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My Take
Jennifer Esposito has always struck me as an actor with more grit than her billing suggests. In ensemble films like Summer of Sam and Crash she carved out memorable space alongside heavyweight casts, and her comic timing in Taxi deserved more credit than it received. What earns my real respect is her refusal to wait for permission: she moved into directing and built her own platform rather than letting the industry define her. Brooklyn toughness is a cliché until you watch someone actually live it. I suspect her best chapters will be the ones she writes and directs herself.
Overview
Jennifer Esposito (born April 11, 1973) is an American actress and director. She is known for her roles in the feature films Summer of Sam (1999), Don't Say a Word (2001), The Master of Disguise (2002), Welcome to Collinwood (2002), Crash (2004), Taxi (2004), and Mob Town (2019).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jennifer Esposito
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェニファー・エスポジート
- Reading
- じぇにふぁー・えすぽじーと
- Born
- April 11, 1973 (age 53)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Ox
- Origin
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / actor / television actor / voice actor / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Moore Catholic High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.