Majandra Delfino

Majandra Delfino

Delfino in June 2014
Born Maria Alejandra Delfino
(1981-02-20) February 20, 1981
Caracas, Venezuela
Occupation Musician, singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, artist
Years active 1997—
Spouse(s) Devon Gummersall (October 6, 2007–2008; divorced)
David Walton (March 18, 2011—present)
Children 2
Website Majandra.com

Maria Alejandra "Majandra" Delfino (born February 20, 1981) is an Alma Award-winning American actress and singer best known for her role as "Maria DeLuca" on Roswell, and as "Andi" on the CBS multi-cam Friends With Better Lives.

Early life

Delfino was born on February 20, 1981 in Caracas, Venezuela. As a child, she lived in Caracas and Miami, Florida, until moving to Los Angeles as a teenager.[1]

Actress

Delfino was cast in MGM's "Zues & Roxanne" before landing the role of Tina Dimeo in NBC's "The Tony Danza Show" where she played Tony Danza's teenage daughter. After playing Natalie Sanford in the indie darling "The Secret Life of Girls" Delfino was cast as Maria DeLuca on Roswell. On hiatus she performed in the small role of Vanessa in Traffic as well as Natalie in The Secret Life of Girls. She also acted in Reeseville, Celeste in the City, The Tony Danza Show, and in R.S.V.P.. She played Trudi in the film State's Evidence, which covers the topic of violence in schools.

Delfino starred in a number of episodes of the NBC show Quarterlife, also shown on MySpaceTV, which started airing November 11, 2007. As of June 2011, she was starring with Raven-Symoné in the show State of Georgia on the ABC Family channel till its cancellation.

Delfino performed in ABC's pilot The Family Trap starring Mandy Moore and Stockard Channing. Delfino was eight months pregnant with her first child during shooting, so director Shawn Levy shot around the pregnancy for the entire project. One month after giving birth, Delfino was cast as Dwight Schrute's sister on NBC's The Office attempted spin-off/backdoor pilot, "The Farm". NBC did not greenlight the series.

Delfino last starred in CBS's "Friends With Better Lives" where they wrote her second pregnancy into the story line.

Musician

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.

Her second album, Tarte, was released on April 23, 2007, by her own record company, Red Velvet Cake Records, through her Web site www.majandra.com and can now be purchased through iTunes along with The Sicks. In February 2011, the singer announced, through her Twitter, that she is working on her third studio album, scheduled for a late 2018 release.[2]

Personal life

On March 18, 2011, Delfino remarried, to actor David Walton in her hometown, Miami.[3] They have two children, daughter Cecilia Delphine Walton (born 2012) and son Louis Augustus Walton (born 2013).[4][5]

Discography

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Zeus and Roxanne Judith Dunhill
1997–1998 The Tony Danza Show Tina DiMeo 14 episodes
1999 The Secret Life of Girls Natalie Sanford
Katie Joplin Sara Shotz 7 episodes
1999–2002 Roswell Maria DeLuca Main role; 60 episodes
2000 Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth Martina Direct-to-video
Traffic Vanessa
2001 The Learning Curve Ashley
2002 R.S.V.P. Callie
2003 Reeseville Irish Buchanan
2004 Boston Public Jill Sharp Episode "Chapter Seventy-Seven"
Celeste in the City Celeste Blodgett TV movie
2005 Don't Come Knocking 1st Girl
2006 Three Moons Over Milford Grace Wochuck Episode "Unaired Pilot"
Ultra Suzette TV movie
Help Me Help You Pissed-Off Girl / Lucy Episodes "Pilot" and "The Mattress"
State's Evidence Trudi
2008 Heidi 4 Paws Miss Rottenmeier
Quarterlife Vanessa 5 episodes
2009 "Bent" Megan Short film
Pulling Louise TV movie
Web of Lies Abby Turner TV movie
2010 Life as We Know It Jenna
2011 Men of a Certain Age Stella Episodes "The Pickup" and "A League of Their Owen"
State of Georgia Josephina "Jo" Pye Main role; 12 episodes
2012 Family Trap Sarah TV movie
2013 The Office Fannie Episode "The Farm"
2014 Friends with Better Lives Andi Lutz Main role

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cbs.com/shows/friends-with-better-lives/cast/214815/
  2. ↑ Majandra Delfino - Third Album (Late 2011) at popjustice.com
  3. ↑ Byrne, Alla; Wihlborg, Ulrica (8 April 2011). "David Walton Gets Married". People. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "David Walton, Majandra Delfino Welcome Their First Child!". Us Magazine. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "David Walton and Majandra Delfino Welcome Son Louis Augustus". People. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

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