Stephanie Zimbalist

For me, Stephanie Zimbalist will always be Laura Holt, the real detective forced to invent a male figurehead just to be taken seriously. That premise crystallizes everything I admire about her work: wit braided with quiet defiance. Born into an acting dynasty, she could have coasted, but instead she stretched across stage, television, film, and even screenwriting. What strikes me most is her refusal to trade on spectacle or scandal. She kept a personal website and built a career on craft rather than noise. I respect performers who stay rooted in the work itself, and she clearly is one of them.

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Name (English)

Stephanie Zimbalist

Name (Japanese)

ステファニー・ジンバリスト

Reading

すてふぁにー・じんばりすと

Born

October 8, 1956 (age 70)

Origin

Manhattan, New York, United States

Occupation

actor / stage actor / television actor / film actor / screenwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Monkey

• Official sitehttps://www.stephaniezimbalist.net/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie%20Zimbalist
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%B3%E3%83%90%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141680

Tags

• New York
• actor
• stage actor
• television actor

Last updated

October 8, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.