Edurne Ganem, known professionally as Edy Ganem, is an American actress known for her role as Valentina Diaz in the
Lifetime comedy-drama
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series ''
Devious Maids
''Devious Maids'' is an American television comedy-drama and mystery series created by Marc Cherry, produced by ABC Studios, and executive produced by Cherry, Sabrina Wind, Eva Longoria, Paul McGuigan, Larry Shuman, David Lonner, John Mass, ...
''.
Life and career
Ganem was born in
Modesto, California
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and raised in
Torreón
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,
Coahuila
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, Mexico
[Edy Ganem]
''TV Guide''. along with her two younger brothers. Her parents are both of Mexican and Lebanese descent, ''
Ghanem'' being
Arabic
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(غانم) for "victorious". She is a graduate of the
University of San Diego
The University of San Diego (USD) is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Catholic research university in San Diego, California, United States. Chartered in 1949 as the independent San Diego College for Women and San Diego University ...
.
In 2008, she had various small roles in three episodes of
HBO
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's comedy-drama series ''
Entourage
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Arts and entertainment
* L'entourage, French hip hop / rap collecti ...
''. Ganem had guest roles on several television shows, including ''
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
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,'' ''
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''
The Cleveland Show
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'' and ''
Rob''.
On
Lifetime's ''
Devious Maids
''Devious Maids'' is an American television comedy-drama and mystery series created by Marc Cherry, produced by ABC Studios, and executive produced by Cherry, Sabrina Wind, Eva Longoria, Paul McGuigan, Larry Shuman, David Lonner, John Mass, ...
'', Ganem played Valentina Diaz, the positive, open-minded nineteen-year-old daughter and co-worker of Zoila Diaz (
Judy Reyes
Judy Reyes (born November 5, 1967) is an American actress, model, and producer, best known for her roles as Carla Espinosa on the NBC/American Broadcasting Company, ABC medical comedy series ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs'' (2001–2009), as Zoila ...
) and love interest of Genevieve Delatour's (
Susan Lucci
Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23, 1946) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama ''All My Children'' during that show's entire network run from 1970 to 2011. The character is considere ...
's) son, Remi Delatour (
Drew Van Acker
Drew Van Acker (born April 2, 1986) is an American actor, model and producer. He is known for playing Jason DiLaurentis, the older brother of Alison DiLaurentis (Sasha Pieterse), on Freeform's ''Pretty Little Liars'' (2010–2017) and Ian Arche ...
). The Diazes both serve as maids to Delatours and the romance between Valentina and Remi is something that Zoila discourages.
Personal life
On September 24, 2015, Ganem announced via
Instagram
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that she was pregnant.
An Instagram photo posted in February 2016 revealed that she gave birth to a son. On September 24, 2017, Ganem announced via Instagram that she was expecting her second child. An Instagram photo posted in February 2018 revealed that she gave birth to a daughter.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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21st-century American actresses
American film actresses
American television actresses
American actresses of Mexican descent
Actresses from Modesto, California
American people of Lebanese descent
Hispanic and Latino American actresses
Living people
University of San Diego alumni
1983 births