Lourdes Benedicto

• Name — Lourdes Benedicto • Born — 12 November 1974 • Years Active — 1990–present • Occupation — Actress • Alma Mater — Carnegie Mellon University

Benedicto was raised in Flushing, Queens, and she graduated from the Conservatory Drama Program at Carnegie Mellon University.

Benedicto has had recurring roles on NYPD Blue (1996–97, 2000), ER (2001), Dawson's Creek (2001), 24 (2003). She played Eva Rios in The Nine (2006–07) and Valerie Stevens in the remake of the science fiction television series V (2009–10). Other series performances have been in Major Crimes (2017), Animal Kingdom (2018), and The Kominsky Method (2021). Her film debut was in Permanent Midnight (1998). She had subsequent roles in Drive Me Crazy (1999), The Fighting Temptations (2003) and Unbeatable Harold (2005).

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1996–2000 — NYPD Blue — Gina Martinez — 22 episodes • 1999 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Angela Torres/Sho-Ling Fu — Episode: "Stocks & Bondage" • 2000 — Resurrection Blvd. — Darcy — 2 episodes • 2000–2001 — Titans — Samantha Sanchez — 13 episodes • 2001 — ER — Rena Trujillo — 5 episodes • 2001 — Strong Medicine — Carmen Infante — Episode: "Relief" • 2001 — Dawson's Creek — Karen Torres — 7 episodes • 2003 — 24 — Carrie Turner — 11 episodes • 2003 — The — Lisa Falward — Episode: "Blood" • 2005 — The — Eva Cortez — Episode: "Grains of Sand" • 2006–2007 — The — Eva Rios — 13 episodes • 2008 — Cashmere Mafia — Alicia Lawson — 6 episodes • 2008 — Numb3rs — Estella Ramirez — Episode: "Thirty-Six Hours" • 2009–2010 — V — Valerie Stevens — 10 episodes • 2013 — NCIS — Rebecca Childis — Episode: "Chasing Ghosts" • 2017 — Pure Genius — Claudia Guerrero — Episode: "Hero Worship" • 2017 — Major Crimes — Sarah Galvez — 4 episodes • 2018 — Animal Kingdom — Episode: "Off the Tit" • 2020 — Shameless — Tasha — Episode: "Location, Location, Location" • 2020–2022 — 9-1-1: Lone Star — Curandera — 2 episodes • 2021 — The Kominsky Method — Episode: "Chapter 20. The Round Toes, of the High Shoes"