Majandra Delfino

Maria Alejandra Delfino (/məˈhɑːndrə dɛlˈfiːnoʊ/ mə-HAHN-drə del-FEE-noh; born February 20, 1981), 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. Delfino was born on February 20, 1981, in Caracas, Venezuela. Her father Enrique Delfino is Italian Venezuelan, and her mother Mary Hellmund is Cuban. As a child, she lived in Caracas and Miami, Florida, until moving to Los Angeles as a teenager. Her nickname / stage-name “Majandra” is an amalgamation of her given name: Maria Alejandra. She started using the nickname when her sister was not able to pronounce her full name properly.