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Marisa Ramirez Born Marisa Maguire Ramirez
September 15, 1977
Los Angeles, California, U.S.Occupation Actress Years active 1998-present Spouse Nathan Lavezoli (2002-present) Marisa Carolina Ramirez (born September 15, 1977 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress.
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Early life
Ramirez attended an all-girls' school in Alhambra, California at the Ramona Convent Secondary School. Her career began at age 13 when she was brought to the attention of a major L.A. modelling agency and began acting in commercials.
Career
Ramirez is possibly best known for her roles in daytime soap operas. After several guest appearances on Days of our Lives and The Bold and the Beautiful, Ramirez finally got her big break in July 2000, when she was cast in the contract role of supermodel Gia Campbell on General Hospital. She left this role in December 2002 to star in the short-lived ABC drama, Miracles. During her time on GH, she was nominated for ALMA and NAACP Awards.[1]
In April 2006, she joined the cast of The Young and the Restless as Jabot Cosmetics public relations consultant Carmen Mesta, but was let go from the role after only five months when her character was killed off. She briefly rejoined the show in early 2007 as Carmen's cousin, Ines Vargas.
She is of Mexican, Irish and Native American descent.
She moved to Colombia to record Mental, next to Chris Vance and Annabella Sciorra. On January 2010, she made a guest appearance as Francesca, Esteban's soon to be wife on The Suite Life on Deck.
She is also known for her role in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, the six part prequel to Spartacus: Blood and Sand, where she plays Melitta, slave to Lucretia and wife to Oenomaus.
She has presently ended a starring role in Lifetime's, Against the Wall, playing one half of as Internal Affairs team for the Chicago Police Department.
Personal life
She married Nathan Lavezoli on September 22, 2002.[citation needed]
Filmography
Film Year Film Role Notes 1998 Backstreet Boys: All Access Video Girl in Video Release Straight-to-DVD 2005 All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos Alicia Barena 2007 Itty Bitty Titty Committee Ellen 2009 Action Hero Maria Television Year Title Role Notes 1998 USA High Liza Episode: Excess's Ex 1999 Roswell Vanessa Episode: Leaving Normal 2000 Senseless Acts of Video Host 2000–2002 Port Charles Gia Campbell General Hospital Gia Campbell 107 episodes 2003 CSI: Miami Susanna Medesto Episode: Hurricane Anthony Miracles Evelyn Santos 13 episodes 2004 Century City Christina Dobbs Episode: The Haunting Dr. Vegas Eva Leon Episode: Pilot 2005 Hitched Unsold FOX TV-Pilot 2006 Without a Trace Sara Episode: Win Today 2006–2007
UnknownThe Young and the Restless Carmen Mesta
Ines Varges24 episodes
Unknown episodes2007 Shark Monique Episode: Eye of the Beholder 2008 Supernatural Tammi Episode: Malleus Maleficarum 2009 Mental Dr. Chloë Artis 13 episodes 2010 The Suite Life on Deck Francesca Episode #35: Mother of the Groom 2010 CSI: NY Mrs. Tania Santos Season 6 Episode 15: The Formula 2010 Past Life Rosa 2 Episodes 2010 Miami Medical Katherine Russell 2 Episodes 2011 Spartacus: Gods of the Arena Melitta Episodes 1 - 5 Other roles
- In Backstreet Boys video "As Long as You Love Me."
- In Jordan Knight's video "Give It To You."
- In Voices of Theory's video "Wherever You Go."
- In 3T's video "Tease Me."
- Appeared in a commercial for Coca-Cola and Special K.
References
- ^ "Soap Actress Lands Role on 'Miracles'". Akron Beacon Journal. 19 September 2002. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AK&s_site=ohio&p_multi=AK&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F62BCDF693D66AD&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
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Categories:- 1977 births
- Living people
- American soap opera actors
- Hispanic and Latino American actors
- Actors from California
- People from Los Angeles, California
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