Socorro Santiago

American actress
Socorro Santiago
Born
OccupationActress
Years active1977–present

Socorro Santiago is an American actress who has made occasional appearances in Law & Order and a recurring role on All My Children as Isabella Santos from 1993 to 2004.

Santiago was born in New York City to a Puerto Rican mother and Mexican father and attended Juilliard.[1][2] Initially she began her career as a dancer in dance troupe before moving into acting.[3] She made her acting debut in the 1977 Off-Broadway play Crack and her Broadway debut in the 1980 play The Bacchae.[1]

Awards

  • 1998 ALMA Award nomination Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Soap Opera for All My Children[4]
  • 1999 ALMA Award winner Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Soap Opera for All My Children[5][6]
  • 2008 IRNE Awards nomination Best Actress (Drama) for Boleros for the Disenchanted[7]

Filmography

Film

  • Raw Deal (1986) - Nurse at Center
  • A Shock to the System (1990) - Rental Car Attendant, Additional Dialogue
  • Heaven's Prisoners (1996) - Spanish Nun
  • Night Falls on Manhattan (1996) - Lab Assistant
  • The Associate (1996) - Syntonex Worker
  • Hurricane Streets (1997) - Gloria
  • The Devil's Advocate (1997) - Nurse #1
  • Happiness (1998) - Crying Teacher
  • Lulu on the Bridge (1998) - Paramedic #1
  • Music of the Heart (1999) - Lucy's Mother
  • Virgin (2003) - Lorna
  • Breaking Point (2009) - Nurse Rawlings
  • All Good Things (2010) - Nurse
  • Butterflies of Bill Baker (2013) - Nerse Bertha
  • Gabriel (2014) - Rosa
  • An Ornament of Faith (2017) - Mother
  • Widows (2018) - Lita
  • Vampires vs. the Bronx (2020) - Tía Maria

Television

  • The Cosby Mysteries (1994) - Doris Montero
  • New York News (1995) - Mary Ann
  • Third Watch (1999–2000) - Mrs. Caffey
    • "History of the World" (1999)
    • "Alone in a Crowd" (2000)
    • "This Band of Brothers" (2000)
  • All My Children (1993–2004) - Isabella Santos
  • Law & Order (1991–2005)
    • "God Bless the Child" (1991) - Cora Amado
    • "Cruel and Unusual" (1995) - Clarice Reynolds
    • "Working Mom" (1997) - Teresa Regalado
    • "Punk" (1998) - Alma Cabrera
    • "White Lie" (2001) - Teresa Martinez
    • "Sheltered" (2003) - Anna Rodriguez
    • "Life Line" (2005) - Estela Richter
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2005)
    • "Ex Statis" (2005) - Mrs. Raphael
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2011-2014)
    • "Personal Fouls" (2011) - Domenica Ramos
    • "Funny Valentine" (2013) - Judge P. Ortiz
    • "Traumatic Wounds" (2013) - Judge P. Ortiz
    • "Downloaded Child" (2014) - Judge P. Ortiz

Voice acting

  • Frontline (1999)
  • Smuggler's Run (2000) - Conchita Gonzalez
  • Dora the Explorer (2004–2006) - Mami, Tía
  • True Crime: New York City (2005) - Teresa[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Willis, John (March 2000). Theatre World 1994-1995. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. p. 223. ISBN 978-1557832504.
  2. ^ May, Rebecca (28 May 1997). "Santiago knows what's in a name". St. Albans Daily Messenger. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. ^ McBain, Roger (11 November 1992). "Visiting performer spreads multi-culturalism". Evansville Courier. p. A4.
  4. ^ "1998 NCLR ALMA Awards" (PDF). ALMA Awards Official Website. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  5. ^ "1999 NCLR ALMA Awards" (PDF). ALMA Awards Official Website. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  6. ^ Baxter, Kevin (12 April 1999). "Something's Missing From Latino Arts Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  7. ^ "2008 IRNE Awards". Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  8. ^ Luxoflux. True Crime: New York City. Activision. Scene: Pause menu credits, 4:29:36 in, VOICE TALENT.

External links

  • Socorro Santiago at IMDb