Dania Ramirez Biography
Before she became one of the few Dominican actresses working in Hollywood, the raven-haired, olive-skinned Dania Ramirez launched her career in her family's home of New York City at the age of 15. Reportedly approached by a modeling recruiter while working in a store as a security girl (collecting patrons' handbags), Ramirez soon established herself as a successful print model, then transitioned, sequentially, to commercials, television, and big-screen features. Ramirez met director Spike_Lee when cast as an extra in HBO's omnibus feature Subway_Stories (1997) -- a connection that spawned their collaboration on Lee's 2004 picture She_Hate_Me (in which she played the minor part of Alex Guerrero). Ramirez then signed on for supporting roles in such features as Fat_Albert (2004), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), and Illegal_Tender (2007). On the small screen, Ramirez played potential slayer Caridad in several episodes of the seventh season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2003) and Blanca Selgado, a love interest of A.J. Soprano (Robert_Iler) during the sixth season of The_Sopranos (2006-2007). In fall 2007, she joined the cast of the smash-hit sci-fi series Heroes, playing the emotional and mysteriously deadly Maya Herrera. Nathan Southern, Rovi
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