Famosas Caras in "King Rikki" (2002)!
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Danielle Camastra is known for The Invitation (2015), English as a Second Language (2005) and Price of Glory (2000)."Margarita Salcido"- Actress
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Tonantzin Carmelo is a multifaceted American actress playing lead and supporting roles in movies, television series, documentaries, video games, and theater. Her break-out performance in Steven Spielberg's, Into the West, earned her several awards and nominations, including a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Television Movie or Miniseries. Recently, she filmed prime roles in Spain and Australia for the television series The English (BBC) and La Brea (NBC). Throughout her career Tonantzin has received praise for her performances. She played the leading role of Shayla Stonefeather in the critically acclaimed, independent thriller, Imprint. She won the American Indian Film Festival award for Best Actress and was nominated for the Best Actress award at the Hoboken International Film Festival for this role. She was named "An Indie Darling to Crave" at the Sundance film festival 2015 for her role as Teresa, opposite John C. Riley in the film Entertainment. Tonantzin has also appeared in several video games, including Dead Space, The Crew, Lego Marvel's Avengers, and Cyberpunk 2077. Her memorable motion-capture and voice performance portrayal of the villainous character Kendra Daniels for Dead Space led Maxim Magazine to add Kendra to their Hottest Video Game Babes of the Year list. Today, the character continues to attract legions of loyal fans. Additionally, Tonantzin is a talented choreographer. Her work was featured in the Amazon TV series, Undone, and in the opera, Sweetland, for which she was described as a "crucial choreographer" by the LA Times. She has a penchant for languages and enjoys learning new dialects. As a teenager, Tonantzin taught herself to speak Spanish. She also is a member of the Tongva Language Committee for revitalization. To prepare for some of her roles, she has worked with language specialists and has learned dialects for Wampanoag, Lakota, Nahuatl, Diné, Cheyenne, and Shoshone. Tonantzin's diverse talents can be traced back to her multicultural roots. She is a Southern California girl from suburban Orange County of Indigenous and Latina descent. In her youth, she forged a performing path through Native dances and music touring with cultural groups throughout North America. While touring, she also became a technically trained dancer and performed with the modern dance company Daystar. She discovered her love for acting while studying at UC Irvine, where she earned a bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies and a minor in Dance. While in college, she began acting in theater productions and independent films. She has also performed as a singer with the band Trio del Alma and has recorded on three albums for Canyon Records. Her first professional acting venture was an educational musical theater show produced by the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts. The production toured the Los Angeles area and allowed her to make the leap from dancer/musician to a professional actress. She has had an ongoing relationship with Native Voices at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles where she has performed on stage and has served on the advisory board. She resides in Los Angeles with her husband and is a California native plant, wildlife and outdoor enthusiast. In her free time, she enjoys restoring her yard as a native wildlife habitat, observing birds and occasionally rescuing opossums as she continues to perform as a musical entertainer, cultural educator and stage actress."Anita"- Actor
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Vincent Castellanos was born on 7 February 1962 in Havana, Cuba. He is an actor, known for Mulholland Drive (2001), The Master of Disguise (2002) and Anaconda (1997)."Palacios"- Actress
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Laura Ceron, born in Mexico City, was raised in Chicago suburb of Elgin, Illinois.
Was a member of The Latino Chicago Theater Company, where they created many original productions and theatre style.
