American actress, singer, songwriter and dancer, best known for her roles on television shows Fame as Coco Hernandez and on Profiler as Angel Brown. She is also known for her major recurring roles on the television shows ER as Adele Newman and on Veronica Mars as Alicia Fennel. Gimpel was most recently on the HBO series True Blood Season 5 episode "Sunset" as the Fairy Elder. Gimpel was a judge on RTÉ Ones Fame: The Musical, an Irish TV talent show seeking a boy and a girl to play Nick and Serena respectively in the Irish touring production of Fame. In January 2010, Gimpel released her first CD, Spread your Wings and Fly. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less