Tyler
- Frasier (1993) ... (as Gina Ravarra) ... as Waitress
- Melrose Place (1992) ... (as Gina Ravarra) ... Episode "Second Chances" as Theresa
- The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (1990) ... as Cheryl
[edit] References
- ^ Birth date confirmed at the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Date of birth for Gina D. Ravarra is 20 May 1966.
- ^ Gina Ravera: pulls double-duty TV dramas and stars on the silver screen. | Jet (September, 2007)
