Jennifer Esposito was born in Brooklyn, New York.
She launched her career with an appearance on
Law & Order (1990) in 1996, and
went on to play the character of "Stacey Paterno" in 36 episodes on the
hit TV series Chaos City (1996),
starring alongside
Michael J. Fox.
Her first major film was Spike Lee's
Summer of Sam (1999). Other famous
film credits include the Academy Award-winning film
L.A. Crash (2004) and
Ich weiß noch immer, was du letzten Sommer getan hast (1998).