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Veteran film and television actress Leslie Bega can now be seen co-starring as "Valentina La Paz" on the HBO Emmy Award winning television series "The Soprano's" as Tony Soprano's girlfriend. In addition, Leslie also can be seen as a diametrically opposite character to Valentina named Leah Banks on ABC's Emmy Award winning show "CSI". Leslie recently completed a starring role in the independent feature film "Dating Games People Play", a romantic comedy directed by Stephen Mark. The film is scheduled for release in late 2004. A Los Angeles native, Leslie spent a great deal of her childhood in New York. After graduating with honors as her high school class valedictorian from 11 years at the prestigious Los Angeles private French school Le Lycee Francais, she attended college at The University of Southern California majoring in cinema with a minor in drama. Making her acting debut at the age of six in the Broadway play "The Patriots", Leslie went on to star in countless television commercials and then moved into episodics and film.In the late eighties, Leslie landed a starring role in the long running top-ten ABC television sitcom "Head Of The Class". Her follow up television series was ABC's "C-16 FBI" alongside Eric Roberts, Angie Harmon and DB Sweeney. Leslie has been in 15 motion pictures including David Lynch's "Lost Highway", "Get Shorty", directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, and Rob Reiners "The American President." After 19 years of vocal /singing training, in 2001, Leslie performed a solo singing performance at Lincoln Center.
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