Stella Bonasera

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crime scene investigator fictional character forensic scientist television character

Stella Bonasera is a fictional NYPD crime scene investigator and key member of the forensic team in the television series CSI: NY.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Stella Bonasera canonical	10

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3342836 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Stella Bonasera
Context triple: [CSI: NY, mainCharacter, Stella Bonasera]

A. Beatrice Carbone
Beatrice Carbone is a central character in Arthur Miller’s play "A View from the Bridge," portrayed as Eddie Carbone’s loyal yet conflicted wife whose emotional insight and moral clarity highlight the family’s growing tensions.
B. Teresa Capone
Teresa Capone was the mother of notorious American gangster Al Capone and a key figure in his Italian immigrant family background.
C. Angelica Galante
Angelica Galante was the mother of the renowned Italian Baroque sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
D. Catherine Zaccaria
Catherine Zaccaria was a 15th-century noblewoman, daughter of the last Latin ruler of the Principality of Achaea, who became Despotess of the Morea through her marriage into the Byzantine Palaiologos dynasty.
E. Beatrice Sisul
Beatrice Sisul is a film editor known for her work on the thriller "Message from the King."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Stella Bonasera
Target entity description: Stella Bonasera is a fictional NYPD crime scene investigator and key member of the forensic team in the television series CSI: NY.

A. Beatrice Carbone
Beatrice Carbone is a central character in Arthur Miller’s play "A View from the Bridge," portrayed as Eddie Carbone’s loyal yet conflicted wife whose emotional insight and moral clarity highlight the family’s growing tensions.
B. Teresa Capone
Teresa Capone was the mother of notorious American gangster Al Capone and a key figure in his Italian immigrant family background.
C. Angelica Galante
Angelica Galante was the mother of the renowned Italian Baroque sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
D. Catherine Zaccaria
Catherine Zaccaria was a 15th-century noblewoman, daughter of the last Latin ruler of the Principality of Achaea, who became Despotess of the Morea through her marriage into the Byzantine Palaiologos dynasty.
E. Beatrice Sisul
Beatrice Sisul is a film editor known for her work on the thriller "Message from the King."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crime scene investigator ⓘ fictional character ⓘ forensic scientist ⓘ television character ⓘ
affiliation	New York Police Department Crime Scene Unit ⓘ linked to: Crime Scene Unit
appearsIn	CSI: NY ⓘ
appearsInUniverse	CSI shared universe ⓘ
basedIn	Manhattan crime lab ⓘ linked to: CSI: NY
countryOfCitizenship	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
creator	Ann Donahue ⓘ Anthony E. Zuiker ⓘ Carol Mendelsohn ⓘ
employer	NYPD Crime Lab ⓘ linked to: New York City Police Department Crime Lab New York City Police Department ⓘ
fictionalEthnicity	Greek-Italian American ⓘ
fictionalResidence	New York City ⓘ
fictionalStatus	alive (within series canon for most of the show) ⓘ
firstAppearance	CSI: NY season 1 ⓘ linked to: CSI: NY
firstAppearanceInEpisode	CSI: NY pilot episode ⓘ linked to: CSI: NY
gender	female ⓘ
genre	police procedural television series character ⓘ
hasColleague	Danny Messer ⓘ Don Flack ⓘ Lindsay Monroe ⓘ Mac Taylor ⓘ Sheldon Hawkes ⓘ Sid Hammerback ⓘ linked to: Dr. Sid Hammerback
hasRank	Detective ⓘ
hasSkill	crime scene investigation ⓘ evidence analysis ⓘ leadership ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	CSI: NY crime lab team ⓘ linked to: CSI: NY
narrativeRole	deuteragonist in CSI: NY ⓘ main character ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	dedicated to her team ⓘ skilled in forensic analysis ⓘ strong sense of justice ⓘ
occupation	crime scene investigator ⓘ forensic scientist ⓘ
partOf	CSI franchise ⓘ
portrayedBy	Melina Kanakaredes ⓘ
positionHeld	Assistant Supervisor of the NYPD Crime Lab ⓘ Detective First Grade ⓘ co-supervisor of the CSI team ⓘ
televisionSeriesGenre	crime drama ⓘ
televisionSeriesTitle	CSI: NY ⓘ
workLocation	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