DANIA RAMIREZ: ACTRESS
RISING STAR AWARD RECIPIENT

Dania Ramirez has come a long way from her native Dominican Republic, where her dreams of acting began.

This fall she joined the cast of the NBC series Heroes. She was recently seen on the critically acclaimed HBO drama The Sopranos and in the Universal feature Illegal Tender. She also recently completed the independent film Brooklyn to Manhattan for director Jessy Terrero.

Last summer she was seen in the third installment of the X-MEN franchise X-Men: The Last Stand directed by Brett Ratner. She made her film debut in Spike Lee’s The Subway Stories for HBO which lead to two other Spike Lee projects, 25th Hour and She Hate Me. In the latter she plays the lead in a complicated love triangle involving a lesbian paralegal who wants to have a baby with her attorney girlfriend. Her other credits include the independent film Cross Bronx and she plays the love interest in the comedy Fat Albert.

She moved with her family to New York City when she was ten years old. Always a performer, writing songs to sing with her sisters but eager for something more, she looked for ways to break into the entertainment business. After being discovered while working retail, she started modeling and taking acting classes. This led to some commercial work and eventually towards acting.

She currently lives in Los Angeles.