Alex Meneses
Date of birth: 1965-02-12
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Alexandra Meneses, Alexandra Simpson, الکس منسس
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Alexandra Estella DeAnna "Alex" Meneses (born February 12, 1965) is an American television and film actress and model. She was born in Chicago of Mexican American descent on her father's side and Ukrainian American descent on her mother's. Meneses studied acting at Chicago's The Second City Improvisational Theater during summer vacations. Immediately upon graduation from high school,she got a modeling contract in Milan, Italy. Originally she was to stay in Italy for only 3 months, but fell in love with Italy and stayed there for 2 years where she became a successful model. When Alex came back to the USA, she headed to Los Angeles, where she studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute. Meneses portrayed Teresa Morales in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, and has had significant recurring roles on Everybody Loves Raymond as Robert's Italian lover Stefania, Friends (1997, Third season) as Cookie (Joey Tribiani's sister), and The Hughleys. She has also appeared in Martial Law as Alex Delgado in the episode Lock Up and the films Amanda and the Alien, Selena, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Auto Focus, NCIS, and Funny Money. Alex has also appeared in numerous L.A. stage productions. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Meneses, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
2000-04-28
The Flintstones are at it again. The Flintstones and the Rubbles head for Rock Vegas with Fred hopin
Funny Money
2006-03-09
Henry Perkins, a mild-mannered accountant, accidentally trades briefcases with another man, to find
Selena
1997-03-21
In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Tex
Stealth Fighter
1999-01-01
A navy pilot fakes his own death and steals a stealth fighter plane from a U.S.A.F base. He then act
Xenophobia
2008-01-01
Living in Peril
1997-06-21
An architect is plagued by a series of mysterious accidents after arriving in L.A. to design an ecce
Amanda & the Alien
1998-02-01
Amanda, an employee at an upscale clothing store, is leading a relatively lonely and unremarkable li
Fire from Below
2009-01-01
Digging at a nearby cave, a careless industrialist unearths a vein of pure base Lithium and inadvert
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
2003-06-05
After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for
Ripped
2017-06-23
Two free-spirited stoners find themselves catapulted into 2016 after smoking some top secret pot cre
Wrong Turn at Tahoe
2009-11-16
A small-time crime boss kills a drug dealer without realizing that the drug dealer works for the big
The Princess and the Barrio Boy
2000-12-08
A teenager who dreams of becoming an Olympic swimmer has a romance with a boy from the wrong side of
Stickfighter
1994-01-01
D.E.A. Agent John Lambert (Kely McClung) fights the powerful drug cartels on a daily basis. But whe
The Wall of Mexico
2020-10-13
A young white handyman, hired by a wealthy Mexican-American family to upkeep their ranch, finds hims
Kissing Miranda
1995-02-25
A young man falls in love with a co-worker's mail order bride from Latin America.
The Round and Round
2002-06-01
A state proposes a law banning cock fights.
Auto Focus
2002-10-18
A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome
The Immortals
1995-10-05
An elaborate heist unites 8 strangers in a simultaneous assault on targets all over the city- and ex