Born in Brooklyn, New YorkNY, Patricia began her acting career performing in high school. She landed her first off-off-Broadway role in La Mama's production of Woyzeck while at Queens College. Patricia went on to study acting at The the Juilliard School, and her first professional job was on Broadway, replacing Rita Moreno in The National Health at Circle in the Square.
More recently on Broadway, Patricia performed as Paulina in Death and the Maiden, with Gene Hackman and Richard Dreyfuss, during Glenn Close's absence; and in Othello, with James Earl Jones and Christopher Plummer. She can also be seen in the feature films, Don Juan DeMarco, starring Johnny Depp and Marlon Brando; Bruce Willis's action flick, Die Hard: With a Vengeance, and Went to Coney Island on a Mission From God, ... Be Back at 5, starring Jon Cryer.
Patricia is no stranger to daytime television, having played the contract role of Andrea Andropolous on As the World Turns. Her other television credits include roles in The Eddie Matos Story, and The Babysitters Club, Law & Order, Ghostwriter, and Kojak.
Patricia currently resides in Manhattan, with her husband, Dorian, and their son, Alexander.
Rescue Me
Franco's Mom
August 25, 2004
Boss of Bosses
Nina Castellano
2001
Law & Order
Female Friend
October 24, 2001
The Sopranos
Marie
May 20, 2001
Law & Order
Belinda Rojas
May 24, 2000
Now and Again
Realtor #1
October 15, 1999
Law & Order
Virginia Watts
April 30, 1997
One Life to Live
Carlotta Vega
1995 to June 25, 2009
Law & Order
Mrs. Fermi
November 12, 1991
Another World
Angie Perrini Frame #3
1977
Kojak
Yolanda
December 12, 1976
Freedomland
Judge
2006
Don't Say a Word
Sofia
2001
Jump Tomorrow
Consuelo
2001
Went to Coney Island on a Mission From God... Be Back by Five
Mrs. Muñoz
1998
I Think I Do
Ms. Rivera
1997
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Miss Thomas
1995
Don Juan DeMarco
Doña Querida
1995
Saving Grace
Lucia
1985
Natural Enemies
1979
PLACE OF BIRTH: Brooklyn, New York
DATE OF BIRTH: April 7, 1950
HEIGHT: 5'6"
HAIR: Dark Brown
EYES: Brown
MARITAL STATUS: Married, Dorian
