Denise Quiñones
Birthday: Born in 1980-09-09 in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Deathday: Alive
Denise Marie Quiñones August (born 9 September 1980) is a Puerto Rican actress, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2001. Prior to winning the Miss Universe pageant, she represented her hometown of Lares in the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2001 pageant. Since relinquishing the title, Quiñones attended the School for Film and Television's two-year conservatory acting program. Presently an actress, Quiñones has starred in the Spanish version of Nilo Cruz's play Ana en el trópico (Anna in the Tropics) and continues to hone her talent in the United States. For her role in Anna in the Tropics, she was nominated and awarded an HOLA Award (from the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors) and an ACE Award. In October 2005, she was selected for the role of Doña Rosita, in a production of Federico García Lorca's play Doña Rosita la soltera.
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Freddie
Character: Denise
Freddie Moreno had finally escaped from the raucous house of women with whom he grew up. Having achieved some success as head chef at a trendy Chicago restaurant, he's ready for love and everything else that single life has to offer, including hanging out with his best friend and neighbor, Chris. Unfortunately, there's one slight hitch: After the death of his older brother and the collapse of his sister's marriage, goodhearted Freddie took in his impulsive sister-in-law, his pragmatic sister wit...
The Bedford Diaries
Character: Mia Thorne
At Bedford University, six students are brought together in seminar called Sex and the Human Condition....
Smallville
Character: Andrea Rojas / Angel of Vengeance
The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel....
Aquaman
Character: Lt. Rachel Torres
A young twenty-something diver living in the Florida Keys discovers he has the power to breathe underwater....
Miss Universe
Character: Miss Universe 2001
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty pageant that is run by the United States-based Miss Universe Organization. The contest is the largest pageant in the world in terms of live TV coverage, airing yearly in more than 190 countries worldwide to an audience of over 2.5 billion people. Along with Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth, Miss Universe is one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. The Miss Universe Organization and its brand, along with Miss USA and Miss Tee...
Miss Universe
Character: Miss Puerto Rico 2001
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty pageant that is run by the United States-based Miss Universe Organization. The contest is the largest pageant in the world in terms of live TV coverage, airing yearly in more than 190 countries worldwide to an audience of over 2.5 billion people. Along with Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth, Miss Universe is one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. The Miss Universe Organization and its brand, along with Miss USA and Miss Tee...
Smallville: Vengeance Chronicles
Character: Andrea Rojas / Angel of Vengeance
Chloe Sullivan goes on with her research on extended stories of her Wall of Weird findings....
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Super Papá
Character: Dra. Paula Rivera
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Los Fabulosos Ma' Mejores
Character: Joanna
A ragtag Dominican kid's baseball team and their nutty coach must find a way to use their charm and skills to raise the necessary funds to get into the first ever Little League Baseball Tournament and win the championship....
The Portrait’s Secret
Character: Andrea
A true story, with multiple short stories that show human rights violations and economic exploitation within religious and government institutions....
Celebrity Habla
Character: Self
See what celebrated Latino actors, newsmakers and a musical legend have to say about being Latino in the U.S. in this sixth installment in the award-winning documentary series....
Las Camelias
Character: Margarita Gautier
A movie based on the famous novel "Las Camelias"...
Party Time: The Movie
Character: Lourdes
A long time ago, in a place now known as the eighties, in Puerto Rico you were either a “cocolo”, somebody who listened to music from the ghetto and the streets, or a “rockero”, those who listened to American pop music. Javier is a “cocolo” who’s trying to find the courage to ask out the girl of his dreams. Laura, the prettiest “rockera” in their school, is trying to regain her popularity after her friends reject her for being a flirt. During a mix up at their high school, Laura and Javier are f...
Teacher Mechy
Character: Xiomara
After years in New York, Mercedes, a hardworking teacher, returns to the Dominican Republic and lands a job to teach modern dance in a high-class school - knowing nothing about modern dance....
Elite
Character: Sandra Torres
After 20 years in prison, the most dangerous and powerful drug dealer of the Caribbean manages to escape. Unable to trust his own police force, the Governor creates a special task force called "Elite" - a group of incorruptible officers from different countries of Latin America....
Aquaman
Character: Lt. Rachel Torres
A young twenty-something diver living in the Florida Keys discovers he has the power to breathe underwater....
La Soga
Character: Jenny
A cop works against his country's corrupt government in order to find justice on a case....
Meant To Be
Character: Angel
A delightful romantic comedy about about a guardian angel who falls for the young woman he is protecting....
Detective Willy
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Willy Echevarria is a policeman in a small town in the Dominican Republic. He's also a fan of and yearns to be like the leads of classic Film Noir. After being fired in a bumbled operation with his bad cop partner Bruce Garcia, Willy has a chance to restore his career by finding a historical artifact that mysteriously went missing from a national museum....
Locas y atrapadas
Character: Clara
Five women trapped in an elevator confess their bitter life experiences caused by evil men and society....
Pueto Pa' Mi
Character:
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Prótesis
Character:
Marcos, a prosthetic creator with a traumatic past, finds a corpse in his laboratory. While deciding what to do with the corpse he will have to juggle his strange family life, a zombie movie, the possibility of new love and creating the perfect prosthesis for a very special client....
Bad Boys II
Character: Streetwalker in Cuba (uncredited)
Detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force are tasked with stopping the flow of the drug Ecstasy into Miami. They track the drugs to the whacked-out Cuban drug lord Johnny Tapia, who is also involved in a bloody war with Russian and Haitian mobsters. If that isn't bad enough, there's tension between the two detectives when Marcus discovers that playboy Mike is secretly romancing Marcus’ sister, Syd....