Alisa Reyes (born February 3, 1981) is an American actress, best known for three seasons that she appeared on
Nickelodeon
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's ''
All That
''All That'' is an American sketch comedy children's television series created by Brian Robbins and Mike Tollin. The series originally aired on Nickelodeon from April 16, 1994, to October 22, 2005, lasting ten seasons, and was produced by Tol ...
'' (1994–97) and providing the voice of LaCienega Boulevardez in the
Disney Channel
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's, ''
The Proud Family
''The Proud Family'' is an American animated sitcom created by Bruce W. Smith that aired on Disney Channel for two seasons from September 15, 2001, to August 19, 2005. The series centers on the life of the titular family, including the show’s ...
'' (2001–05) and its 2022
revival.
Career
Reyes started modeling at the age of eight, and attended The
Professional Performing Arts School
The Professional Performing Arts School, colloquially known as PPAS, is a public middle and high school specializing in the performing arts, located in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
PPAS maintains professional pa ...
, where she focused on
musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre, theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, ...
. She appears in a 1991 episode of ''
Reading Rainbow
''Reading Rainbow'' is an American educational children's television series that originally aired on PBS and afterward PBS Kids from July 11, 1983 to November 10, 2006, with reruns continuing to air until August 28, 2009. 155 30-minute episodes ...
'' to review the book ''
I Want a Dog'' by
Dayal Kaur Khalsa
Dayal Kaur Khalsa (April 17, 1943 – July 17, 1989) was the American-born author and illustrator of numerous award-winning children's books. She discovered her talent in Canada, where she had moved in 1970. Over the span of four short years be ...
.
In 1992, she appeared in
Mariah Carey
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's music video for her single "
Make It Happen." In 1993, Reyes became one of the original cast members of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy show ''All That''.
After ''All That'', Reyes was then cast in the
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is one of NBCUniversal's ...
Saturday morning sitcom ''
One World''. For her role in ''One World'' she was nominated for "Best Young Actress/Performance in a Saturday Morning TV Program" at both the 1999 and 2000
YoungStar Award
The YoungStar Awards, presented by ''The Hollywood Reporter'', honored young American actors and actresses from ages 6–18 in their work in film, television, stage and music. Winners were chosen via a poll of 3,500 entertainment industry insiders ...
awards.
Reyes has also made
guest appearance
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The guests themselves (referred to as guest artists, featured artists, guest stars, or guest fighters, depending on context), are disting ...
s on
HBO
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's ''
Six Feet Under'',
Lifetime's ''
Strong Medicine
''Strong Medicine'' is an American medical drama with a focus on feminist politics, health issues and class conflict that aired on the Lifetime network from 2000 to 2006. It was created and produced in part by Whoopi Goldberg, who made cam ...
'',
PBS
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' ''The American Family'', ''
NYPD Blue
''NYPD Blue'' is an American police procedural television series set in New York City, exploring the struggles of the fictional 15th Precinct detective squad in Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwines several plots involving an ensemble ca ...
'', and ''
Boston Public
''Boston Public'' is an American drama (film and television), drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox. Set in Boston, the series centers on Winslow High School, a fictional public high sc ...
''.
Reyes also provided the voice of LaCienega Boulevardez in the
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American pay television television channel, channel that serves as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company ...
animated series ''
The Proud Family
''The Proud Family'' is an American animated sitcom created by Bruce W. Smith that aired on Disney Channel for two seasons from September 15, 2001, to August 19, 2005. The series centers on the life of the titular family, including the show’s ...
'' from 2001 to 2005.
She reprised the role in the series continuation ''The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder'' on
Disney+
The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment industry, entertainment conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Di ...
.
Reyes also worked as a DJ for
Playboy Radio
Playboy Radio was an internet radio station originally launched on XM Satellite Radio on September 1, 2002. Its programming was dedicated to similar topics and celebrity personalities found in its parent publication, Playboy Magazine. It w ...
on
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio was a satellite radio ( SDARS) service that operated in the United States and Canada. Sirius launched in 2002, and primarily competed with XM Satellite Radio, until the two services merged in 2008 to form Sirius XM.
Li ...
and
XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (XM) was one of the three satellite radio ( SDARS) and online radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Holdings. It provided pay-for-service radio, analogous to subscription cable ...
(Channel 99) and as a host for PlayboyU online and on air shows.
Filmography
* ''
Reading Rainbow
''Reading Rainbow'' is an American educational children's television series that originally aired on PBS and afterward PBS Kids from July 11, 1983 to November 10, 2006, with reruns continuing to air until August 28, 2009. 155 30-minute episodes ...
'' Herself (1 episode, 1991)
* ''
All That
''All That'' is an American sketch comedy children's television series created by Brian Robbins and Mike Tollin. The series originally aired on Nickelodeon from April 16, 1994, to October 22, 2005, lasting ten seasons, and was produced by Tol ...