After 13 yrs on the Chicago stage and recurring as Anita Marrón on the short-lived ABC drama series "Missing Persons", Laura then moved to Los Angeles, where she joined the supporting cast of the NBC drama series "ER". As Nurse Marquez in the penultimate episode of the 1st season, directed by Quentin Tarantino, she went on to complete the 15 season drama series. Ms. Ceron continues to work on TV and Film and lives in Los Angeles, CA."Emalita Ortega"- Actor
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John Eddins is known for The Terminal (2004), Get Smart (2008) and Pretty Ass White Girl: Day 12 (2018)."Lt. Capman"- Actor
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David Labiosa was born on 4 October 1961 in New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Blood In, Blood Out (1993), Bulletproof (1996) and The Entity (1982)."Rios"- Actor
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Danny Parker-Lopes is known for Minority Report (2002), Choke.Kick.Girl. (2008) and Choke.Kick.Girl: The Series (2010)."Casio" (as Danny Lopes)- Actor
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Born in San Diego, California, on October 10th, 1973, to Mario and Elvira, Mario Lopez's first professional role was on the series, a.k.a. Pablo (1984). Mario is probably best known to youngsters, however, as A.C. Slater from NBC's popular 1980s teen comedy series Saved by the Bell (1989). Among Mario's other credits are several other popular television series, such as Pacific Blue (1996) and the movies Colors (1988), Depraved (1996) and Eastside (1999). Mario has proven himself as a talented and prolific presenter, having hosted such series as Name Your Adventure (1992), The Other Half (2001) and Pet Star (2002)."Juan Vallejo"- Actress
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Jill-Michele Meleán was born and raised in Miami, FL to an Irish Mother and South American Father. She was the first and only Latina Cast member FOX's MADtv, recurred on Comedy Central's RENO 911 and she's a national touring stand up comedienne. Her roots are dramatic acting but she quickly learned her gift of comedy timing. AKA "Jilly", wrote, produced & stared in the indie film "This is Meg" based on her true life events."Clara" (as Jill-Michele Meleán)- Actor
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Alejandro Miranda, born in Los Angeles, California, is an accomplished American filmmaker with a rich heritage of Native, Iberian, and African roots. A former child actor, Alejandro honed his acting skills under Kevin McDermott at Center Stage LA, featuring in various theater productions, commercials, and UCLA student films. His early career highlights include a debut in Clubhouse Detectives (1997), which earned him a Young Artist Award nomination, roles in Walker, Texas Ranger (1993), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), The Ellen Show (2001), and an ALMA Award-winning performance in Foto Novelas: In the Mirror (1997).
Alejandro's academic journey in film includes studies in cinema media arts at Biola University, cinema history at the University of Pennsylvania, and cinematography at The American Society of Cinematographers Masterclass, mentored by distinguished ASC members such as Dean Cundey, Tobias A. Schliessler, and Karl Walter Lindenlaub.
Transitioning to directing, Alejandro embarked on a directorial career that began with his role as Creative Director at an advertising agency in the Midwest. There, he developed a distinctive filmmaking style aimed at portraying dignity, earning widespread acclaim and multiple awards, including the Telly's and the American Advertising Awards, for his commercial work. In 2018, alongside his wife, Noel Miranda, Alejandro co-founded Bravebird®, a production company through which they released Fantasy in D Minor (2018). The film debuted at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival and was honored as Best International Short Film at the Oxford International Film Festival.
Alejandro's innovative Cinema Dignité® concept, influenced by the French and American New Wave movements, focuses on diversity and transformative narrative structures, particularly in depicting Indigenous communities. His dedication continued during the 2020 Hollywood production halt, directing Trace the Line (2021), a feature film with a cast comprising 56% BIPOC and 50% female talent. His recent work, Decolonizing Dinner (2022), premiered at the Bentonville Film Festival and is set to air on PBS Wisconsin."Rafael Ortega"- "Senora Ichaso"
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Rolando Molina was born Rolando Argueta-Molina in San Salvador, El Salvador, and came to the U.S. at a very young age along with his single mother Ana and younger brother Mario. Rolando and his family struggled to pursue the American dream. All three stayed with family and friends and finally settled down in the suburbs of North Hollywood, California. He attended North Hollywood High School and grew up with the magic of the movies and television.
