Constance Marie

Constance Marie
Born	Constance Marie Lopez September 9, 1965 (1965-09-09) (age 46)[1] East Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1982–present
Partner	Kent Katich
Children	1

Constance Marie Lopez (born September 9, 1965)^[1] is an American actress. Known professionally as Constance Marie, she is known for her role as Angie Lopez on George Lopez (2002–2007) and for her role as Marcella Quintanilla (mother of Selena) in the 1997 film Selena. She currently portrays Regina Vasquez on the ABC family drama Switched at Birth.

Early life

Constance Marie grew up in East Los Angeles, California, in a third generation Mexican-American family that moved from apartment to apartment. She was raised by her mother and grandmother. While in her teens she had a passion for dancing and by age 19 she was tapped to dance in a musical called "Cosmopolis" by famed composer Ryuichi Sakamoto in Japan. When she returned to Los Angeles, her dancing career took a huge step when she was spotted in a club by a dance choreographer for pop icon David Bowie. She was chosen out of 500 dancers to tour with David Bowie on his 1987 worldwide Glass Spider Tour.

Career

Marie's acting career also began when she was just a teen. She landed a spot in the movie Salsa. Other credits include Early Edition, Dirty Dancing, Selena, Spin City, The Underworld, and Ally McBeal.

Marie was chosen for the role of Angie Lopez on the TV comedy series George Lopez. She played the ever faithful and beautiful wife of the titular character, who had to deal with her exigent marriage, her husband's happy go lucky approach to parenthood, her mother-in-law's wisecracks and other complications.

Marie then took on the part of Yolanda in the 2001 film Tortilla Soup. She also gained fame for her performance in the critically acclaimed series American Family.

In the summer of 2011, Marie has a starring role on ABC Family's new drama Switched at Birth (TV series), playing the birth mother one of the girls and de facto mother of the other.

Personal life

She and Kent Katich have one child together, Luna Marie Katich born February 5, 2009.^{[citation needed]}

In October 2007, she launched her own clothing line called The Constance Marie Collection. The line is stated to be "affordable for women with real budgets and flattering to women with real bodies".^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Movies

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Glass Spider	Featured dancer	Concert video
1988	Salsa	Featured dancer
1993	12:01	Joan Zevo	TV movie
1994	Island City	Connie Sealle	TV movie
1995	My Family	Toni
1995	Fast Company	Liz Shelby	TV movie
1997	Selena	Marcela Quintanilla
1997	The Underworld	Actress	TV Movie
1999	The Last Marshall	Rosa
2000	Dancing in September	Teresa Lopez
2001	See Spot Run	The Neighbor	uncredited
2001	Tortilla Soup	Yolanda
2006	Puff, Puff, Pass	Montana
2011	Puss in Boots	Imelda

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988-1989	Dirty Dancing	Penny Rivera	11 episodes
1989-1990	Santa Barbara	Nikki Alvarez
1991	The Man in the Family	Jenny	1 episode
1991	Sibs	Actress	1 episode
1992	Reasonable Doubts	Officer Petra Delgado	1 episode
1992	The Hat Squad	Actress	1 episode
1993	Cobra	Maria	1 episode
1996	The Sentinel	Beverley Sanchez	1 episode
1997	Spin City	Gabby Sanchez	1 episode
1997-1998	Union Square	Gabriella Diaz	13 episodes
1998-2000	Early Edition	Toni Brigatti	6 episodes
1999	Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place	Venita	2 episodes
2000-2001	For Your Love	Samantha	6 episodes
2001	Ally McBeal	Inez Cortez	1 episode
2001	That '70s Show	Little Drummer Boy	1 episode (voice)
2002	American Family	Nina Gonzalez	13 episodes
2002-2007	George Lopez	Angie Lopez	119 episodes
2008	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Det. Carolina Flores	1 episode
2009	The Secret Life of the American Teenager	Virginia Molina	1 episode
2009	According to Jim	Victoria	1 episode
2011-present	Switched at Birth	Regina Vasquez	Main Role

Awards and nominations

• Soap Opera Digest Awards
  • 1991: Outstanding Female Newcomer (Daytime) - Santa Barbara (Nominated)

• ALMA Awards
  • 1998: Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series - Union Square (Nominated)
  • 2007: Outstanding Actress (Television Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie) - The George Lopez Show (Nominated)
  • 2011: Favorite TV Actress- Supporting Role - Switched at Birth (Nominated)

• Young Artist Awards
  • 2004: Most Popular Mom & Pop in a Television Series - The George Lopez Show (Nominated) with George Lopez

• Imagen Foundation Awards
  • 2004: Best Actress in Television Drama - American Family: Journey of Dreams (Nominated)
  • 2004: Best Actress in Television Comedy - The George Lopez Show (Won)
  • 2005: Best Actress (Television) - The George Lopez Show (Nominated)
  • 2006: Best Actress (Television) - The George Lopez Show (Nominated)
  • 2007: Best Actress (Television) - The George Lopez Show (Nominated)

See also

Mexico portal

• List of Mexican Americans

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Hispanic Magazine.com - September 2004 - Cover Story - Marie Constance^{[dead link]}

External links

• Official website
• Constance Marie at the Internet Movie Database
• Constance Pallo's Spay/neuter PSA in English

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Name	Marie, Constance
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Date of birth	September 9, 1965
Place of birth	East Los Angeles, California, United States
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