SAG/AFTRA  

FILM
The Holiday  w/Cameron Diaz & Kate Winslet
Supporting
Dir:  Nancy Meyers/SONY Pictures
The Terminal w/Tom Hanks
Supporting
Dir:  Steven Spielberg/Dreamworks
The Naked Ape
Supporting
Closed Door Productions
Grand Old Party
Lead
Dir:  Juliet Dervin/Ind.
Dial M for Maria
Lead
Dir:  Ray Melendez/Ind.
The Counselor
Lead
 SoCal Film Group
The Right Girl 
Lead
BROQ Productions
Winding Up Airplanes
Supporting
Dir:  Juliet Dervin/Ind.
The M.O. of M.I. 
Supporting
 Inkubator Ink Productions
Beyond Words
Supporting 
Alta Vista Films
 
TELEVISION
Desperate Housewives
Co-Star
Matthew Diamond/NBC
Prison Break
Guest Star
Bobby Roth/Fox
Weeds
Guest Star
Craig Zisk/Showtime
ER
Co-Star
Stephen Cragg/NBC
Lincoln Heights
Co-Star
Millicent Shelton/ABC Family
The Virgin of Akron Ohio (pilot)
TOS Guest Star
Randy Zisk/Lifetime
Medium
Co-Star
Aaron Lipstadt/NBC
Curb Your Enthusiasm Guest Star
Dir:  Robert Weide/HBO
The Shield 
Large Co-Star
Dir:  Philip Atwell/FX Network
The Office (VO)
Co-Star
Dir:  Dennie Gordon/NBC
Paradise Drive (pilot)
Series Regular
Dir:  Adan Ang
CSI
Recurring  
Dir:  Richard Lewis/CBS
Sleeper Cell  
Co-Star 
Dir:  Leslie Libman/Showtime
Everwood
Guest Star
Dir:  Ellen S. Pressman/WB
The OC
Co-Star 
Dir:  Michael Lange/FOX
The Practice
Co-Star
Dir:  Jeannot Szwarc/ABC
The District
Co-Star
Dir:  Oz Scott/CBS
Medical Investigation
Co-Star
Dir:  Marc Buckland/NBC
Good Morning Miami 
Co-Star 
Dir:  David Owen Trainor/NBC
The Unit 
Co-Star 
Dir:  Guy Ferland/CBS
Strong Medicine
Recurring
Dir:  TR Subramanian, Philip Casnoff/Lifetime
Notes From the Underbelly
Co-Star 
Lev L Spiro/ABC
What About Brian
Co-Star
Dir:  Allison Anders/ABC
 
THEATER (selected credits)
Conversations ‘Bout The Girls
Ensemble
Hayworth Theater
Real Women Have Curves
Estela
Santa Barbara City College Theater Group
Tropical America
Cheo/ensemble
 Teatro Nuevo @ 24th St. Theater
Lock Up
Julissa
The Syndicate
The War Game 
Mirla
The Victory Theater
Vieques (staged reading)
Josefina
South Coast Repertory
It’s In Your Hands (tour)
Toni
Theater Action Project
My Visits with MGM *
Marta Grande
Different Stages
Rumors
Claire Ganz
Wilson Studio Theater
Marvin’s Room
Lee
The Bartlett Theater
The Imaginary Invalid 
Toinette 
 The Bartlett Theater
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
First Fairy
Majestic Theater w/ San Antonio Symphony
Dancing at Lughnasa
Maggie
 The Bartlett Theater
The Diary of Anne Frank
Mrs. Van Daan
Bilingual Theater Company
* nominated for B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Lead Actress
 
TRAINING
Bachelor of Arts, Texas A&M University – CC
Comedy Intensive – Scott Sedita
Acting – Ric Slocum, Kim Frederick, Marjorie Hayes  
Film Scene Study – Gabriel Folse, Babs George
Acting for the Camera – Don Luna  
Voice – Sue Finely, Flicka Rahn 
Children’s Theater – Ina Jensen
 
SPECIAL SKILLS
Comedic flair and timing, improv, facial expressions, drum experience, laugh and cry on cue, Spanish scripts, can touch nose with tongue, GREAT screaming ability, contagious smile!  Work GREAT with children


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