Dania Ramirez

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Biography

Ramirez has appeared in several music videos, including Jay-Z's Streets is Watching (1998), LL Cool J's "Hush" (2005; directed by her fiancè, Jessy Terrero),[3][4] and Santana's "Into the Night" (2007). Also "Cry Baby Cry" (a Santana and Sean Paul collaboration). Ramirez has also appeared in Wisin y Yandel's Music Video Dime Que Te Paso, in which she played the main character, the wife and mother of a military man at war in Iraq who finds out her husband died at war.

Ramirez appeared as an extra in the HBO film Subway Stories (1997), where she met filmmaker Spike Lee who later cast her in his film, She Hate Me (2004). She played older sister "Laurie" in the movie Fat Albert (2004). She was Callisto, one of The Omegas, in the comic book film X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). She went on to star in The 5th Commandment in 2008, a film written by and starring Rick Yune.

Ramirez appeared as the minor character Caridad in the final episodes of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and as Blanca Selgado, a recurring role during the sixth season of The Sopranos.

Ramirez portrayed the character of Maya on the TV series Heroes.

She also guest starred as Alex, an employee of Turtle's, in Season 7, Episodes 1-3 on the TV series Entourage.

Dania has appeared in several magazine spreads. She has also been listed in several of the world's top publications' "Sexiest Ladies of the Year" lists. She has recently been added to the roster of models for CoverGirl Cosmetics. In March 2010, Ramirez and Queen Latifah launched the company's "Clean Makeup for Clean Water Campaign".