Sandra Purpuro is an American film and television actress. Her most prominent roles are those of Katherine McClain on Oz,[1] and Liz Labella on DiResta.[2] She has also appeared in Lethal Weapon,[3] Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless, and Switched at Birth.[4] Other work include guest appearances on series like Caroline in the City, NYPD Blue, Six Feet Under, The Shield, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Will & Grace Two and a Half Men, Desperate Housewives, Malcolm in the Middle, The Suite Life on Deck,[5][6][7] House M.D., Modern Family and 24.
Purpuro played Gloria Flores in the 2003 crime series The Handler.[8] In 2006, she starred in the short film Man vs. Monday, directed by Ian Ziering.
In 1991, Purpuro acted in the musical comedy Prom Queens Unchained.[9] Purpuro was praised for her role in the 1994 Broadway production of Grease directed and choreographed by Jeff Calhoun.[10][11] Ben Brantley of The New York Times commented that "the liveliest bonafide dancing comes from Sandra Purpuro, as the exotic outsider at the senior prom".[12] She also appeared in the 2009 production Red, Hot and Blue,[13] and Douglas Green's 2010 production of Cold Lang Syne.[14] In 2011, Purpuro played the role of Livvy in The Sonneteer, by Nick Salamone.[15] She appeared in Kristen Lazarian's Love Like Blue.[16]
