Maria Alejandra Delfino (/məˈhɑːndrə dɛlˈfiːnoʊ/ mə-HAHN-drə del-FEE-noh), known professionally as Majandra Delfino, is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Maria DeLuca on Roswell, and as Andi on the CBS sitcom Friends with Better Lives.
Majandra Delfino | |
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 Delfino at ATX TV Festival in June 2014 | |
| Born | Maria Alejandra Delfino |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, songwriter, actress, classical ballet, artist |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
Early life
editDelfino was born on in Caracas, Venezuela. Her father, Enrique Delfino, is Italian Venezuelan, and her mother, Mary Hellmund, is Cuban.[1] As a child, she lived in Caracas and Miami, Florida, before moving to Los Angeles as a teenager.[2]
Career
editActing
editDelfino was cast in MGM's Zeus & Roxanne before winning the role of Tina Dimeo in NBC's The Tony Danza Show, where she played Danza's teenage daughter. After playing Natalie Sanford in the independent film 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. She also acted in Reeseville, Celeste in the City, R.S.V.P. and State's Evidence.
Delfino starred in several episodes of the NBC show Quarterlife, also shown on MySpaceTV, which started airing November 11, 2007. In 2011, she starred with Raven-Symoné in the show State of Georgia on ABC Family until its cancellation.
Delfino performed in ABC's pilot The Family Trap starring Mandy Moore and Stockard Channing. She was eight months pregnant with her first child during the 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, Fanny Schrute, on NBC's The Office attempted spin-off, The Farm. NBC did not greenlight the series.
Delfino starred in CBS's Friends with Better Lives, where writers included her pregnancy in the storyline.[3]
Music
editDelfino sang in several Roswell episodes, such as "Viva Las Vegas", "Cry Your Name" and "Behind the Music". In the summer of 2000, she released three songs onto the internet, "Siren", "Bruises" and "Tattoo", written and produced in association with "Sci-Fi Lullaby." On October 31, 2001, she 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. In February 2011, she announced via Twitter that she was working on her third studio album, scheduled for a late 2018 release.[4]
Personal life
editOn March 18, 2011, Delfino married actor David Walton in Miami.[5] They have two children, a daughter born in 2012, and a son born in 2013.[6][7]
Discography
edit- The Sicks (EP) (2001) Dripfeed
- Le Prince Bleu D'Arthelius (2003) (CD single duet with RoBERT)
- Tarte (2007) RVC Records
Film and television credits
edit| 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 13th | Martina Martinez | 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 Schrute | Episode "The Farm" |
| 2014 | Friends with Better Lives | Andi Lutz | Main role |
| 2017 | Life in Pieces | Marsha | Episode "Ear Scorn Registry Manuscript" |
| 2017 | Band Aid | Maria | |
| 2017 | BoJack Horseman | Henrietta | Episode "Time's Arrow" |
References
edit- ^ Delfino, Majandra (Jul 28, 2011). "Twitter post". Twitter. Retrieved April 10, 2017. "Mother is Cuban, father is Italian Venezuelan. Watch out! ;)"
- ^ "Friends with Better Lives Cast: Majandra Delfino". CBS. September 3, 2014. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ Lowry, Brian (March 26, 2014). "TV Review: 'Friends With Better Lives'". Variety. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
- ^ Majandra Delfino - Third Album (Late 2011) at popjustice.com
- ^ Byrne, Alla; Wihlborg, Ulrica (April 8, 2011). "David Walton Gets Married". People. Archived from the original on October 7, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
- ^ "David Walton, Majandra Delfino Welcome Their First Child!". Us Magazine. June 21, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
- ^ "David Walton and Majandra Delfino Welcome Son Louis Augustus". People. November 16, 2013. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2015.