Emeraude Toubia (, born March 1, 1989) is an American actress. From 2016 to 2019, she portrayed Isabelle Lightwood on the Freeform fantasy series ''

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''. Toubia has been starring as Lily Diaz on the

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romantic comedy series ''

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'' since 2021.

Early life and education

Toubia was born in

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, Canada. She was raised in

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as an only child. Toubia's mother, Mirta Sonia (née Solis), was born and raised in

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, Mexico, and her father is Gaby Toubia, the son of Elias Toubia and Zomorrod Hilany, a

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from the town of Deddeh, in the

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, in northern Lebanon. As a child, Toubia was professionally trained in

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, belly dance, and

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. Toubia attended Homer Hanna High School in Brownsville for her secondary education. Since the age of fifteen, Toubia had competed in several

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s; she was crowned Miss South Texas, Miss Rio Grande Valley America, and Miss Teen Brownsville.

Career

In 1999, at the age of ten, Toubia made her first television appearance on

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's children's program ''El Mundo de los Niños''. She became widely known in 2008, when she was selected to participate on the second season of the

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beauty pageant series '' Nuestra Belleza Latina'', where the participants were trained rigorously in acting, presenting, dancing and other activities; Toubia was voted first runner-up. Since then, she has been featured in advertisements for brands such as

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, J. C. Penney,

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, Garnier, and

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. In 2009, she joined the second season of '' Model Latina'', finishing in fifth place. She was then a semifinalist in Miss Texas USA 2010. From 2011 to 2013, Toubia served as a presenter for several NBC Universo music and entertainment shows, including ''The Arena'', ''18 & Over'', and ''mun2POP''. She co-hosted the mun2 red carpet special for the 2013

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. In 2013, Toubia made her acting debut as Elizabeth on the Nickelodeon Latin America youth telenovela '' 11-11: En mi cuadra nada cuadra'', for which she was coached by

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-nominated actress

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. In 2014, she appeared as Dulce Rincón on

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's telenovela '' Cosita linda''. The following year, Toubia portrayed Stephanie Karam on the Univision-Venevisión telenovela '' Voltea pa' que te enamores''. In 2016, Toubia began portraying the half-human, half-angel warrior Isabelle Lightwood on Freeform's fantasy series ''

'', based on ''

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'' book series by

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. That same month, she appeared alongside

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in the music video for his single " Culpa al Corazón". Since 2021, Toubia has starred as Lily Diaz on the

romantic comedy series ''

''. She is set to appear in the upcoming romantic comedy film ''The Redo''.

Personal life

Toubia began dating musician

in 2011. They were married in

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, Mexico on November 30, 2018, and resided in

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. They announced plans to divorce in March 2022. As of 2025, she is in a relationship with Lithuanian actor Arnas Fedaravicius. Toubia supports the Get Schooled non-profit organization; on May 26, 2016, she visited Middle College High School in

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to meet students and act as their "celebrity principal" for the day.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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