Determined to break into the industry he had grown to love, after graduation Rolando took a job as a security guard at Universal Studios. One day while working the truck gate, a man driving a Porsche 911 with Florida plates drove up to the gate. It turned out to be Edward James Olmos, who was on the Universal lot to begin production on his gritty film American Me (1992). Olmos saw something in Rolando that caught his attention. A few days later Rolando was approached by Olmos' casting director, who asked him to audition for this film. He did and booked the part, making "American Me" was Rolando's acting debut."Javier"- Actor
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Manny Perez is becoming one of the most recognized Latino Actors in Hollywood. He has embarked into the most pivotal steps in his career. In the past few years he has been cast from leads to co-starring roles in over a dozen films; in major and independent releases.
He also won an Alma Award in 2008, for his performance in the film Bella (2006)
Manny is one of eleven siblings, born in a small town in the Dominican Republic. At the age of 10, he and his family moved to Providence, Rhode Island. By the time he was done with high school, Manny knew the stage was his natural home. He moved to New York majoring in drama at Marymount Manhattan College.
Manny Perez first got the industry's attention when he co-wrote, produced and starred in the critically acclaimed film Washington Heights (2002) an independent film set in his neighborhood. Manny's performance in the film garnered the praise of many film critics; The New York Times stated, "Mr. Perez has charisma to burn." He won the 2002 Best Actor Award at The Milan International Film Festival in Italy for his performance in that film.
His recent project La soga (2009) which had its world premiered at The Toronto International Film Festival in September of 2009 to standing ovations, sold-out shows and stellar reviews was produced, written and starred Perez. Variety stated, "Perez, puts plenty of guts into his script and performance".
It was the first Dominican film EVER to have screened at the prestigious festival. The film was released by 7-57 Releasing and so far has made over 1 million dollars worldwide.
Perez continues to write and co-write other scripts for future projects. In February of 2009, Perez co-wrote, co-produced and starred in the film titled, Forged (2010) shot completely in Scranton, PA. MAYA Entertainment will release it.
He has worked with such film directors as Sidney Lumet, Arthur Penn, Spike Lee, Leon Ichaso, Mike Newell, Ed Zwick, Takeshi Kitano, Bob Giraldi, Darnell Martin, among others.
With all the glitz and glamor of Hollywood, Manny has maintained loyal to his roots in the Latin community, both in the US and the Dominican Republic. He is the classic example of someone who has made the American dream happen. This kind of cavalier attitude is the reason he was honored by El Diario newspaper with the "EL Award", as one of the most prominent Latinos in New York. He recently received the Tony Bennett Excellence in Media Award, the Perry Ellis Humanitarian Award, and given the Key to the City from his hometown in Providence, Rhode Island. He was also honored with the Humanitarian Award in his native country of Dominican Republic for all of his charitable work during the devastation of Hurricane Noel.
All of his hard working ethics and talent has brought him to such great success, which will continue to take him to greater heights as he continues his career.
He has been featured in various magazines, newspapers and entertainment shows.
Manny currently resides between Washington Heights, New York City and Los Angeles. Manny is also a member of the LAByrinth Theatre Company in New York City."Jorge Ortega"- Tim Perez was born in Fresno California, middle child of five girls and two boys, in a close-knit Latino family. His athlete father was Associate Dean of Student Affairs at Fresno State University and his mother gained her PhD at Stanford University, and was a professor and chair of the Education Department at University of North Carolina.
Hard work, upward mobility and community activism were watchwords in the Perez home, which produced two Lawyers, a Doctor and a Scholar in Aztec Literature.
In Jr. High and High School Tim was student body president and voted most outstanding student. He was City Champion in Jr. Varsity Cross Country, High Hurldes, Low Hurdles and Triple Jump. He Lettered in Varsity Cross Country, Track and Field and Basketball. He was the Captain of his Varsity Basketball team. He was awarded most outstanding Thespian in Drama and nominated for the B'nai Brith Student Athlete and lost out to Henry Ellard, future star receiver of the Los Angeles Rams. Tim was also an apprentice actor at the California Shakespeare Festival.
