Nina Siemaszko
Known For
Acting
Born
1970-07-14 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
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.
Most Known For
Grey's Anatomy
as Kate Carlson
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Linley Parker
The West Wing
as Ellie Bartlet
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Claudia Duffy
Cold Case
as Julie Vera
Private Practice
as Kathleen
Without a Trace
as Celia Cutler
Tales from the Crypt
as Stella Bishop
Chicago Hope
as Gloria McKinnon
Judging Amy
as Christy Wolinsky
The Guardian
as Suzanna Clemons
Red Shoe Diaries
as Trudy
Saving Grace
as Heather
Eli Stone
as Katie Bochner
Sports Night
Togetherness
as Lindsay
Twenty Bucks
as Bank Teller
Tales of the City
The Huntress
The Artist
as Admiring Woman