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Saundra Santiago (born April 13, 1957 in The Bronx, New York) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Detective Gina Calabrese on the hit 1980s television show Miami Vice. She spent 3 years playing the role of crime boss Carmen Santos on the long-running soap opera, Guiding Light. Coincidentally, she appeared simultaneously in a recurring role on The Sopranos as Tony Soprano's next door neighbor, Jeannie Cusamano, and as her twin sister, Joan. Saundra also did a short-term role on the ABC soap opera, "One Life to Live" after leaving "Guiding Light." She was a guest star on Law and Order in 2004 in an episode called Veteran's Day and in 1992 in Prince of Darkness. |