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Manny Pérez
Manuel Pérez "Manny" Batista (born May 5, 1969) is a Dominican American actor who has appeared in the television series ''Third Watch'' and in the film '' Washington Heights''. He is the cousin of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz. Life and career Pérez was born in Baitoa, Santiago, Dominican Republic and currently lives in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Pérez is one of 11 siblings. By the time Pérez finished high school he knew that he wanted to be an actor so he moved to New York City where he majored in drama at Marymount Manhattan College, graduating in 1992. He studied at Ensemble Studio Theatre and is a member of the LAByrinth Theatre Company, in New York City. Following his performance on the film ''Washington Heights'' (which he also co-wrote and produced), Pérez garnered praise from many critics. ''The New York Times'' stated "Mr. Perez has charisma to burn." He won the 2002 Best Actor Award at The Milan International Film Festival in Italy for his p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baitoa
Baitoa is a municipality in the Santiago Province of the Dominican Republic. Santiago is part of the northern valley of the country, otherwise known as the Cibao. Baitoa is named after a native tree, also known as St. Domingo Boxwood. Baitoa was formerly known as ''Sabana de los Burros''. The population speaks a Cibao dialect of Dominican Spanish. Baitoa is located near the Yaque del Norte River, the longest river in the Dominican Republic. It sits east of Sabana Iglesia, west of La Vega Province, north of La Presa de Taveras, and south of the city of Santiago de los Caballeros. History Baitoa was previously settled by indigenous peoples of the Caribbean known as Taínos for hundreds if not thousands of years prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus in Hispaniola in 1492. At the time, the island was ruled by five Chiefdoms of Hispaniola, each of which was led by a cacique or a high chief. Baitoa was within the territorial bounds of the Chiefdom of Maguá, which was led by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dania Ramirez
Dania Ramirez (born November 8, 1979) is a Dominican actress. Her credits include the roles of Maya Herrera in '' Heroes'', Alex in '' Entourage'', and Blanca during the last season of ''The Sopranos'' on television. Her film roles include Alex Guerrero in '' She Hate Me'' and Callisto in the feature film '' X-Men: The Last Stand''. She portrayed Rosie Falta on Lifetime's '' Devious Maids'' from June 2013 until its cancellation in 2016. In July 2017, Ramirez joined the hit ABC series '' Once Upon a Time'' for its softly-rebooted seventh season in a starring role as Cinderella. Early life Ramirez was born in Santo Domingo. At an early age, she decided to become an actress. As a young child, she would reenact telenovelas for her family. She was discovered by a modeling scout while working in a convenience store at the age of 15, and was offered a small part in a soda commercial. Later, she decided to pursue acting seriously and studied at the Actor's Workshop in New York C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Victims Unit
A Special Victims Unit (SVU) is a specialized division within some police departments. The detectives in this division typically investigate crimes involving sexual assault or victims of non-sexual crimes who require specialist handling such as the very young, the very elderly, or the disabled. United States New York City The New York City Police Department's Special Victims Division investigates sex crimes. It is housed in separate Borough Patrols (Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island and Brooklyn). The Special Victims Division only investigates the following types of cases: * Any child under 11 years of age who is the victim of abuse by a parent or person legally responsible for the care of the child. * Any child under 13 years of age who is the victim of any sex crime or attempted sex crime. * Any victim of rape (all degrees) or attempted rape (all degrees). * Any victim of a criminal sexual act (all degrees) or attempted criminal sexual act (all degrees). * Vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Movie Database
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbeth Santos
Lisbeth or Lizbeth is a feminine given name, a variant of Elisabeth. It may be: Notable people * Lisbeth Grönfeldt Bergman (born 1948), Swedish politician of the Moderate Party * Lisbeth Holand (born 1946), Norwegian politician of the Socialist Left Party * Lisbeth Klastrup (born 1970), Danish scholar * Lisbeth Lenton (born 1985), Australian retired competition swimmer * Lizbeth MacKay (born 1949), American actress * Lizbeth Marano (born 1950), American artist and photographer * Lisbeth Movin (1917–2011), Danish actress and director * Lisbeth Nypan (1610–1670), Norwegian alleged witch * Lisbeth Cathrine Amalie Rose (1738–1793), Danish actress * Lisbeth Scott (born 1968), American singer-songwriter * Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen (born 1968), Danish former badminton player * Lisbeth Zwerger (born 1954), Austrian illustrator of children's books Fictional characters * Lisbeth, character from ''Sword Art Online'' * Lisbeth "Bette" Fischer, title character of Honoré de Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha González
