Thanks to her innate acting talents and expressive personality, she has been an active actress for almost four decades, turning from a wide-eyed ingenue into a mature wife and mother. Having earned a Daytime Emmy nod along the way, Kanakaredes is best appreciated for her incredible performances on two U.S. prime-time television drama series, i.e., playing Detective Stella Bonasera in CSI: NY and portraying Dr. Sydney Hansen in Providence. When it comes to movies, her notable turns include her feature debut in Gregory Hines’ interracial romance “Bleeding Hearts” (1994), as well as her minor roles in “The Long Kiss Goodnight” (1996), “Dangerous Beauty” (1998) and “15 Minutes” (2001).
