Her most prominent roles are those of Katherine McClain on Oz,[1] and Liz Labella on DiResta.
[2] She has also appeared in Lethal Weapon,[3] Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless, and Switched at Birth.
[4] Other work include guest appearances on series like Caroline in the City, NYPD Blue, Six Feet Under, The Shield, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Will & Grace, Two and a Half Men, Desperate Housewives, Malcolm in the Middle, The Suite Life on Deck,[5][6][7] House M.D., Modern Family and 24.
[9] Purpuro was praised for her role in the 1994 Broadway production of Grease directed and choreographed by Jeff Calhoun.
[10][11] Ben Brantley of The New York Times commented that "the liveliest bonafide dancing comes from Sandra Purpuro, as the exotic outsider at the senior prom".