Actor
Leslie Bega
April 17, 1967 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Leslie Rae Bega (born April 17, 1967) is an American theater, film and television actress. Bega was born in Los Angeles to a Sephardi Jewish father and Russian Jewish mother. Her paternal grandparents came to the United States from Spain. In addition to English, Bega speaks Spanish and French fluently. After graduating as valedictorian from Lycée Français de Los Angeles, Bega attended the University of Southern California. Bega is known for her performances in Head of the Class as Maria Borges, David Lynch's Lost Highway, as a recurring cast member in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, C-16: FBI and The Sopranos as Valentina La Paz. She is also featured as a dancer in the break dancing films Breakin and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. She played the role of Anna Lansky in 1991's Mobsters. She has appeared as a guest star in the television shows 21 Jump Street, Beverly Hills, 90210, The New Twilight Zone, and Highway To Heaven. Her theater work includes King Lear, at the Electric Theatre, The Merchant of Venice, Gypsy, Grease, The Sound of Music, and Maria in West Side Story at the Westchester Theatre.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Notable work
7.4Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
as Cameo (uncredited)
8.7The Sopranos (1999)
as Valentina la Paz
7.5Lost Highway (1997)
as Raquel
7American Dad! (2005)
as Ms. Anderson (voice)
7.6CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
as Leah
6.5Get Shorty (1995)
as Vikki Vespa
7.3Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)
as Marianne Moore
6.5The American President (1995)
as White House Staffer Laura (as Leslie Rae Bega)
7.3CSI: NY (2004)
as Grace Walderson
7.2Nip/Tuck (2003)
as Photographer
Often works with
Luke Perry
2 titles together
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, Beverly Hills, 90210
James Gandolfini
2 titles together
The Sopranos, Get Shorty
David Paymer
2 titles together
Get Shorty, The American President
Kelly Hu
2 titles together
CSI: NY, Martial Law
Anne E. Curry
2 titles together
Freddy's Nightmares, For Keeps
Peter DeLuise
2 titles together
21 Jump Street, seaQuest DSV
Full filmography · 30
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
as Cameo (uncredited)
20197.4
Dating Games People Play
as Mona Evans
2008
Time of Her Time
as Denise Gondelman
2000
The Last Producer
as Restaurant Manager (as Leslie Rae Bega)
2000
Against the Law
as Lucia the Liquor Store Clerk
1997
Lost Highway
as Raquel
19977.5
Power 98
as Denise
1996
The American President
as White House Staffer Laura (as Leslie Rae Bega)
19956.5
Get Shorty
as Vikki Vespa
19956.5
Mobsters
as Anna Lansky
19916.3
Uncaged
as Mickie
1991
For Keeps
as Carlita
19886.5