Background
Esposito was born in Brooklyn, New York, the second of two daughters of Phyllis, an interior decorator, and Robert Esposito, a computer consultant and music producer.
Esposito was born in Brooklyn, New York, the second of two daughters of Phyllis, an interior decorator, and Robert Esposito, a computer consultant and music producer.
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
And Blue Bloods. She is of Italian descent. She was raised on Staten Island and is a graduate of Moore Catholic High School in Staten Island. Esposito made her first television appearance in Law & Order in 1996.
She then joined the cast of Spin City, where she appeared for two seasons.
She also appeared in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. One of her more notable roles was as Ruby in Spike Lee"s Summer of Sam in 1999, which was set against the late-1970s backdrop of the Son of Sam murders.
She was originally cast in the Mira Sorvino role, but had to take a different role due to scheduling conflicts. Esposito has made television appearances on the series Law & Order: SVU, Rescue Maine, and Mercy.
She was a regular cast member on Related and Samantha Who?.
In the third season, Esposito entered a dispute with Columbia Broadcasting System regarding doctor"s orders for her to cut back working hours due to her Celiac disease. After collapsing on set, requiring her to miss a week of work, Esposito informed Columbia Broadcasting System that her medical condition would limit her availability. Rather than work around her limited schedule, on October 20, 2012, Columbia Broadcasting System announced that her character was being placed on indefinite leave, and ultimately replaced her character.
Esposito therefore only appeared in six episodes that season, but received starring billing in all of them.
Columbia Broadcasting System would not let her take another role as long as she was under contract with Blue Bloods. In 2014, she joined on Taxi Brooklyn.
On February 10, 2015, Esposito joined the cast for the drama series Mistresses as Calista Raines. However, she left the series on September 25, 2015 after the third season.
Married Bradley Cooper, December 30, 2006 (separated 2007).