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Roselyn
Sanchez was born on April 2nd, 1970 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
She grew up there with her mother, father (a marketing businessman)
and three older brothers. Despite a lifelong interest in the
entertainment industry, Roselyn decided to study marketing
at the University of Puerto Rico, in order to do what her
brothers had not done -- namely, take over the family business.
After three years, however, she decided to quit, and pursued
her dreams by studying acting, singing and dancing.
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In the mid-'90s, she landed
a spot as dancer and co-host of Puerto Rico's No. 1 comedy-variety
show, Que Vacilon, which brought her fame in her native country.
Her good looks brought her success in other areas, too, particularly
beauty pageants. She was named Miss Puerto Rico Petite in 1993,
and the following year she represented her country and became Miss
America Petite 1994.
Having done so well in her
homeland, Sanchez then decided to go for the big time and left Puerto
Rico for New York. Getting started was as difficult for her as it
is for any aspiring actor, but she soon found her way by working
on her one-woman show, Out Here On My Own, and appearing in the
1992 comedy Captain Ron, as an Island Girl. Perhaps more substantially,
she won the first Latina role in the almost 50-year history of the
soap opera, As the World Turns, and portrayed Pilar Domingo from
1996 to 1997.
After a handful of other
relatively small roles on television (including Fame L.A. and Ryan
Caulfield: Year One) and in the small-budget film Held Up, Roselyn
got her breakthrough in 2001 with Rush Hour 2, starring Chris Tucker
and Jackie Chan. In the sequel to the Hollywood blockbuster, she
plays an undercover secret service agent who performs challenging
fight scenes and even strips down to her lingerie. By all accounts,
she had hit the big time.
Sanchez did not hesitate
to capitalize on her newfound stardom. She appeared in no less than
five films between 2002 and 2003. In Boat Trip she played the straight
lady to the comedic antics of Cuba Gooding Jr., while in Nightstalker
she covered the thriller genre.
After her latest big-budget
film, Basic, with John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson, Roselyn enjoyed
the release of two films featuring the Spanish tongue: Chasing Papi
(co-starring fellow hotties Sofia Vergara and Jaci Velasquez) and
Angel, a Puerto Rican production. She can now be seen on the modern
version of TV's Dragnet, as Detective Lisa Macias.
Sanchez splits her time between
New York, Los Angeles and the occasional return to Puerto Rico.
She plans to release a record in the foreseeable future and she's
in the process of composing a musical about a singer/dancer/actor
who leaves Puerto Rico to hit the big time in New York. Who will
play the lead role? Roselyn, of course.
Get her posters at AllPosters
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