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Roselyn Sánchez
Born	Roselyn Sánchez Rodríguez April 2, 1973 (1973-04-02) (age 35) San Juan, Puerto Rico
Other name(s)	Popi, Ros
Years active	1992 - present
Spouse(s)	Gary Stretch (1998 - 2001) (divorced)

Roselyn Sánchez (born April 2, 1973¹) is a Puerto Rican singer, model, film and television actress.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Rise to fame 1.3 Sánchez in Hollywood 1.4 Music career 1.5 Personal life 2 Filmography 2.1 Film 2.2 Television 3 Discography 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

Biography

Early life

Sánchez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico¹, the youngest of four siblings - having three older brothers. She received her primary education in San Juan. At a young age, she showed an interest in both dancing and acting and would put on shows for her family. Sánchez enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico, where like her father and brothers she was to study marketing.² However, this was not her calling and after three years she left the course. In 1991, at the age of 18, Sánchez moved to New York City, where she took classes in dancing, acting and singing.³ She returned to Puerto Rico and in 1992, she made her movie debut, having landed a small part as an island girl in the movie Captain Ron, which was partly filmed on the island, starring Martin Short and Kurt Russell

Rise to fame

In Puerto Rico, she gained public attention as a dancer and co-host of an island's variety show called Que Vacilon. At that time, in 1993, Roselyn won the Miss Puerto Rico Petite contest and in 1994 she won the international title of Miss American Petite. The contest rose Sanchez to international fame. Sanchez has been named to numerous annual lists of beautiful women including Maxim Magazine Hot 100 in 2001, 2002 and 2006; AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women in 2005 and 2006; FHM Magazine 100 Sexiest Women in 2005 and 2006.⁴

Sánchez in Hollywood

In 2001, Sánchez was cast as "Isabella Molina", an undercover United States Secret Service agent who was Jackie Chan's love interest in the hit movie Rush Hour 2. In 2003, she played the role of "Lorena" in the movie Chasing Papi starring alongside Jaci Velasquez and Sofia Vergara. Sanchez has already acted in 20 movies, including the role of Maria in Edison as well as the role of Karen Lopez in Underclassman. She also starred in the Puerto Rican film Cayo released in 2005. Also in the fall of 2005, she joined the cast of Without a Trace, where she plays Agent Elena Delgado.

She composed the musical Yellow, about a singer/dancer/actress who leaves Puerto Rico to hit the big time in New York, in which she played the principal part. The movie was filmed in 2005 and released in 2007.

Also in 2007, she acted as Monique, Peyton's ballet teacher, in The Game Plan, and appeared in the movie "Venus & Vegas". She is currently preparing for her role in The Perfect Sleep, a neo-noir drama, where she is co-staring with Patrick Bauchau, Tony Amendola, Isaac Singleton, and Peter Lucas.

Music career

In 2003, her first musical recording Borinqueña was released. The album first single "Amor Amor" gained a lot of attention as well as a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Music Video. She appeared in Craig David's music videos Hidden Agenda and Personal and in the Fabolous video for "Make Me Better".

Personal life

Sánchez was married to actor Gary Stretch from August 9, 1998 to 2001. After her divorce, she started a relationship with Puerto Rican salsa singer, Víctor Manuelle. However, in December 2005, she announced that she had ended their relationship. The separation was amicable. Currently, she is engaged to actor Eric Winter.⁵

Sánchez is a supporter of animal rights and active member of PETA. She recently appeared nude in a PETA ad in support of anti-fur campaign efforts.⁶ She is the spokesperson of the Fundación de Niños San Jorge, which attends sick children of poor families.⁷

Roselyn Sanchez offical wedding date is November 29,2008.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Captain Ron	Clarise, Island Girl
1999	Held Up	Trina
2001	Rush Hour 2	Isabella Molina
2002	Miss Miami	Unknown role	TV Movie
	Boat Trip	Gabriella
	Nightstalker	Gabriella Martinez
2003	Basic	Nunez
	Chasing Papi	Lorena
2004	Larceny	Angela
2005	Kojak	ADA Carmen Warrick	TV Movie
	State Property 2	D.A.
	Underclassman	Karen Lopez
	Cayo	Young Julia
	Edison	Maria
	Shooting Gallery	Jezebel Black	direct-to-video
2006	Yellow	Amaryllis Campos	Also was the writer and producer
2007	The Game Plan	Monique Vasquez
2008	The Perfect Sleep	Porphyria
2009	Venus & Vegas	Kristen

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996-1997	As the World Turns	Pilar Domingo
1997-1998	Fame L.A.	Lili Arguelo
1999	Ryan Caulfield: Year One	Kim Veras	2 episodes
2000	Nash Bridges	Belinda Cruz	2 episodes
2002	In-Laws	Dani	1 episode
	The Drew Carey Show	Maria	1 episode
2003-2004	Dragnet	Det. Elana Macias	recurring character
2005	Kojak	ADA Carmen Warrick
2005-2008	Without a Trace	Elena Delgado

Discography

See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans

References

External links

• Roselyn's Fansite
• Roselyn Sánchez at the Internet Movie Database
• Roselyn Sánchez at TV.com
• Roselyn Sánchez Bio at CBS - Without A Trace
• Roselyn Sánchez Shows Her Skin to Save Animals

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