Where is Meredith Gates (Alicia Coppola) from The Young and the Restless at present?
Meredith Gates is a character played by Alicia Coppola on The Young and the Restless. She is a doctor from Genoa City, Wisconsin, who works at the prison infirmary. Alicia first appeared on the show in April of 2016. Her last appearance was on July 11, 2016.
Who is Meredith actress Alicia Coppola in real life?
Alicia Coppola is an American actress best known for playing Lorna Devon in the soap opera Another World. She was born on April 12, 1968, in Huntington, Long Island. She is the sister of Matthew Coppola, a film producer and is also related to Denise Di Novi.
In 1986, Alicia graduated from the Kent School in Kent, Connecticut. She got a bachelor’s degree in Political Anthropology and Philosophy from New York University in 1990.
Alicia is married to Anthony Michael Jones, who is also an actor. The couple has been married for 23 years, having gotten married in 1999. The couple has three daughters together – Mila Roselena, Esme Marlena and Greta Helena.
Alicia and her family in Los Angeles, California. They live in a house which was built in 1930. The house is valued at over $875,000 of late.
Alicia Coppola‘s Movies And TV Shows
She started her career on the MTV game show Remote Control, where she was a hostess. She made her acting debut in 1991, appearing on an episode of the Fox show Against The Law. She was then cast as Lorna Devon, Felicia Gallant’s long-lost daughter, on the soap opera Another World. She played the role for four years, ending her run in 1994.
Alicia has been on a lot of TV shows since then. She appeared on an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2001. She also appeared on Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2003, playing a widow who gets married to her husband’s killer. She has a recurring role in NCIS: Los Angeles as FBI Agent Lisa Rand, appearing in 4 episodes of the show.
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She has also been in a few movies, making her debut in 1999’s Velocity Trap. She worked alongside Nicholas Cage in National Treasure: Book of Secrets, where she played an FBI agent. Some of her other film credits include Zigs, Sin, We Are Your Friends and A Cowgirl’s Story.
She played the role of Azra, a Muslim intelligent analyst in an episode of 24. She was in 4 scenes from the episode. All of her scenes were cut but were later restored as extras in the DVD.
Why did Meredith leave The Young and the Restless?
On The Young and the Restless, Meredith has a sexual relationship with Victor Newman. She is then accused of being willing to give false testimony. After that, Meredith is arrested for obstruction of justice. Even though Meredith falls in love with Victor Newman, she realizes that Victor is in love with Nikki.
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— Soap Opera Nation (@SOperaNation) May 24, 2016
Before leaving the show, Alicia took to Twitter to announce that Meredith would not be returning to The Young and the Restless. She thanked the fans for “all of their love and support of Meredith.” She also thanked “those who hated the character.”
What is Alicia Coppola doing now?
Alicia appeared in an episode of Law & Order as Attorney Teller in February of 2022. She also played the role of a nurse in a short film entitled Blink, which was released in 2022. According to her IMDb page, she does not have any upcoming releases lined up.