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Dania Ramirez (born November 8, 1979)[1] is a Dominican actress. Her credits include the roles of Maya Herrera in Heroes, Alex in Entourage, and Blanca during the last season of The Sopranos on television. Her film roles include Alex Guerrero in She Hate Me and Callisto in the feature film X-Men: The Last Stand. She portrayed Rosie Falta on Lifetime's Devious Maids from June 2013 until its cancellation in 2016. In July 2017, Ramirez joined the hit ABC series Once Upon a Time for its softly-rebooted seventh season in a starring role as Cinderella.[2]

Dania Ramirez
Dania Ramirez (2017; age 37).
Born	(1979-11-08) November 8, 1979 (age 43) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Alma mater	Montclair State University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	Bev Land ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	2

Early life

Ramirez was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[3] At an early age, she decided to become an actress. As a young child, she would reenact telenovelas for her family. She was discovered by a modeling scout while working in a convenience store at the age of 15, and was cast in a small part in a soda commercial. Later, she decided to pursue acting seriously and studied at the Actor's Workshop in New York City under Flo Greenberg.[4]

Ramirez started at Montclair State University at 16 years old. She graduated in 2001, where her volleyball talents led her to be placed among the top five in career digs, digs/game, solo blocks and total blocks.[5]

In 2001, Ramirez moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career.[4]

Career

Music videos

Ramirez has appeared in several music videos, including Jay-Z's Streets is Watching (1998), De La Soul's "All Good?" feat. Chaka Khan (2000), LL Cool J's "Hush" (2005; directed by her then fiancé Jessy Terrero),[6][7] Santana's "Into the Night" (2007), as well as "Cry Baby Cry" (a collaboration of Santana and Sean Paul). Ramirez appeared in Wisin & Yandel's music video "Dime Qué Te Pasó", in which she played the main character, the wife and mother of a military man in Iraq who finds out her husband died at war. She was also featured in hip-hop group Sporty Thievz's video "Cheapskate" in 1998.[8]

Films

Ramirez appeared as an extra in the HBO film Subway Stories (1997), where she met filmmaker Spike Lee who would later cast her in the film She Hate Me (2004).[9] She played older sister "Laurie" in the movie Fat Albert (2004).[10] She was Callisto (one of The Omegas) in the comic book film X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). She went on to star in The 5th Commandment, a film written by and starring Rick Yune, in 2008. In 2012, Ramirez appeared in two films, playing Selena in American Reunion and a bicycle messenger in Premium Rush.[11][12]

Television

Ramirez appeared as the minor character Caridad in the final episodes of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and as Blanca Selgado,[13] a recurring role during season six of The Sopranos.[14]

Ramirez portrayed the character of Maya Herrera on the TV series Heroes.[15]

Ramirez was a guest judge on episode five of Cycle 14 of America's Next Top Model.^{[citation needed]}

Ramirez guest starred as Alex, an employee of Turtle's, who begins a relationship with Turtle in season seven on the TV series Entourage.^{[citation needed]}

From 2013 to 2016, Ramirez had been part of the main cast of Devious Maids, which aired on the Lifetime network for four seasons. She portrayed Rosie Falta, one of the main characters and titular protagonists of the series.[3]

In July 2017, Ramirez was cast as a series regular in the softly-rebooted final season of Once Upon a Time. She portrayed Jacinda Vidrio, the real-world counterpart of the series' second iteration of Cinderella. In 2018, Ramirez was cast in another fairytale-themed drama, Tell Me a Story for CBS All Access. Ramirez played Hannah Perez, loosely based on Gretel from Hansel and Gretel.^{[citation needed]}

Other media

Ramirez has appeared in several magazine spreads. She has also been listed in several of the world's top publications' "Sexiest Ladies of the Year" lists. In 2009, she was added to the roster of models for CoverGirl Cosmetics.[16] In January 2010, Ramirez and Queen Latifah launched the company's "Clean Makeup for Clean Water Campaign".[17]

Personal life

Dania dated Soul Plane director Jessy Terrero until 2008.[18] She became engaged in September 2011 to director John Beverly "Bev" Land.[19] The couple married on the beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic on February 16, 2013.[20][21] Land has a son, Kai Miles, with former wife Sharon Leal.[22]

On July 15, 2013, Ramirez announced that she was pregnant with twins.[23] She gave birth to fraternal twins: a son (John) and a daughter (Gaia).[24][25]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	25th Hour	Daphne
2004	Little Black Boot	Laurie Rodriguez	Short film
	The Ecology of Love	Alila
	Cross Bronx	Mia
	She Hate Me	Tinotenda Kahondo
	Fat Albert	Lauri
2006	X-Men: The Last Stand	Callisto
2007	Illegal Tender	Ana
2008	Ball Don't Lie	Carmen
	The Fifth Commandment	Angel
	Quarantine	Sadie
2010	Brooklyn to Manhattan	Jessica
2012	American Reunion	Selena
	Premium Rush	Vanessa
2015	Mojave	Detective Beaumont
2017	Lycan	Isabella Cruz
2018	Off the Menu	Javiera Torres
	Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay	Scandal Savage	Voice
2019	Jumanji: The Next Level	NPC Seductress Flame

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Caridad	3 episodes
2003	Run of the House	Lucy	Episode: "The Party"
2004	10-8: Officers on Duty	Inez	Episode: "Gypsy Road"
2005	Romy and Michele: In the Beginning	Elena	Movie
2006–2007	The Sopranos	Blanca Selgado	5 episodes
2007	Fort Pit	Angela Hardwick	Movie
2007–2008	Heroes	Maya Herrera	Series regular (15 episodes)
2009	Solving Charlie	Veronica King	Television film
2010	America's Next Top Model	Herself / Guest Judge	2 episodes
	Entourage	Alex	10 episodes in season 7
2013–2016	Devious Maids[26]	Rosie Falta	Main role, 49 episodes
2013–2016	The Talk	Herself / Guest Co-Hostess	6 episodes
2015	First Response	Camilla	Television film
2017–2018	Once Upon a Time	Cinderella / Jacinda Vidrio	Series regular (Season 7)
2018	Justice League Action	Red Velvet	Episode: "She Wore Red Velvet"
2018–2019	Tell Me a Story	Hannah Perez	Series regular (season 1)
2021-present	Sweet Tooth	Aimee Eden	Series regular

Accolades

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
2008	ALMA Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Television Series	Heroes	Nominated[27]
2014	Imagen Awards	Best Actress –Television	Devious Maids	Nominated[28]
2015				Nominated
2016	NAMIC Vision Awards	Best Performance–Comedy	Devious Maids	Won

See also

• List of people from the Dominican Republic

References

External links

• Dania Ramirez at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Dania Ramírez

Dania Jissel Ramírez (* 8. November 1979 in Santo Domingo) ist eine dominikanische Schauspielerin.

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- [en] Dania Ramirez

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[es] Dania Ramírez

Dania Ramírez (Santo Domingo, 8 de noviembre de 1979)[1] es una actriz dominicana, nacionalizada estadounidense. Apareció en tres episodios de la serie de televisión Buffy la cazavampiros interpretando a Caridad, una cazadora potencial. En la película X-Men: The Last Stand encarnó a Callisto y en la sexta temporada en la serie de HBO Los Soprano interpretó a Blanca Selgado, una madre soltera con un hijo de 3 años llamado Héctor. En la serie de televisión Héroes encarnó a Maya Herrera. También participó en el vídeo musical del rapero LL Cool J, "Hush", que fue dirigido por su novio,Jessy Terrero, y en el video de "Dime qué te pasó" del dúo de regueaton Wisin & Yandel.

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[ru] Рамирес, Дания

Дания Рамирес (исп. Dania Ramirez; род. 8 ноября 1979, Санто-Доминго, Доминиканская Республика) — американская актриса доминиканского происхождения.

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