Dania Ramirez

Ramirez was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. At an early age, she decided to become an actress. As a young child, she would reenact telenovelas for her family. She was discovered by a modeling scout while working in a convenience store at the age of 15, and was cast in a small part in a soda commercial. Later, she decided to pursue acting seriously and studied at the Actor\'s Workshop in New York City under Flo Greenberg.\n', ' She graduated from Montclair State University in 2001, where her volleyball talents led her to be placed among the top five in career digs, digs/game, solo blocks and total blocks.\n', 'She then moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career.\n', ' Ramirez has appeared in several music videos, including Jay-Z\'s Streets is Watching (1998), De La Soul\'s "All Good?" feat. Chaka Khan (2000), LL Cool J\'s "Hush" (2005; directed by her then fiancè, Jessy Terrero), Santana\'s "Into the Night" (2007), as well as "Cry Baby Cry" (a Santana and Sean Paul collaboration). Ramirez has also appeared in Wisin & Yandel\'s music video "Dime Qué Te Pasó", in which she played the main character, the wife and mother of a military man in Iraq who finds out her husband died at war. She was also featured in hip-hop group Sporty Thievz\'s video "Cheapskate" in 1998.[citation needed]\n', '