Gina Ravera

Gina Ravera (born May 20, 1966) is an American actress from San Francisco, California. She is best known for the role of Irene Daniels during the first four^[1] seasons TNT's Emmy Award winning crime drama The Closer, and was the only regular cast member to leave the series during its run. She is of African-American and Puerto Rican descent.

She is a classically trained dancer.

Ravera was part of the main cast of Time of Your Life, a spin-off series of Fox's popular hit teen drama Party of Five. The cast was headed by Jennifer Love Hewitt and other notable main cast members included Jennifer Garner and Pauley Perrette before they gained recognition for their own hit television shows Alias and NCIS respectively.

Her acting credits include Soul Food, The Closer, ER, and The Great Debaters.^[2]

Selected filmography

• Silk Stalkings (1993–1994)
• Showgirls (1995)
• Get on the Bus (1996)
• Soul Food (1997)
• Kiss the Girls (1997)
• The Temptations (1998)
• Rhapsody (TV movie) (2000)
• Time of Your Life (1999–2001)
• Bones (2001)
• Gas (2004)
• Boston Legal (2004)
• The Closer (2005–2009)
• ER (2006–2008)
• The Great Debaters (2007)^[2]

References

External links

• Gina Ravera at the Internet Movie Database
• Gina Ravera at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)