Gina Aponte

Gina Aponte has been a SAGAFTRA working Actress since 1996 She was cast in periodpiece films like That Thing You Do and Catch Me If You Cansix months after arriving in LA She played roles opposite Kiefer Sutherland Stephen Weber Willam Hurt Miranda Richardsonand opposite Jack Wagner and Heather Locklear on Melrose Place She is an ASCAP Songwriter and has been since 2002 In 1996 as a daily working Actress she worked directly with Tom Hanks in That Thing You Do He chose Gina for a featured closeup of her reaction in their main performance crowd scene From extra to featured extra honor by Tom Hanks on set as they shot one scene for 4 days 1416 hour days In 2002 she worked opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Catch Me If You Can placed in his 1 front corner chair of flight attendants On one of her 12hour days of filming Pan Am Flight Attendant scenes she was picked out of the crowd of extras to shoot a direct oneonone flight attendant audition feature for Leonardo DiCaprios character there on set that day She filmed her clip with other hopefuls on the spot but hers didnt make the final cut by Stephen Spielberg She felt it was still an honor to be selected and later cut by him Gina had underfivers opposite Kiefer Sutherland and Stephen Weber in The BreakUp and opposite William Hurt and Miranda Richardson in The Big Brass Ring She also played Lead Reporter opposite Heather Locklear on Melrose Place reporting on the Bobby Parisi case She was featured as a workout girl in Romy and Michelles High School Reunion as Morton Downey Jrs Girlfriend on Dick Van Dykes Diagnosis Murder and as a student on the sitcom Boston Common From 19962002 she played multiple roles throughout productions in Hollywood in short films student films and cable films Most notably she starred in the production of Pizza Man chosen as the finale production of a oncefamous Hollywood Jewel Box theater before its closing From accidentally attending that final stage production Larry Bishop ActorDirectorWriter and son of Rat Packs Joey Bishop expressed interest in her for two of his upcoming films She was featured as a Maxim Top 100 Hometown Hottie at Maximcom and Maxim Inc and as a Glamour Model in the Industrys goto newspaper publishing Backstage West in Los Angelesin her first 5 years in LA