{"id":9114,"count":1,"description":"Alison Bartlett O'Reilly\u00a0(born July 14, 1971) is a\u00a0New York-based actress who has portrayed\u00a0Gina Jefferson\u00a0on\u00a0Sesame Street\u00a0since 1987, and has reprised the role in various related specials, direct-to-video productions, and\u00a0The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland.\n\nBartlett began her career as a child actress, appearing at the age of 12 as Joanne in the 1984 stage production of\u00a0Landscape of The Body, co-starring Dann Florek\u00a0and directed by Gary Sinise. Other stage credits include the role of Donna in the Broadway\u00a0show\u00a0Hurly Burly\u00a0from 1985, and Off Broadway in\u00a0Jersey City\u00a0(1990).\n\nIn September 1985, her agent presented her with a \"day player role\" of Gina, one of Gordon's science students. Despite \"warm feelings towards the show\", she passed on the part, having been convinced she'd permanently maintain her tough girl typecasting; a rejection from Sesame Street would \"sting too much\", and destroy its place in her mind. Her agent urged her into an audition, and she credits show director Jon Stone\u00a0for seeing past her self-depreciation. In 1991, she starred in the\u00a0ABC\u00a0After-School Special\u00a0It's Only Rock and Roll, where she met her husband to be, writer\/director Harry O'Reilly; at this point, she began receiving credit on\u00a0Sesame Street\u00a0under her married name, Alison Bartlett O'Reilly. She also guest starred on\u00a0NYPD Blue\u00a0in 1995. Taking time off to have three children, O'Reilly's work was primarily limited to\u00a0Sesame Street.\n\nHowever, in 2002, she began actively seeking other roles. In addition to appearing in the 2003 independent film\u00a0Crooked Lines\u00a0(directed by her husband), the actress began appearing in a variety of roles in different TV crime dramas, including the short-lived\u00a0FOX\u00a0series\u00a0The Jury, various episodes of the\u00a0Law & Order\u00a0franchise, and a two episode stint on\u00a0HBO's\u00a0The Sopranos\u00a0as Gwen McIntyre, a maternal woman who has fallen in love with an ex-con (Steve Buscemi's Tony Blundatto). In 2006, she appeared in several episodes of the FX show Rescue Me as Deb Stackhouse, the wife of a firefighter injured in a fire.","link":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/actor\/alison-bartlett\/","name":"Alison Bartlett","slug":"alison-bartlett","taxonomy":"actor","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actor\/9114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actor"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/actor"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/movie?actor=9114"},{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?actor=9114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}