At age 20, after a successful run in Jr. College basketball, Tim was accepted by audition at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Tim was one of 18 candidates (and sole Latino) to make the cut out of applicants. He graduated with an MFA in Acting in 1986.
Legendary New York producer Joe Papp cast Tim Perez in his first professional job, acting opposite F. Murray Abraham in A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by two time Tony winning director A.J. Antoon. Tim has acted in eight Off Broadway productions at the New York Public Theater including Shakespeare in The Park and leading regional theaters.
On stage Tim has worked with Academy Award winning actors F. Murray Abraham, Morgan Freeman, Helen Hunt, Tony winning directors Des Macnuff and A.J. Antoon, as well as other leading figures in theater: Artistic Directors Oskar Eustis, Garland Wright, Richard Hamburger, Carlos Gimenez and Obie winning directors JoAnne Akalaitis and David Greenspan.
Tim has been featured on Spanish CNN, KTLA and national print media, Espectaculos, Estylo, Daily Variety, Latin Style and been reviewed by the New York Times. Tim recently performed a one-man show "An Evening With Fidel and My Mother The Radical" at the Walkler Theatre in NYC, about the life of Fidel Castro and border separation. In addition, he has written a full length play "El", about the infancy of the Cuban Revolution. Tim has also written three screenplays. Tim's acting is mentioned in F. Murray Abraham's book, "Actors on Shakepeare."
Tim has over 60 television and film credits, including starring opposite Academy Award nominee Jennifer Tilley in, "Relax it's Just Sex" a Sundance Film Festival selection and Outfest Los Angeles, LGBT Film Festival Hall of Fame inductee.
Tim lives in Canada with his wife designer/fine artist Gail Taylor and son."Eduardo Ortega" - Actor
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Byron Quiros is a Costa Rican American actor, director and choreographer from Los Angeles, California. He discovered his passion for performance at the age of seven through dance. A graduate of UC-Irvine's top-ranked drama program, Byron has enjoyed success in film, television, and stage. He most recently starred in the short films Jane Love, winner of Best Horror Short Film at the 2018 IFS Film Festival, and Hot Seat, an official selection of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and a Vimeo Staff Pick Premiere. Byron starred alongside Jeremy Sisto, Jeffrey Nordling, and Carmen Argenziano in the Tony Award-winning Broadway play Take Me Out. His performances in the films Coronado with John Rhys-Davies, Yes, And..., Set It Off, and Hard Pill with Jonathan Slavin received international praise. He has guest starred on television programs such as JAG, Medium, and CSI: Miami.
Byron was honored with the Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle Best Actor Award for his performance of the poem "Samuel Gardner" from Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology. He also received their Honorable Mention for his performance in the play Short Eyes. Byron utilized his classical Shakespearean training as Lysander in an East Los Angeles Classic Theater production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. After a successful run at the John Anson Ford Theatre, the production toured local schools in which students lacked opportunities to experience live theater. This work remains a passion for Byron, whose early experiences in the performing arts helped him overcome the adversity he faced growing up in an inner-city environment.