'' Regular Performer (1994–1997), guest (2019–2020)
* ''
Figure It Out
''Figure It Out'' is an American children's panel game show that aired on Nickelodeon. The original series, hosted by Summer Sanders, ran for four seasons from July 7, 1997, to December 12, 1999. The show was revived in 2012, with Jeff Sutph ...
'' (1997) TV Series Herself/panelist (1997)
* ''
One World'' Marci Blake (39 episodes, 1998–2001)
* ''
Strong Medicine
''Strong Medicine'' is an American medical drama with a focus on feminist politics, health issues and class conflict that aired on the Lifetime network from 2000 to 2006. It was created and produced in part by Whoopi Goldberg, who made cam ...
'' Sonia (1 episode, 2000)
* ''Search Party'' Celebrity Contestant (2 episodes, 2000)
* ''
The Proud Family
''The Proud Family'' is an American animated sitcom created by Bruce W. Smith that aired on Disney Channel for two seasons from September 15, 2001, to August 19, 2005. The series centers on the life of the titular family, including the show’s ...
LaCienega Boulevardez'' (45 episodes, 2001–2005)
* ''
The Bold and the Beautiful
''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (often referred to as ''B&B'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. It premiered on March 23, 1987, as a sister show to the Bells' other soap opera ''Th ...
'' Ginger (1 episode, 2001)
* ''
V.I.P.'' (1 episode, 2001)
* ''
Spyder Games
''Spyder Games'' is an American television series that was broadcast on MTV from June 18 to September 20, 2001. MTV's second and last foray into the soap opera format following the run of the anthology series '' Undressed'', the series was ori ...
'' (2001) Rocio Conejo (unknown episodes)
* ''Players'' (formerly Pledge of Allegiance) (
2002
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)
* ''
Boston Public
''Boston Public'' is an American drama (film and television), drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox. Set in Boston, the series centers on Winslow High School, a fictional public high sc ...
'' Trina Sanchez (3 episodes, 2002)
* ''
NYPD Blue
''NYPD Blue'' is an American police procedural television series set in New York City, exploring the struggles of the fictional 15th Precinct detective squad in Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwines several plots involving an ensemble ca ...
'' Luisa Salazar (1 episode, 2002)
* ''
American Family'' Young Vangie Gonzalez / ... (5 episodes, 2002)
* ''
Passions
''Passions'' is an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008. Created by screenwriter James E. Reilly and ...
'' Syd Valentine (10 episodes, 2002–2003)
* ''Pledge of Allegiance'' (aka ''Red Zone'') (2003) Rachel
* ''
ER'' (1 episode, 2003)
* ''The Making of A Sight for Sore Eyes'' (2003) Herself
* ''
Six Feet Under'' Julie (1 episode, 2004)
* ''
A Sight for Sore Eyes'' (2004) Laura Sanchez
* ''Freezerburn'' (2005) Angie
* ''
Cuts'' Monica (1 episode, 2005)
* ''
The Proud Family Movie
''The Proud Family Movie'' is a 2005 American animated comedy television film based on the Disney Channel animated series, ''The Proud Family''. It premiered on August 19, 2005 and serves as the finale to the show’s original run.
The 2022 '' ...
'' (2005) (TV) (performer: "Together Makes it Better") (voice) LaCienega Boulevardez
* ''
The John Kerwin Show'' Herself (1 episode, 2005) Herself
* ''Contradictions of the Heart'' (2006) Ellen
* ''
Without a Trace
''Without a Trace'' is an American police procedural drama television series created by Hank Steinberg that aired on CBS from September 26, 2002, to May 19, 2009 with the total of seven seasons and 160 episodes. The series focuses the cases of ...
'' Angelina Torres (1 episode, 2006)
* ''4-Bidden'' (2007) Sydney
* ''The Doorman'' (2007) (
Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich (July 30, 1939 – January 6, 2022) was an American director, writer, actor, producer, critic, and film historian. He started out his career as a young actor studying under Stella Adler before working as a film critic for ''Fi ...
film) Girl at Yoga Class
* ''DaZe: Vol. Too'' (2009) (post-production) as Amy
* ''
My Trip to the Dark Side
Shane Stanley (born June 15, 1971, in Encino, Los Angeles) is a filmmaker and founder of Visual Arts Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based film and television production company. He is best known for producing ''Gridiron Gang'' (starring Dwayne "T ...
'' (2011) Misty Rae
* ''
My Trip Back to the Dark Side'' (2012) Misty Rae
* ''
Da Jammies
''Da Jammies'' is an animated musical television series that first aired on August 31, 2015, on Netflix. It was created by Aulsondro "Novelist" Hamilton and William "Dolla" Chapman II. The series covers various issues that affect children with ...
'' (2015) MoMo (voice, season 1)
References
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20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
American child actresses
American film actresses
American television actresses
American voice actresses
Hispanic and Latino American actresses
Living people
1981 births