Nadine Velazquez (born November 20, 1978)[1] is an American actress and model.
Velazquez was born in Chicago, Illinois, of Puerto Rican descent. She attended Notre Dame High School for Girls, and has a BA in marketing. Her first acting role was a McDonald commercial as a drive-thru lady.[2] She was also originally cast as Fernando Sucre's girlfriend Maricruz Delgado in the Fox television series Prison Break but acquired a role in My Name Is Earl instead.
Her latest roles were in the film War with Jet Li and Jason Statham, and in the Oxygen Network original television film Husband for Hire.[1] She currently stars in the NBC series My Name Is Earl as Catalina Aruca. She was nominated for an Emmy shared with Jaime Pressley for best supporting actresses. In 2006 she was ranked #54 in 102 sexiest women in the world,[citation needed] and was named #39 in the annual Maxim Hot 100 list.[3]
Velazquez is married to talent agent Marc Provissiero.
Appearances
Velazquez has appeared in several print ads, television specials, and films.
- Currently stars in the NBC series My Name Is Earl as Catalina Aruca
- In a nude print ad for Peanut butter, where she had 10 to 20 jars smeared on her[4]
- In the 2004 film Blast!
- In the TV movie The Last Ride
- In the 2006 release House of the Dead II
- On the January 2006 cover of Stuff
- Seen briefly on the Prison Break set in a featurette on the show's first season DVD set
- One of the judges in the Miss Universe 2008 beauty pageant
- One of the actors in the 2006 star-studded monologue show Skirts & Flirts[5]
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