Delilah Cotto

Delilah Cotto is an actress born and raised in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. Her drama training began at the High School of Performing Arts, followed by work at the William Esper Studio and dance studies. A small role in Lean on Me followed, and after time away from acting she appeared in Law & Order. She later was featured in Girl 6 (1996) and Personals. In 2002 she played Carmen, the girlfriend of John Leguizamo's character, in Empire (2002), her first starring film role. She also starred in the television series Kingpin until it was canceled in 2004. Her other credits include the Cinemax short Stories of Lost Souls with James Gandolfini, the films Splinter, Broken Circle, Rockaway, and Illegal Tender (2007), guest roles on Trinity, Oz, CSI: Miami, and Cuts, and the off-Broadway play Cloud Tectonics, in which she played Celestina Del Sol. She appeared on covers of Open Your Eyes (OYE), Tinta Latina, and Profile.