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Lourdes Benedicto is a Actor American born on 12 november 1974 at Brooklyn (USA)
Lourdes Benedicto (born November 12, 1974) is an American actress of Filipino and Spanish descent. She is perhaps most well known for her starring roles on the television series 24 as Carrie Turner, as Eva Rios on The Nine, and for her role as Alicia Lawson on the short-lived series Cashmere Mafia.
She has had recurring roles on NYPD Blue, ER and Dawson's Creek. She was a main cast member on the first season of the television series V, playing the character Valerie Stevens.
Her film debut was in Permanent Midnight (1998) and she followed that up with roles in Drive Me Crazy (1999), The Fighting Temptations (2003) and Unbeatable Harold (2005).
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Benedicto was born in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.She has had recurring roles on NYPD Blue, ER and Dawson's Creek. She was a main cast member on the first season of the television series V, playing the character Valerie Stevens.
Her film debut was in Permanent Midnight (1998) and she followed that up with roles in Drive Me Crazy (1999), The Fighting Temptations (2003) and Unbeatable Harold (2005).
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Unbeatable Harold (2006)
, 1h22Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Nicole DeHuff, Dylan McDermott, Willam Belli, Henry Winkler, Gladys Knight, Phyllis Diller
Roles Cinnamon
Rating50%
Silver Bells (2005)
, 1h35Directed by Dick Lowry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Anne Heche, Tate Donovan, Courtney Elizabeth Jines, John Benjamin Hickey, Max Martini, Lourdes Benedicto
Roles Lizzie
Rating63%
Every year, widower Christy Byrne (Tate Donovan) has traveled from Nova Scotia with his children to sell their homegrown Christmas trees in New York City. His son Danny (Michael Mitchell) is not into the family business, but instead has a true passion for photography. One year in New York City, Danny gets into an argument with Christy and runs away, leaving Christy and his daughter Bridget (Courtney Jines) to return home without him. The next year, the two return to New York City to sell the trees while Christy goes out every night looking for Danny.
The Fighting Temptations (2003)
, 2h3Directed by Jonathan Lynn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Musical films
Actors Cuba Gooding Jr., Beyoncé, LaTanya Richardson, Steve Harvey, Mike Epps, Wendell Pierce
Roles Rosa Lopez
Rating56%
In 1980, a young boy named Darrin Hill (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) and his mother, MaryAnn (Faith Evans), are run out of town after MaryAnn was soon discovered to be a singing secular music when she also sings in a church choir. Aunt Sally (Ann Nesby) attempts to defend MaryAnn, but it fails. The church's cowardly pastor, Reverend Lewis (Wendell Pierce), is too afraid of the other church members to let her stay. MaryAnn and Darrin are last seen saying goodbye to Aunt Sally, as they sadly wave goodbye with each other. In 2003, Darrin has grown up to become a successful advertising executive in New York City with a bad habit of lying. Darrin's only true friend and secretary, Rosa Lopez (Lourdes Benedicto), does a good job at keeping his credit problems under control. However, Darrin has achieved so much under false pretenses and faked his college degree and high school diploma. Darrin also lied about being the son of a congressman, and his lies soon catch up with him and get him in trouble with his paranoid boss (Dakin Matthews) and Darrin loses his job. After being tracked down by a private investigator, Darrin soon finds out that Aunt Sally has died.
Two Days (2003)
, 1h27Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about suicide
Actors Paul Rudd, Donal Logue, Mackenzie Astin, Adam Scott, Stacey Travis, Karl Wiedergott
Roles Rachel Adams
Rating61%
The Locket (2002)
, 1h40Directed by Karen Arthur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Vanessa Redgrave, Marguerite Moreau, Chad Willett, Lori Heuring, Lourdes Benedicto, Terry O'Quinn
Roles Amanda Ibarra
Rating69%
Esther (Redgrave) is a disillusioned and bitter nursing home resident who shares much with her attendant, Michael (Willett), in terms of personal sacrifices that they have both made. Esther also hides a dark secret. Michael has spent the last several years of his life looking after his cancer-stricken late mother and now faces rejection from his fiancee's father. Michael makes it his mission to improve the last years of Esther's life.
Drive Me Crazy (1999)
, 1h31Directed by John Schultz
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Melissa Joan Hart, Adrian Grenier, Stephen Collins, Ali Larter, Susan May Pratt, Mark Webber
Roles Chloe Frost
Rating58%
Nicole Maris (Melissa Joan Hart) and Chase Hammond (Adrian Grenier) live next door to each other. Nicole lives with her divorced mother and Chase's mother died of cancer, making them two teens living with their single parents. However, they are worlds apart. Nicole is up on the latest fashions; Chase, on the latest protest. She wouldn't miss a pep rally or basketball game with her scheming socialite friends; he can usually be found in a dark coffee room with his friends who don't care what they wear.
Permanent Midnight (1998)
, 1h28Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about films, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Mise en scène d'un scénariste
Actors Ben Stiller, Maria Bello, Elizabeth Hurley, Jay Paulson, Owen Wilson, Peter Greene
Roles Vola
Rating61%
Approaching the end of a drug rehabilitation program, Jerry Stahl (Stiller) quits his job at a fast food restaurant on an impulse when an attractive woman named Kitty (Bello) pulls up at the drive-through window. The two check into a motel, where Jerry tells her about his life in between bouts of sex. A series of flashbacks, intercut with their conversations, details his working life to this point.