Name : Roselyn Sanchez
Date of birth : 2 April 1973
Place of birth : San Juan, Puerto Rico
Nickname : Popi
Height : 5' 7.
Roselyn Sanchez - Detailed Biography
Roselyn
Sanchez is a rising, multi-talented young performer who has already established
herself as a leading actress in Hollywood. Sanchez recently was seen in New
Line's blockbuster hit Rush Hour 2 starring opposite Chris Tucker and Jackie
Chan, playing the character Isabella Molina, an undercover Secret Service agent.
She received an ALMA Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her
performance.
Sanchez will next be seen starring opposite John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson and
Giovanni Ribisi in Basic for director John McTiernan. This is a Phoenix
Pictures/Intermedia production in which Sanchez plays an elite soldier for the
U.S. Army Rangers. Her role in this action/adventure was written for a man;
however, after seeing Rush Hour 2, McTiernan was intent on Sanchez playing the
part.
Immediately following the release of Basic, Sanchez will hit the big screen in
the Forest Whitaker-produced film Chasing Papi for Fox 2000.
At the age of 19, the San Juan beauty was part of Puerto Rico's number one
comedy/variety show, Que Vacilon. When she turned 21, Sanchez took the biggest
risk of her life, leaving her family and blossoming career behind to make her
way to New York. She arrived barely speaking English, fueled only by her love of
movies, theater, dance, and song.
Once in New York, Sanchez immediately starred in two Spanish musicals, landed a
role in the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, and wrote and preformed her own
one-woman show, Out Here On My Own. She also auditioned for the television show
Fame L.A., and landed the lead role of dancer Lili Arguelo (which subsequently
moved her to Los Angeles). Roselyn tackled the role with a passion and purpose
that made her the show's most popular character.
Other projects include a starring role in the Trimark release, Held Up, opposite
Jamie Foxx and Nia Long, and a police officer in the F. Gary Gray-produced
series Ryan Caulfield: Year One for Fox. Sanchez is also the new spokesperson
for the Pepsi brand Sierra Mist. The print/radio/commercial campaign is being
released in both Spanish and English markets.
Sanchez recently completed production on the independent film Nightstalker,
which is loosely based on the Richard Ramirez killings in California during the
1980s.