ROSELYN SANCHEZ BIOGRAPHY

BIOGRAPHY AND CAREER

Roselyn Sanchez born in San Juan, Puerto Rico April 2, 1973 is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, model, actress, producer and writer of film and television.

Sánchez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the youngest of four siblings, having three older brothers. She received her primary education in San Juan. At a young age, she showed an interest in both dancing and acting and would put on shows for her family. Sánchez enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico, where like her father and brothers she was to study marketing. However, this was not her calling and after three years she left the course. In 1991, at the age of 18, Sánchez moved to New York City, where she took classes in dancing, acting and singing. She returned to Puerto Rico, and in 1992 she made her movie debut, having landed a small part as an island girl in the movie Captain Ron, which was partly filmed in Puerto Rico, starring Martin Short and Kurt Russell.


In Puerto Rico, she gained public attention as a dancer and as co-host of a variety show called Que Vacilon. At that time, in 1993, Sánchez won the Miss Puerto Rico Petite contest, and in 1994 she won the international title of Miss American Petite, bringing her international fame. Sánchez has been named to numerous annual lists of beautiful women including Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100" in 2001, 2002 and 2006; AskMen.com's "Top 99 Most Desirable Women" in 2005 and 2006; and FHM Magazine's "100 Sexiest Women" in 2005 and 2006.

In 2001, Sánchez was cast as Isabella Molina, an undercover United States Secret Service agent who was Jackie Chan's love interest in the hit movie Rush Hour 2. In 2003, she played the role of Lorena in the movie Chasing Papi, starring alongside Jaci Velasquez and Sofia Vergara. Sánchez has acted in some 20 movies, including as Maria in Edison and as Karen Lopez in Underclassman. She also starred in the Puerto Rican film Cayo, released in 2005. Also in the fall of 2005, she joined the cast of the television series Without a Trace, where she played Agent Elena Delgado.

She composed the musical Yellow, about a singer/dancer/actress who leaves Puerto Rico to hit the big time in New York, in which she played the principal part. The movie was filmed in 2005 and released in 2007.

Also in 2007, she acted as Monique, Peyton's ballet teacher, in The Game Plan, and in 2009, starred in The Perfect Sleep, a neo-noir drama, co-starring Patrick Bauchau, Tony Amendola, Isaac Singleton, and Peter Lucas.


In 2003, her first musical recording, Borinqueña, was released. The album's first single, "Amor Amor", gained a lot of attention as well as a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Music Video. She appeared in Craig David's music videos "Hidden Agenda" and "Personal" and in the Fabolous video for the song "Make Me Better".

Sánchez was married to actor Gary Stretch from 9 August 1998, to 2001. After her divorce, she started a relationship with Puerto Rican salsa singer Víctor Manuelle. However, in December 2005, she announced that she had ended their relationship. The separation was amicable. She married actor Eric Winter on 29 November 2008, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Sánchez is a supporter of animal rights and an active member of PETA. She recently appeared nude in a PETA ad in support of anti-fur campaign efforts. She is the spokesperson of the Fundación de Niños San Jorge, which assists sick children from poor families.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1992	Captain Ron	Clarise, Island Girl	Film Debut
1999	Held Up	Trina
2001	Rush Hour 2	Isabella Molina
2002	Miss Miami	Unknown Role	TV Movie
	Boat Trip	Gabriella
	Nightstalker	Gabriella Martinez
2003	Basic	Nunez
	Chasing Papi	Lorena
2004	Larceny	Angela
2005	Kojak	ADA Carmen Warrick	TV Movie
	State Property 2	D.A.
	Underclassman	Karen Lopez
	Cayo	Young Julia
	Edison	Maria
	Shooting Gallery	Jezebel Black	direct-to-video
2006	Yellow	Amaryllis Campos	Also was the writer and producer
2007	The Game Plan	Monique Vasquez
	Rush Hour 3	Isabella Molina	Cameo on deleted scene from DVD.[9]
2009	The Perfect Sleep	Porphyria
2010	Act of Valor	TBA	(post-production)
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996-1997	As the World Turns	Pilar Domingo	24 episodes
1997-1998	Fame L.A.	Lili Arguelo	21 episodes
1999	Ryan Caulfield: Year One	Kim Veras	2 episodes
2000	Nash Bridges	Belinda Cruz	2 episodes
2002	In-Laws	Dani	1 episode
	The Drew Carey Show	Maria	1 episode
2003-2004	L.A. Dragnet	Det. Elana Macias	Recurring character
2005	Kojak	ADA Carmen Warrick	Recurring character
2005-2009	Without a Trace	Elena Delgado	89 episodes
2009	Royal Pains	Sofia Santos	1 episode

source:wikipedia.org