As a dancer and choreographer, Byron was mentored by Donald McKayle and Bernard Johnson, and has worked with a variety of artists including Grammy winners Usher and Ana Barbara, Sheila E., and Craig David. He is the creator of one of the hottest dance workouts in Los Angeles, Red Relevé, a fusion of ballet and modern burlesque."Heavy #2"- "Honcho"
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In his teenage years, Cristian was a pioneer of Australian Hip Hop and the first and youngest solo Rap Artist to be signed to Sony Music/Columbia records. During a successful music career Cristian discovered that he had a great appreciation for the silver screen and begun to develop his path as a professional actor while appearing in several major TV Shows and films alongside actors like the late Heath Ledger, Abby Cornish and Geoffrey Rush, Richard Roxburgh, Chris Hemsworth and others. Based in London Madrid and Sydney."Gang member (uncredited)"- Actor
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Renoly Santiago was born in Lajas, Puerto Rico and he spent his childhood in Union City, New Jersey. Before establishing himself as an accomplished entertainer, Renoly started singing, acting, dancing and writing early on, following his calling while very young; earning a dance scholarship to the Ballet Hispanico and a place at The Professional Children's School in New York. At age 17, he became a lead character and writer on the Emmy-nominated television series 'City Kids'. Renoly made his film debut co-starring in the blockbuster hit 'Dangerous Minds' alongside Michelle Pfeiffer. He plays other major roles in Hollywood films, his credits including 'Hackers' with Angelina Jolie, 'Daylight' with Sylvester Stallone and 'Con Air' with Nicolas Cage and John Malkovich. He also appears in indie films such as 'Punks', 'The Street King' (aka 'King Rikki'), 'Just Another Romantic Wrestling Comedy' and 'Lavoe: The Untold Story', as Latin music legend Johnny Pacheco. Among his episodic television appearances are guest leads in 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', 'Touched by an Angel', 'Big Apple' and the one-hour television special, 'Stand-up'. Renoly has appeared in many off-Broadway productions under such notable directors as Liz Swados in Lincoln Centre and later, in workshops with Graciella Danielle in 'Blood Wedding' and Gabriel Barre in the Kander & Ebb musical 'Skin of Our Teeth' with Audra MacDonald and Sara Ramirez. Renoly was nominated for a Drama Desk Award by the press as Outstanding Featured Performer in a Musical in his Broadway debut as leader of the Vampires gang, Tony Hernandez, in Paul Simon's Latin rock-opera 'The Capeman'. He starred alongside Marc Anthony, Ednita Nazario and Ruben Blades. His later writing credits include the book to the musical 'Bring in the Morning... A Wake-Up Call' at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York, starring Lauryn Hill. As a singer, Renoly can be heard as back-up for recording artist India on her album 'Latin Songbird', in duets with Danny Rivera and Marc Anthony amongst others, having performed with many Artists of international renown. He is using his talents in 2011 on community Arts projects in New York; new acting, writing and production ventures across some exciting genres at home and abroad; writing new songs in English and Spanish and recording music in the studio for his debut album."Cesar Rojas"- Actor
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Sam Sarpong was born on 19 December 1975 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Woman Scorned (2016), No Weapon Formed Against Us (2015) and Scary Movie V (2013). He died on 26 October 2015 in Pasadena, California, USA."Louis"- Jon Seda's first passion was to be a championship boxer. After taking runner-up in the NJ Golden Gloves, the 1992 Olympics was the next goal. That's when fate stepped in; at his first audition, for Gladiator (1992), he was given a co-starring role! Since then he has branched off into numerous television and film roles. He has garnered critical acclaim for his roles in such films as I Like It Like That (1994), The Sunchaser (1996), Selena (1997), Undisputed (2002), and in television for his roles in Homicide: Life on the Street (1993), UC: Undercover (2001), Third Watch (1999), Oz (1997), NBC Chicago PD, and he also starred as Marine Sgt. John "Manila" Basilone in HBO's award-winning mini series The Pacific (2010)."Rikki Ortega"
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Spunky actress, singer and comedienne all rolled up into one, Puerto Rican-American Liz Torres was born on September 27, 1947, a native of the Bronx. She began her stand-up/singing career as a regular performing in various small NYC niteries. It wasn't until she received an invite to appear on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) that her comic career started blooming on TV and in film.
