Alex Meneses

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Alexandra Estella DeAnna Alex Meneses born February 12 1965 is an American television and film actress and model She was born in Chicago of Mexican American descent on her fathers side and Ukrainian American descent on her mothers Meneses studied acting at Chicagos The Second City Improvisational Theater during summer vacations Immediately upon graduation from high schoolshe got a modeling contract in Milan Italy Originally she was to stay in Italy for only 3 months but fell in love with Italy and stayed there for 2 years where she became a successful model When Alex came back to the USA she headed to Los Angeles where she studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute Meneses portrayed Teresa Morales in Dr Quinn Medicine Woman and has had significant recurring roles on Everybody Loves Raymond as Roberts Italian lover Stefania Friends 1997 Third season as Cookie Joey Tribianis sister and The Hughleys She has also appeared in Martial Law as Alex Delgado in the episode Lock Up and the films Amanda and the Alien Selena The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas Auto Focus NCIS and Funny Money Alex has also appeared in numerous LA stage productions Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Meneses licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia