- Tessie Santiago
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name = Tessie Santiago
birthdate = birth date and age|1975|8|10
birthplace =Miami, Florida ,United States Tessie Santiago (born
August 10 ,1975 inMiami, Florida , U.S.) is an American actress of Cuban descent.Making her television debut in 2000 in the action/adventure syndicated television series "
Queen Of Swords " as Tessa Alvarado/The Queen, Santiago is now an experienced actress. She has starred on television shows such as the first season of "Good Morning, Miami " (from 2002-2003; after appearing on the first 11 episodes, the series creators decided to drop her character of Lucia from the sitcom, removing Santiago from the show as a regular cast member) and has made guest appearances on "Kitchen Confidential ", "Curb Your Enthusiasm " and "One on One". In 2001, Santiago landed a co-starring role in the VH1 made for television movie "The Way She Moves " (opposite Annabeth Gish and Kamar De Los Reyes). Santiago played the role of Christina Juarez, a Latina dancer with the dream of winning a dance exhibition. In the movie, Santiago was given the opportunity to show her dancing skills. In 2004–2005, Santiago was cast as Sarah Marshall in the independent film "The Way Back Home ". Santiago co-starred oppositeMichael King ,Julie Harris ,Ruby Dee ,Danny Nucci .A May 1999 graduate from the
University of Miami , she earned a double major infilm and theater arts and was able to study Shakespeare in London, England and Film Production with the Faculty of Film and Television of Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) inPrague ,Czech Republic .Santiago has two younger siblings, an adolescent brother, a younger half-sister and a pet named Zion.
She was ranked #50 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2001.cite web | title=FreeJose.com | work=Maxim Magazine Hot 100 Women of 2001 | url=http://www.freejose.com/lists/maxim/2001/ | accessdate=January 13 | accessyear=2007]
Television
*"Queen of Swords" (2000–2001) TV Show - Tessa Alvarado/The Queen
*"Good Morning, Miami " (2002–2003) TV Show - Lucia Rojas-Klein (11 episodes)
*"Curb Your Enthusiasm " (2004) HBO Series - Chambermaid
*"Kitchen Confidential " (2005) TV Show - Donna the waitress
*"One on One" (2006) TV Show - HannahFilm
*"The Way She Moves" (2000) Video Hits One TV Movie - Christina Juarez
*"The Way Back Home" (2005) Independent Movie - Sara Marshall
*"Break-In" (2006) LifeTime TV Movie - JoannieReferences
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