Liz has been a broadly familiar ethnic face on the sitcom circuit, having had regular or recurring parts in numerous series. In addition to regular roles on 70s TV variety shows for Melba Moore, Clifton Davis and Ben Vereen, she replaced the late Barbara Colby in the Mary Tyler Moore spinoff Phyllis (1975) starring Cloris Leachman following Colby's tragic murder. A year later she joined the All in the Family (1971) cast for a season. Liz co-starred in a number of short-lived series such as Checking In (1981), The New Odd Couple (1982) and City (1990) before hitting paydirt and scoring multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her prime role of Mahalia on The John Larroquette Show (1993). She has continued to make the guest rounds on such popular series as Ally McBeal (1997), The Nanny (1993), Quantum Leap (1989), The Wonder Years (1988) and L.A. Law (1986), often providing some necessary comedy relief amid the drama, and she is a veteran of many mini-movies, both comedic and dramatic.
On Broadway, Torres replaced Tony-winning Rita Moreno as men's bathhouse entertainer Googie Gomez in the wacky comedy "The Ritz" and portrayed the bizarre character of Bunny in "House of Blue Leaves." The musical part of her has recorded for RCA and appeared in a number of stage roles that have ranged from Aldonza/Dulcinea in "Man of La Mancha" to lightweight roles in "Bye Bye Birdie" and "See Saw."
She has provided amusing vignettes in such film comedies as The Odd Couple II (1998) starring the late Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, Sunset (1988) with Bruce Willis and Permanent Midnight (1998) showcasing Ben Stiller. She was nominated for her the
Although comedy has been Liz's primary career outlet, her millennium film credits have leaned toward heavier material with featured parts in the romantic drama Gabriela (2001), the urban drama King Rikki (2002), the social drama Taylor (2005) and the dramedy West of Brooklyn (2008). Outside the recurring roles on the law series First Monday (2002) and the Latino family drama American Family (2002), TV has proven a different story where she is best remembered for her series role as "Miss Patty" in the long-running sitcom Gilmore Girls (2000), and made numerous amusing appearances on such regular comedies as "The Fighting Fitzgeralds," "The Brothers Garcia," "Ugly Betty," "Desperate Housewives," "Devious Maids" and the Cuban-American sitcom "One Day at a Time."
Long married to producer Peter Locke, the couple resides in Los Angeles."Mother"- Actress
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Hynden Walch was born on February 1, 1971 in Davenport, Iowa. She is an actress and writer known primarily for her work in Adventure Time, Teen Titans, Groundhog Day, and Batman Assault on Arkham. She started her professional acting career on stage at age 11. At 16 she attended the North Carolina School of the Arts, majoring in voice. As a high school senior, she was awarded as a Presidential Scholar in the Arts in drama. Hynden won the Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance as Little Voice in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice on Broadway. In 2005 she graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with a B.A. in American Literature and founded the Hillside Produce Cooperative, a free exchange of local, organically grown food, for which she was named runner up Citizen Entrepreneur of the Year by Global Green USA. Hynden has been married to Sean McDermott since 1999."Co-Worker"- Producer
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Steve Whelan is an American actor and producer. Steve grew up in Northeast Ohio and Connecticut, later earning a BA in Theatre at Indiana Universtiy. He started acting professionally in Philiadelphia before relocating to Los Angeles in 1996. Steve has worked in an array of cinematic formats including film and television, commercials, web-series', and voice-overs. He is also an accomplished production sound artist, and a veteran voice-over artist, and a experienced producer. Steve Co-Founded Relentless Filmworks in 2008, a boutique production company, dedicated to creating exciting original content. Recently Steve line produced and acted in the highly acclaimed Silent Thunder, starring Ted McGinley directed by Isaac Mederios. Steve is represented by Lori Brevig at NBS Entertainment and managed by David Rosenblatt of Rosenblatt Management. Steve hosts a Grateful Dead radio show called Primal Dead every Sunday night on KPFK 90.7FM Los Angeles."Officer White"- Isabella Donato is known for King Rikki (2002), Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) and Ringers: Lord of the Fans (2005)."Lupe"
- Irene Olga López is known for The Big Lebowski (1998), Falling Down (1993) and Basic Instinct (1992)."Mrs. Rojas"
- "Gregorio Ichaso"
- "Ramon"