Martha (Hebrew language, Hebrew: מָרְתָא) is a Bible, biblical figure described in the Gospels of Gospel of Luke, Luke and Gospel of John, John. Together with her siblings Lazarus of Bethany, Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem. She was witness to Jesus resurrecting her brother, Lazarus of Bethany, Lazarus. Etymology of the name The name ''Martha'' is a Latin transliteration of the Koine Greek Μάρθα, itself a translation of the Aramaic מָרְתָא ''Mârtâ,'' "the mistress" or "the lady", from מרה "mistress," feminine of מר "master." The Aramaic form occurs in a Nabatean inscription found at Puteoli, and now in the Naples Museum; it is dated AD 5 (Corpus Inscr. Semit., 158); also in a Tadmor, Syria, Palmyrene inscription, where the Greek translation has the form ''Marthein.'' Pope, Hugh"St. Martha" The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1919. Biblical reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalia Fernández
Dalia Cristina Fernández Sánchez (born January 3, 1990 in Santiago de los Caballeros) is a Dominican beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Dominican Republic 2011 and represented the country in the 2011 Miss Universe pageant. In 2012 she was elected by Luz García’s ''Noche de Luz'' programme as a "Summer’s Hot Body". Early life Prior to her participation in Miss Dominican Republic 2011, Fernández competed in Reina Mundial del Banano 2009 in Machala, Ecuador on September 23, 2009. As the eventual first runner-up of the event, she won a crown made of 500 green pearls, tourmaline gem stones, and 700 crystals in silver finish. Fernández is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in psychology. Miss Dominican Republic 2011 Fernández competed as the representative of Santiago, one of 36 finalists in her country's national beauty pageant, Miss Dominican Republic 2011, broadcast live from Santo Domingo on March 8, 2011, where she became the eventual winner of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irvin Alberti
Irving Alberti is an actor and humourist from the Dominican Republic. In 2012, he was elected by Luz García’s ''Noche de Luz'' programme as a "Summer’s Hot Body". Career ;Radio *“Botando el Golpe” *“Parando el Trote” ;Television *“Perdone la hora” *“No hay 2 sin 3” (TV Series, 2005 ired in 2009 *“Chévere Nights” (2011–present) *“Qué chévere es saber” ;Theatre * “ Hairspray” * “Me dejó por Nueva York” * “Las aventuras de Willie” * “¡Qué buena es mi suegra!” * “Blancanieves ''Blancanieves'' (known as ''Blancaneu'' in Catalan) is a 2012 Spanish black-and-white silent drama film written and directed by Pablo Berger. Based on the 1812 fairy tale ''Snow White'' by the Brothers Grimm, the story is set in a romantic v ...” * “Los tres temores” ;Filmography References Living people Dominican Republic television presenters Dominican Republic male film actors Dominican Republic male stage actors D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Guillermo Cortines
José Guillermo Cortines (born December 5, 1973) is a Dominican actor and singer who is involved in films, telenovelas, musical theatre and television. He lives in Dominican Republic and is best known for his role as Mauricio Montiel in Telemundo's "El Rostro de Analía" and for his role as Osvaldo Guerra in Más Sabe el Diablo. He was also the host of the Miss Dominican Republic 2002 and Miss Dominican Republic 2004 beauty pageants. He played a role in the movie La Fiesta del Chivo. Biography Jose Guillermo studied in Santo Domingo at Colegio San Judas Tadeo, and at "Centro de Enseñanza El Buen Pastor". He graduated from Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU) in 1996 having specialized in Graphic Design and Publicity. He took singing lessons with Frank Ceara, María Remolá and Nadia Niccola. Career He started his artistic career playing guitar in Rock bands. In the early 1990s, he entered television as host on programs such as, "Sin la Muela en Vivo" broad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Blanco
Jenny Margarita Blanco Márquez (born April 29, 1985) is an actress, TV Host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Mundo Dominicana 2012 and represented her country in the 2012 Miss World pageant on August 18, in Ordos. She is from the Dominican Republic. Pageants Miss Dominican Republic 2009 Blanco competed in the Miss Dominican Republic 2009 pageant representing the Valverde Province where she finished in the semifinals. Miss World Dominican Republic 2012 Jenny Blanco was crowned Miss Mundo Dominicana 2012 at the Gran Arena del Cibao in Santiago de los Caballeros during the Dominican Republic Fashion Week. She was to represent her country in the Miss World 2012 pageant on August 18, in Ordos, China but was disqualified for being over the new age limit. She was replaced by Sally Aponte. Career Jenny Blanco is a TV hostess on Telemicro media group. In 2012 she was elected by Luz García Luz Margarita Cecilia García Guzmán (born April 15, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luz García
Luz Margarita Cecilia García Guzmán (born April 15, 1977) is a Dominican people (Dominican Republic), Dominican TV hostess, theatre and film actress, and beauty pageant title holder. García is known in Puerto Rico as Lucy Amado. Career Modeling García started her career as a model in Puerto Rico, then she moved back to the Dominican Republic where she participated in the beauty pageant Miss Universe Dominicana 1999, she won and represented her country in the Miss Universe 1999 contest; after that, she represented again her country now at Miss World 1999. Radio and television *“Vale Más” stage name: 'Lucy Amado' (1996-2000) *“Hola Gente” (2000-2001) *“El Show del Mediodía” (2001-2002) *“Formalmente Informal” (2002) *“Botando el Golpe” (radio, 2003) *“El Escándalo del 13” (2003-2004) *“Noche de Luz” (2004–present) *“Todo Bien” (2006-2008) Acting *"Prefiero un marido infiel" (2002) *"El buhó y la gatica" (2003) *"¿Qué sexo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
