Best known for her portrayal of Detective Amy Sykes in TNT's Major Crimes in a series regular role, Giovanni has previously played a recurring part on the soap opera One Life to Live.
She was accepted into the University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music after attending The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.
Before television, she found herself on the Broadway stage in productions of Guys and Dolls, Catch Me If You Can, Tarzan and Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway.
She was raised in Katy, Texas after being born in Lafayette, Louisiana. She and Philip Ambrosino have two children.
She starred alongside Raymond Cruz in Major Crimes.
