Screen Actors Guild Award "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series" "Six Feet Under" 2003
2004 Co-starred opposite Ice Cube in the feature film, "Torque"
2003 Cast as Sunny Estrada in the first season of the Canadian television series "1-800 Missing" (aired on Lifetime)
2002 Had a supporting role in Steven Soderbergh's groundbreaking film "Full Frontal"
2001 - 2005 Cast as recurring character Vanessa Diaz in HBO's critically acclaimed, award-winning series, "Six Feet Under"; became a series regular in the fourth season
1997 Had a small role in Nick Cassavetes' "She's So Lovely" starring Sean Penn and Robin Wright-Penn
1996 Landed first two acting roles shorting after moving to Los Angeles, on the ABC series "NYPD Blue" and in the NBC movie "No One Would Tell"
1996 Cast in Oliver Mayer's "Blade to the Heat" at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles
1990 Moved to New York shortly after high school
Moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting
Raised in Chicago
Performed with the Latino Chicago Theater Company while still in high school
Will co-star with Peter Dinklage as husband and wife in an indie remake of the 1953 film "The Little Fugitive" (lensed 2004)