Majandra Delfino (born Maria Alejandra Delfino on February 20, 1981, in Caracas, Venezuela), is an Alma Award nominated American actress and singer best known for her role as Maria DeLuca on the television series Roswell.
Delfino was nicknamed "Majandra" by her elder sister, Marieh, who is also an actress. Marieh couldn't pronounce her full name, and so the nickname stuck. She is half Cuban and half Venezuelan.
She attended Ransom Everglades and ...
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Majandra Delfino (born Maria Alejandra Delfino on February 20, 1981, in Caracas, Venezuela), is an Alma Award nominated American actress and singer best known for her role as Maria DeLuca on the television series Roswell.
Delfino was nicknamed "Majandra" by her elder sister, Marieh, who is also an actress. Marieh couldn't pronounce her full name, and so the nickname stuck. She is half Cuban and half Venezuelan.
She attended Ransom Everglades and New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida. She married actor Devon Gummersall in 2007, who played her character's cousin in Roswell.
Delfino started playing Maria Deluca on Roswell, where on hiatus she starred in the small but memorable role of Vanessa in Traffic as well as Natalie in The Secret Life of Girls. She also acted in Reeseville, Celeste in the City, The Tony Danza Show, and R.S.V.P., with Jason Mewes and Glenn Quinn. She played Trudi in the film State's Evidence, which covers the controversial topic of violence in schools. She...
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