Juilliard-trained Leslie Silva seemed cut out for the stage, her wide eyes, expressive features and commanding presence making for an enviable appeal, but the actress would land a regular television role as Doctor Helen Reynolds on the hit NBC drama "Providence" in 1999, less than four years after her professional stage debut. On the series, Silva played the head of the low-income medical clinic that employs plastic surgeon to the stars Dr Sydney Hansen (Melina Kanakaredes) upon her return to her titular hometown from Hollywood. Dr Reynolds often brought the idealistic Syd back to earth, as
Raised primarily in Saratoga, New York, but also lived in Connecticut, Iowa and Georgia, the family moving frequently because of her father's work as a nuclear engineer
1995
Featured in a Shakespeare Theatre production of "Macbeth" in Washington, DC
1996
Starred in a Signature Theater Company presentation of Sam Shepard's one-act play "Chicago" at New York's Joseph Papp Theater
1997
Had a bit part as a process server in "Fools Rush In"
1997
Made guest appearance on an episode of the CBS sitcom "Cosby"
