What Is Jennifer Esposito's Net Worth and Salary?
Jennifer Esposito is an American actress, writer, director, and producer who has a net worth of $6 million. Jennifer Esposito has played Stacey Paterno on "Spin City" (1997–1999), Ginnie Sorelli on "Related" (2005–2006), Andrea Belladonna on "Samantha Who?" (2007–2009), Detective Jackie Curatola on "Blue Bloods" (2010–2012), NCIS Special Agent Alexandra "Alex" Quinn on "NCIS" (2016–2017), and Susan Raynor on "The Boys" (2019–2020). Jennifer has more than 60 acting credits to her name, including the films "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" (1998), "Summer of Sam" (1999), "Crash" (2004), "Taxi" (2004), and "She's Funny That Way" (2014) and the television series "Judging Amy" (2004–2005), "Rescue Me" (2007), "Taxi Brooklyn" (2014), "Mistresses" (2015), "The Affair" (2015–2017), "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2019–2021), and "Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens" (2020–present). Esposito executive produced the 2019 short film "O, Ryan," and in October 2021, it was announced that she had written the screenplay for a film called "Fresh Kills," which she would also be directing and producing.
Early Life
Jennifer Esposito was born on April 11, 1973, in New York City. She is the daughter of interior decorator Phyllis Esposito and music producer Robert Esposito, and she has an older sister. Jennifer's heritage is Italian, and she grew up on Staten Island. Esposito graduated from Moore Catholic High School.
Career
Jennifer made her TV debut on the ABC soap opera "The City" in 1995. She then guest-starred on "Law & Order" (1996), "Feds" (1997), and "New York Undercover" (1998) and appeared in the TV movie "The Sunshine Boys" (1996) and the films "A Brother's Kiss" (1997), "Kiss Me, Guido" (1997), "A Brooklyn State of Mind" (1997), "No Looking Back" (1998), "Charlie Hoboken" (1998), "Side Streets" (1998), "Just One Time" (1999), and "The Bachelor" (1999). Esposito co-starred with Denzel Washington in the Spike Lee-directed sports drama "He Got Game" (1998), and she landed roles in the 1998 horror sequel "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" and the 1999 crime thriller "Summer of Sam" (which was also directed by Lee). From 1997 to 1999, Jennifer starred as Stacey Paterno on the ABC sitcom "Spin City," then she guest-starred on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2000), "Hack" (2002), and "Law & Order" (2006). She had recurring roles as Louann "Crystal" Turner on the CBS legal drama "Judging Amy" (2004–2005) and Nona on FX's "Rescue Me" (2007), and she played Ginnie Sorelli on The WB's "Related" (2005–2006) and Andrea Belladonna on the ABC sitcom "Samantha Who?" (2007–2009).
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Esposito appeared in the films "Dracula 2000" (2000), "Backflash" (2001), "The Proposal" (2001), "Made" (2001), "Don't Say a Word" (2001), "Beyond the City Limits" (2001), "Welcome to Collinwood" (2002), "The Master of Disguise" (2002), "Breakin' All the Rules" (2004), "Taxi" (2004), "Jesus, Mary and Joey" (2006), "Conspiracy" (2008), "American Crude" (2008), and "Four Single Fathers" (2009), and she played Ria in 2004's "Crash," which won an Academy Award for Best Picture. From 2010 to 2012, Jennifer starred as Detective Jackie Curatola on the CBS police procedural "Blue Bloods" alongside Tom Selleck, and she voiced Tina Russo on the Cartoon Network's "The Looney Tunes Show" from 2011 to 2012. She played Monica Pena on the NBC series "Taxi Brooklyn" (2014) and Calista Raines on ABC's "Mistresses" (2015), and from 2015 to 2017, she had a recurring role as Nina Solloway on the Showtime drama "The Affair." From 2016 to 2017, Esposito portrayed NCIS Special Agent Alexandra "Alex" Quinn on the CBS series "NCIS," then she guest-starred on "Blindspot" (2018) and had recurring roles as Sergeant Phoebe Baker on NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2019–2021), Susan Raynor on the Amazon Prime Video superhero series "The Boys" (2019–2020), and Brenda on Comedy Central's "Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens" (2020–present). She appeared in the films "Mamitas" (2011), "Bending the Rules" (2012), "Speed Kills" (2018), "Mary" (2019), "Mob Town" (2019), and "Somewhere in Queens" (2022), and she co-starred with Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson, Kathryn Hahn, and Will Forte in the 2014 comedy "She's Funny That Way."
Personal Life
Jennifer married actor Bradley Cooper in the South of France on December 30, 2006, and they divorced in November 2007. Esposito became engaged to Mark Philippoussis, an Australian tennis player, in 2009, but they split up the following year. Jennifer wed British model Louis Dowler on November 16, 2014, and after they divorced in Match 2016, she married fitness trainer Jesper Vesterstrøm on September 13, 2020.
Esposito has celiac disease, and she published the book "Jennifer's Way: My Journey with Celiac Disease–What Doctors Don't Tell You and How You Can Learn to Live Again" in 2014. In 2013, she opened a gluten-free bakery, Jennifer's Way, in Manhattan, and she released the cookbook "Jennifer's Way Kitchen: Easy Allergen-Free, Anti-Inflammatory Recipes for a Delicious Life" in 2017. Esposito was diagnosed with the disease during the third season of "Blue Bloods," and after she collapsed on the set, her doctor suggested that she switch to a reduced work schedule. Rather than work with Jennifer to accommodate a schedule that was better for her health, the producers of "Blue Bloods" wrote her out of the show. In 2015, she was named a brand ambassador for the body care line Éclair Naturals, which is gluten-free, vegan, and GMO-free.
Awards and Nominations
Esposito and her "Crash" co-stars won Best Ensemble awards from the Awards Circuit Community Awards, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, Gold Derby Awards, Hollywood Film Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards and received a nomination from the Gotham Awards. In 2012, Jennifer and her "The Looney Tunes Show" castmates earned a Behind the Voice Actors Award nomination for Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series.
Real Estate
In May 2017 Jennifer paid $594,000 for a modest 1,200 square foot home in East Hampton, New York. She earned some headlines a year later when she reportedly had to sue a contractor whose work allegedly resulted in serious damage to her new hardwood floors and eventually a mold problem.
