Gina Ravera Biography:

Gina Ravera is not only an accomplished actress, but also a classical dancer. Born on May 20, 1966 in San Francisco, California, the 31-year old half-Puerto Rican, half-African-American started acting in regional theater in Los Angeles for productions such as For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf and Mothers. She eventually made her way into bigger and off-Broadway shows and thereafter tried her luck in films and television. She appeared in widely popular movies like Soul Food, Kiss the Girls, One Mile and One Lonely Heart. Her television credits include Boston Legal, Frasier, NYPD Blue, Everwood and Showtime’s Pryor Offenses. Ravera continues to grace the small screen with her regular appearances on the TNT drama series, The Closer.

Detective Irene Daniels is portrayed by Gina Ravera in the drama, The Closer. It is easy to see why the witty and humorous Detective Daniels constantly has to put men in their place when they approach her. Daniels is serious about her work as a LAPD Detective and member of the Priority Homicide Squad, but even as the office works on terrible and serious cases each day, she still cannot escape the prying eyes of men.