Gina Ravera stars as Detective Irene Daniels on TNT's "The Closer."
Actress and classically-trained dancer Gina Ravera's career spans off-Broadway to television and major motion pictures.
Gina Ravera's film credits, among many others, include "The Great Debaters," opposite Denzel Washington, director George Tillman's award-winning "Soul Food," "Kiss The Girls" with Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd, Spike Lee's "Get On The Bus" and Paul Verhoeven's cult classic "Showgirls."
Gina Ravera has starred in popular television series' including "ER" and "Time of Your Life;" and has been recurring or featured in numerous other series' including "Boston Legal," "Everwood," "NYPD Blue," "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Frasier" and "Melrose Place."
Gina Ravera has starred in critically-acclaimed television movies that include "The Temptations" and "The Soul of the Game" and she recently played the role of Jennifer Pryor in Showtime's "Pryor Offenses," based on the life of the late Richard Pryor.
In 2008, Gina Ravera was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series alongside the cast of "The Closer." In 2007, also for "The Closer," she was the nominee for a Vision Award for Best Actress in a Drama. Gina Ravera also has garnered nominations for the Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actress, the ALMA Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Made-for-Television Movie and a NAMIC Award. Gina Ravera is the founder of non-profit organization Project Reina, which educates young African-American and Latina girls about HIV/AIDS prevention.
Actress and classically-trained dancer Gina Ravera's career spans off-Broadway to television and major motion pictures.
Gina Ravera's film credits, among many others, include "The Great Debaters," opposite Denzel Washington, director George Tillman's award-winning "Soul Food," "Kiss The Girls" with Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd, Spike Lee's "Get On The Bus" and Paul Verhoeven's cult classic "Showgirls."
Gina Ravera has starred in popular television series' including "ER" and "Time of Your Life;" and has been recurring or featured in numerous other series' including "Boston Legal," "Everwood," "NYPD Blue," "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Frasier" and "Melrose Place."
Gina Ravera has starred in critically-acclaimed television movies that include "The Temptations" and "The Soul of the Game" and she recently played the role of Jennifer Pryor in Showtime's "Pryor Offenses," based on the life of the late Richard Pryor.
In 2008, Gina Ravera was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series alongside the cast of "The Closer." In 2007, also for "The Closer," she was the nominee for a Vision Award for Best Actress in a Drama. Gina Ravera also has garnered nominations for the Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actress, the ALMA Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Made-for-Television Movie and a NAMIC Award. Gina Ravera is the founder of non-profit organization Project Reina, which educates young African-American and Latina girls about HIV/AIDS prevention.