Gina Gallego is an American

United States

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 actress, known for her work in television

Television

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.

Gallego was born in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California

California

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, daughter of Maria, a homemaker, and George Gallego, a landscape designer.

Her credits include: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is an American science fiction adventure television series produced by Universal Studios. The series ran for two seasons between 1979–1981, and the feature-length pilot episode for the series was released as a theatrical film several months before the series aired....

, Flamingo Road (she played Alicia Sanchez Weldon), Remington Steele

Remington Steele

Remington Steele is an American television series, co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. The series, starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan, was produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from 1982 to 1987. The series blended the genres of romantic...

, Airwolf

Airwolf

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, Rituals

Rituals (TV series)

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 (she played Diandra Santiago Gallagher), Knight Rider, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara (TV series)

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 (she played Santana Andrade), Seinfeld

Seinfeld

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, Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210

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, ER

ER (TV series)

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, NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

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, JAG

JAG (TV series)

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 and The O.C.

The O.C.

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During her role in Seinfeld

Seinfeld

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, Gallego played a neighbor of Jerry's whose intimidating boyfriend Martin, played by C.E. Grimes, falls into a suicidal coma. Gallego's character was coming on to Jerry despite her boyfriend being in a severe coma

Coma

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. Gallego appeared in the 2009 horror film Murder World alongside Scout Taylor-Compton

Scout Taylor-Compton

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. In 2010, Gallego joined the cast of Days of Our Lives

Days of our Lives

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 as recurring character, Warden Smith.

Today, Gallego is married to actor Joel Bailey, and is the mother of one son, Brendan.

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