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Saida Rodriguez Pagan is an American award-winning journalist and an actress, of Puerto Rican heritage. She began her on-camera career as a television reporter and anchor in Colorado Springs, CO. Saida has appeared on-camera in Hartford, Los Angeles, Fresno and in the Washington, DC area. As a newscaster, she has won a number of awards including a team coverage Emmy and two Golden Mikes. In January of 1987, she got her first acting break playing a newscaster in an episode of Cagney and Lacey. Since then, Saida has appeared in 45 television episodes, 10 movies, and in dozens of industrial films. She's appeared in major motion pictures such as Bruce Almighty, and People vs. Larry Flynt, and has had recurring roles in television series such as Medium and The West Wing. She has also done voice-over work and has a appeared in print ads and in commercials.