Nina Siemaszko
Acting
Born July 14, 1970, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Antonina Jadwiga Siemaszko (born July 14, 1970) is an American actress, best known for her film roles in Little Noises (1991), The Saint of Fort Washington (1993), and for her role as Eleanor Bartlet in The West Wing (2001–2006). Siemaszko was born in Chicago. Her father, Konstanty Siemaszko, was a Polish-born Roman Catholic, and a survivor of the Polish Underground and the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He escaped to the United Kingdom where he met Nina's mother, Collette McAllister. One of her brothers is actor Casey Siemaszko. Her other brother, Corky, is a writer for the Daily News and a reporter at NBC News. She attended The Theatre School at DePaul University. She played an undercover cop in Reservoir Dogs featured in a scene that wound up on the cutting room floor ensuring that the work became a rare example of a film containing no dialogue delivered by an actress. It was released on DVD. She played Mia Farrow in the CBS miniseries Sinatra. She played the leading role in Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue.
Filmography
- The Paper
- 2018Hailey Dean Mysteries: A Will to Kill — Olivia
- 2017The Hatred — Miriam
- Togetherness — Lindsay
- Monday Mornings
- 2013The Bling Ring — Vegas Detective (Female)
- 2011The Artist — Admiring Woman
- Past Life — Sharon Moody
- Eli Stone — Katie Bochner
- 2008The Haunting of Molly Hartley — Dr. Emerson
- 2007Mystery Woman: In the Shadows — Cassie Hillman
- Private Practice — Kathleen
- Saving Grace — Heather
- 2006Mystery Woman: At First Sight — Cassie Hillman
- 2006Mystery Woman: Oh Baby — Cassie Hillman
- 2006Mystery Woman: Redemption — Cassie Hillman
- 2006Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery — Cassie Hillman
- Grey's Anatomy — Kate Carlson
- 2005Mystery Woman: Game Time — Cassie Hillman
- 2005Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend — Cassie Hillman
- 2005Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder — Cassie Hillman
- 2005Mystery Woman: Snapshot — Cassie Hillman
- 2005Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder — Cassie Hillman
- 2003A Carol Christmas — Roberta
- Cold Case — Julie Vera
- Without a Trace — Celia Cutler
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Claudia Duffy
- The Guardian — Suzanna Clemons
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Linley Parker
- 2000Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes — Holly Proudfit
- 2000The Darkling — Marla Obold
- The Huntress
- 1999Goodbye Lover — Newscaster
- 1999Jakob the Liar — Rosa Frankfurter
- Judging Amy — Christy Wolinsky
- 1999The Big Tease — Betty Fuego
- The West Wing — Ellie Bartlet
- More Tales of the City — Mona Ramsey
- Sports Night — Holly
- 1997Breast Men — Upset Lady at the Convention (uncredited)
- 1997George B. — Angela
- 1997Kiss & Tell — Shelly
- 1997Runaway Car — Jenny Todd
- 1997Suicide Kings — Jennifer
- 1997The Long Way Home — (voice)
- 1996Johns — Prostitute
- 1995Power of Attorney — Maria
- 1995Sawbones — Jenny Sloan
- 1995The American President — Beth Wade
- 1994Airheads — Suzzi
- 1994Baby Brokers — Leeanne Dees
- Chicago Hope — Gloria McKinnon
- 1994Floundering — Gal
- 1993Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick — Trudy (archive footage)
- Tales of the City
- 1993The Saint of Fort Washington — Tamsen, la fille de Rosario
- 1993Twenty Bucks — Bank Teller
- 1992Little Noises — Dolores
- Red Shoe Diaries — Trudy
- Sinatra — Mia Farrow
- 1991Bed & Breakfast — Cassie
- 1991Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue — Blue McDonald
- 1989Lost Angels — Merilee
- Tales from the Crypt — Stella Bishop
- 1988License to Drive — Natalie Anderson
- 1988Tucker: The Man and His Dream — Marilyn Lee
- 1986One More Saturday Night — Karen Lundahl
- American Playhouse — Polly Stockman