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Nina Siemaszko
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.
As actor
Hailey Dean Mysteries: A Will to Kill
The Hatred
The Bling Ring
The Artist
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
Mystery Woman: In the Shadows
Mystery Woman: Redemption
Mystery Woman: Oh Baby
Mystery Woman: At First Sight
Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery
Mystery Woman: Game Time
Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder
Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend
Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder
Mystery Woman: Snapshot
A Carol Christmas
Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes
The Darkling
The Big Tease
Goodbye Lover
Jakob the Liar
Suicide Kings
Breast Men
Runaway Car
The Long Way Home
George B.
Kiss & Tell
Johns
The American President
Sawbones