Nina Siemaszko
Acting • Born 1970-07-14
Biography
Antonina Jadwiga Siemaszko (born July 14, 1970) is an American actress, best known for her film roles in Little Noises (1991), The Saint of Fort Washington (1993), and for her role as Eleanor Bartlet in The West Wing (2001–2006). Siemaszko was born in Chicago. Her father, Konstanty Siemaszko, was a Polish-born Roman Catholic, and a survivor of the Polish Underground and the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He escaped to the United Kingdom where he met Nina's mother, Collette McAllister. One of her brothers is actor Casey Siemaszko. Her other brother, Corky, is a writer for the Daily News and a reporter at NBC News. She attended The Theatre School at DePaul University. She played an undercover cop in Reservoir Dogs featured in a scene that wound up on the cutting room floor ensuring that the work became a rare example of a film containing no dialogue delivered by an actress. It was released on DVD. She played Mia Farrow in the CBS miniseries Sinatra. She played the leading role in Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue.
Filmography
66 credits
Suicide Kings
Movie • 1997
Jennifer
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
Movie • 1991
Blue McDonald
The Big Tease
Movie • 1999
Betty Fuego
The American President
Movie • 1995
Beth Wade
Airheads
Movie • 1994
Suzzi
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Movie • 1988
Marilyn Lee
License to Drive
Movie • 1988
Natalie Anderson
Lost Angels
Movie • 1989
Merilee
Breast Men
Movie • 1997
Upset Lady at the Convention (uncredited)
Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes
Movie • 2000
Holly Proudfit
Mystery Woman: Game Time
Movie • 2005
Cassie Hillman
The Artist
Movie • 2011
Admiring Woman
The Saint of Fort Washington
Movie • 1993
Tamsen, la fille de Rosario
The Bling Ring
Movie • 2013
Vegas Detective (Female)
Mystery Woman: Redemption
Movie • 2006
Cassie Hillman
Runaway Car
Movie • 1997
Jenny Todd
Little Noises
Movie • 1992
Dolores
Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder
Movie • 2005
Cassie Hillman
The Long Way Home
Movie • 1997
(voice)
Mystery Woman: In the Shadows
Movie • 2007
Cassie Hillman
Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend
Movie • 2005
Cassie Hillman
Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder
Movie • 2005
Cassie Hillman
Bed & Breakfast
Movie • 1991
Cassie
Sawbones
Movie • 1995
Jenny Sloan
Mystery Woman: Oh Baby
Movie • 2006
Cassie Hillman
Power of Attorney
Movie • 1995
Maria
Floundering
Movie • 1994
Gal
Mystery Woman: At First Sight
Movie • 2006
Cassie Hillman
The Darkling
Movie • 2000
Marla Obold
Mystery Woman: Snapshot
Movie • 2005
Cassie Hillman
Baby Brokers
Movie • 1994
Leeanne Dees
Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
Movie • 1993
Trudy (archive footage)
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
Movie • 2008
Dr. Emerson
Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery
Movie • 2006
Cassie Hillman
The Hatred
Movie • 2017
Miriam
Johns
Movie • 1996
Prostitute
George B.
Movie • 1997
Angela
A Carol Christmas
Movie • 2003
Roberta
One More Saturday Night
Movie • 1986
Karen Lundahl
Goodbye Lover
Movie • 1999
Newscaster
Hailey Dean Mysteries: A Will to Kill
Movie • 2018
Olivia
Kiss & Tell
Movie • 1997
Shelly
Twenty Bucks
Movie • 1993
Bank Teller
Jakob the Liar
Movie • 1999
Rosa Frankfurter
Eli Stone
TV • 2008
Katie Bochner
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Linley Parker
Judging Amy
TV • 1999
Christy Wolinsky
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Julie Vera
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Stella Bishop
Sports Night
TV • 1998
More Tales of the City
TV • 1998
Mona Ramsey
Private Practice
TV • 2007
Kathleen
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Claudia Duffy
The Huntress
TV • 2000
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Gloria McKinnon
Tales of the City
TV • 1993
Sinatra
TV • 1992
Mia Farrow
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Kate Carlson
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Ellie Bartlet
Red Shoe Diaries
TV • 1992
Trudy
Monday Mornings
TV • 2013
Togetherness
TV • 2015
Lindsay
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Celia Cutler
The Guardian
TV • 2001
Suzanna Clemons
Saving Grace
TV • 2007
Heather
Past Life
TV • 2010
Sharon Moody