Majandra Delfino

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Majandra Delfino
Birth name Marialejandra Delfino
Born February 20, 1981 (1981-02-20) (age 27)
Origin Caracas, Venezuela Flag of Venezuela
Genre(s) Dark Cabaret, Downtempo, Trip Hop
Occupation(s) musician, singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, artist
Instrument(s) vocals, piano, guitar
Years active 2001–present
Label(s) Dripfeed (2001–2006)

Red Velvet Cake Records (2007 to present)
Website Majandra.com

Majandra Delfino (born Marialejandra Delfino on February 20, 1981, in Caracas, Venezuela), is an actress and singer best known for her role as Maria DeLuca on the television series Roswell.

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[edit] Biography

Delfino was nicknamed "Majandra" by her elder sister, Marieh, who is also an actress. Marieh couldn't pronounce her full name, and so the nickname stuck.[1] She is half Cuban and half Venezuelan.[2]

She attended New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida.

[edit] Film and Television

Delfino started playing Maria Deluca on Roswell, and later went on to star in such movies and television shows as Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth, which did not receive major cinematic release. She also acted in Reeseville, Celeste in the City, The Tony Danza Show, and R.S.V.P., with Jason Mewes and Glenn Quinn. She played Trudi in the film State's Evidence, which covers the controversial topic of violence in schools. She lost to Mena Suvari for the role of Angela Hayes in the 1999 film American Beauty.

Delfino also stars in a number of episodes of the NBC show Quarterlife, also shown on MySpaceTV, which started airing November 11, 2007. Her husband, Devon, has also written for the show.

[edit] Music

Delfino sang in several Roswell episodes, such as "Viva Las Vegas", "Cry Your Name", and "Behind the Music". In the summer of 2000, Delfino released three songs onto the internet, Siren, Bruises and Tattoo, and wrote and produced them in association with "Sci-Fi Lullaby".

On October 31, 2001, Delfino released the EP The Sicks on her own label, Dripfeed, without radio or television airplay. Producer/remixer Justin Lassen created an 11-remix suite with Delfino's masters from The Sicks that was never fully released due to red tape.

She also received attention in France, through her duet with French chanteuse RoBERT, entitled Le Prince Bleu D'Arthelius in which she sings both in English and French.

Her second album, Tarte, was released on April 23, 2007, by her own record company, Red Velvet Cake Records, through her Web site and Amazon.com and can now be purchased through iTunes along with The Sicks.

[edit] Personal life

On October 6, 2007, Delfino married Devon Gummersall who starred in My So-Called Life and also played Sean DeLuca, the cousin of Delfino's character on Roswell.[3]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Majandra

  • The Sicks (EP) (2001) Dripfeed
  • Le Prince Bleu D'Arthelius 2003 (CD Single duet with RoBERT)
  • Tarte (2007) Red Velvet Cake Records

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Films

[edit] Television

  • Quarterlife (Vanessa - 5 episodes - Anxiety, Compromise, Finding a Voice, Goodbyes, Home Sweet Home)
  • Help Me Help You (Lucy - 2 episodes - The Matress, Pilot)
  • Three Moons Over Wilford (Grace Wochuck - 1 episode - Unaired Pilot)
  • Ultra (Suzette - 1 episode - Pilot)
  • Roswell (Maria DeLuca - appeared in 60 episodes)
  • Katie Joplin (Sara Shotz)
  • The Tony Danza Show (Tina DiMeo)

[edit] Quotes

  • "Don't worry. We're not crazy people like you think!"
  • "I'm not girly girly enough to care how I look on TV, or if I'm wearing the correct make up."

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ IMDB biography
  2. ^ Fernandez, Idy. "Double Take", Hispanic Magazine, February 2006. Retrieved on 2006-10-07. (English) 
  3. ^ Majandra's official forum announcement November 25, 2007.

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