Alicia Coppola
Alicia Coppola is an American actress. She became known for playing Lorna Devon in the soap opera "Another World" from 1991 to 1994. Afterwards, she made regular and guest star appearances in various television series, notably "Jericho" and "Blood & Treasure" and appeared in films such as "". Early life. Born in Huntington, New York, Coppola graduated from the Kent School in Kent, Connecticut, in 1986 and earned a bachelor's degree in political anthropology and philosophy from New York University in 1990. She is the sister of film producer Matthew Coppola and cousin of film producer Denise Di Novi . She does not appear to be related to the Coppola family of actors and filmmakers. Career. Coppola began her career as a hostess on the MTV game show "Remote Control". In 1991, she joined the cast of the soap opera "Another World" playing the vixen Lorna Devon, the long-lost daughter of popular character Felicia Gallant. She played the role until 1994. Her better-known TV jobs include a recurring role on "Trinity" (1998–99), a starring role on the American remake of the British comedy "Cold Feet" (1999), and top billing on the TNT drama "Bull" (2000). She played Leesa  in a 1999 episode of "Sports Night", appeared briefly as Lt. Stadi in the pilot episode of "", played a cannibalistic murderer on "", a widow who marries her late husband's killer on "", and appeared several times as JAG lawyer Lieutenant Commander Faith Coleman on "JAG" and "NCIS" (she also appeared in an episode of "", but as a different character). In 2003, she starred alongside Gary Oldman and Ving Rhames in the film "Sin", and played a Hollywood rehab stereotype by the name of Toni Stark on "Dawson's Creek". She played a power company public relations representative in a 2004  episode of "Monk". Coppola also took on the unusual role of a female serial killer agreeing to help catch her copycat in the 2005 episode of "Crossing Jordan" titled "Road Kill". She had a recurring role on NBC's "American Dreams", playing the role of Nancy. She appeared on "Two and a Half Men" as Dr. Michelle Talmadge, in the episode "Woo-Hoo, a Hernia Exam!" (2005). Coppola played a short role on the Fox television series "Bones" in 2005 as Joy Deaver in the episode, "The Girl in the Fridge". Coppola also had a role as a Muslim intelligence  analyst working for the Los Angeles branch of the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU), in a single episode of "24", named Azara ("1–2 am" during Day 4). All four of her scenes were cut from the broadcast episode, but are restored as extras on the Day 4 DVD. In them, she discovers a lead in the investigation which is originally dismissed by fellow analyst Edgar Stiles, who suspects her because of her religion. Edgar later apologizes to her when her lead turns out to be important. Starting in the fall of 2006, she appeared in the recurring role of IRS Agent  Mimi Clark in the post-apocalyptic drama "Jericho". She became a series regular in February 2007. She was an FBI agent in "", also directed by "Jericho" executive producer Jon Turteltaub. Coppola appeared on the season 2 episode "Little Angels" of CBS' "", playing FBI agent Amy Rand, an expert on kidnapping cases. She has also appeared on "The Nine Lives of Chloe King" as Valentina, the leader of the Mai. She appeared on "Monk" in "Mr. Monk and the Blackout" as the power plant public relations spokesperson and as Monk's date. She appeared in the MTV series "Teen Wolf" as  the powerful Alpha werewolf Talia Hale. In 2014, she appeared on "Sons of Anarchy" as Mildred Treal in the episode "Faith and Despondency". Coppola returned to daytime soap operas for the first time in twenty years when she took a recurring role on CBS's "The Young and the Restless" in spring 2016. Coppola appeared as Dr. Tammy Brunner in a 2017 episode of "Designated Survivor". Personal life. Coppola is married to actor, writer, and producer Anthony Michael Jones, best known for appearing in "General Hospital" as Father Coates, a recurring occasional role which he played in 11 episodes from  2002 through 2010. They have three daughters.