I Love the ‘90s is more than our favorite VH1 show…it’s also pretty much our entire view of that heady decade. This was a decade of a chill, saxophone-playing president, a major tech boom, and no real major global conflicts. It was also, if we say so ourselves, a great decade for movies and television.
How well do you really remember the stars of those shows and series, though? Here’s a great example: Laura San Giacomo was everywhere in the ‘90s, starring in Pretty Woman alongside Julia Roberts before headlining the amazingly successful sitcom Just Shoot Me! Back then, she was one of the most recognizable stars in the world. However, she was recently spotted by the paparazzi, and she seems completely unrecognizable.
Where was Giacomo spotted? How did her career get its start, and what has she been up to lately? Keep reading to find out!
The other star of ‘Pretty Woman’
Admittedly, Laura San Giacomo is not exactly a household name…at least, not these days. However, in the ‘90s, she shot to fame largely because of her role in Pretty Woman. That movie cemented both Julia Roberts and Richard Gere as bankable movie stars and made celebs of everyone else with a major part, which certainly included Giacomo.
Just what part was that, you ask? She played Kit De Luca in Pretty Woman, someone who was best friends with Julia Roberts’ character, Vivian Ward. Thanks to the success of this film, Giacomo became a more bankable star as well. And it didn’t take her long to parlay her new fame into a major television role.
A major TV star
Are you ever surprised by which sitcoms slip through the cracks? For example, there are still plenty of fans of ‘90s shows like Seinfeld and Frasier. However, far too few people remember Just Shoot Me!, the hilarious sitcom starring David Spade. And, you guessed it: the other major star of that show was Laura San Giacomo.
The general premise of the show was that her character was a hotshot journalist who ended up having to work for Blush, her father’s fashion magazine. The series was a success, going for a whopping seven seasons. It was also arguably Giacomo’s best work, and her powerful performance earned her a Golden Globe nomination.