Socorro Santiago is an American actress who has made occasional appearances in Law & Order and a recurring role on All My Children as Isabella Santos from 1993 to 2004.

Santiago was born in New York City to a Puerto Rican mother and Mexican father and attended Juilliard.^[1][2] Initially she began her career as a dancer in dance troupe before moving into acting.^[3] She made her acting debut in the 1977 Off-Broadway play Crack and her Broadway debut in the 1980 play The Bacchae.^[1]

Awards

• 1998 ALMA Award nomination Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Soap Opera for All My Children^[4]
• 1999 ALMA Award winner Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Soap Opera for All My Children^[5][6]
• 2008 IRNE Awards nomination Best Actress (Drama) for Boleros for the Disenchanted^[7]

Filmography

Film

• Raw Deal (1986) - Nurse at Center
• A Shock to the System (1990) - Rental Car Attendant, Additional Dialogue
• Heaven's Prisoners (1996) - Spanish Nun
• Night Falls on Manhattan (1996) - Lab Assistant
• The Associate (1996) - Syntonex Worker
• Hurricane Streets (1997) - Gloria
• The Devil's Advocate (1997) - Nurse #1
• Happiness (1998) - Crying Teacher
• Lulu on the Bridge (1998) - Paramedic #1
• Music of the Heart (1999) - Lucy's Mother
• Virgin (2003) - Lorna
• Breaking Point (2009) - Nurse Rawlings
• All Good Things (2010) - Nurse
• Butterflies of Bill Baker (2013) - Nerse Bertha
• Gabriel (2014) - Rosa
• An Ornament of Faith (2017) - Mother
• Widows (2018) - Lita
• Vampires vs. the Bronx (2020) - Tía Maria

Television

• The Cosby Mysteries (1994) - Doris Montero
• New York News (1995) - Mary Ann
• Third Watch (1999–2000) - Mrs. Caffey
  • "History of the World" (1999)
  • "Alone in a Crowd" (2000)
  • "This Band of Brothers" (2000)
• All My Children (1993–2004) - Isabella Santos
• Law & Order (1991–2005)
  • "God Bless the Child" (1991) - Cora Amado
  • "Cruel and Unusual" (1995) - Clarice Reynolds
  • "Working Mom" (1997) - Teresa Regalado
  • "Punk" (1998) - Alma Cabrera
  • "White Lie" (2001) - Teresa Martinez
  • "Sheltered" (2003) - Anna Rodriguez
  • "Life Line" (2005) - Estela Richter
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2005)
  • "Ex Statis" (2005) - Mrs. Raphael
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2011-2014)
  • "Personal Fouls" (2011) - Domenica Ramos
  • "Funny Valentine" (2013) - Judge P. Ortiz
  • "Traumatic Wounds" (2013) - Judge P. Ortiz
  • "Downloaded Child" (2014) - Judge P. Ortiz

Voice acting

• Frontline (1999)
• Smuggler's Run (2000) - Conchita Gonzalez
• Dora the Explorer (2004–2006) - Mami, Tía
• True Crime: New York City (2005) - Teresa^[8]

References

External links

• Socorro Santiago at IMDb