Audrey Esparza

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Audrey Esparza
Audrey Esparza on Behind the Velvet Rope TV.jpg
Audrey Esparza in 2015
Born (1986-03-04) March 4, 1986 (age 37)
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present
SpouseJonathan Perzley (m. 2020)
Children1

Audrey Esparza (born March 4, 1986) is an American actress best known for her role as FBI agent Tasha Zapata on the American television series Blindspot , and more recently as Liliana on Power and its spin-off, Power Book IV: Force . [1]

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Early life

Esparza trained at the Experimental Theatre Wing at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. [2] She's the daughter of pediatric dentist Felipe Esparza and Sandra Puig Esparza and has two sisters, Amanda (older) and Alyssa (younger).

Career

Esparza's film credits include: Family Practice, Amateurs, The Americans, Blue Bloods, Golden Boy, Floating Sunflowers, Power, Black Box, Madam Secretary, Public Morals, and her main character as Tasha Zapata, an FBI agent on Blindspot [3] .

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011Family PracticeLiz StrattonTV movie
2013AmateursCarmen
The Americans Joyce Ramirez Episode: "Gregory"
Blue Bloods Jana GarzaEpisode: "Protest Too Much"
Golden Boy Lucy BarroneEpisode: "Scapegoat"
Floating SunflowersRitaShort
2014 Power Liliana3 episodes
Black Box Carlotta12 episodes
2015 Madam Secretary Deputy Assistant Laura VargasEpisode: "Face the Nation"
Public Morals Theresa3 episodes
2015–2020 Blindspot Tasha ZapataMain cast, 100 episodes
2022 Power Book IV: Force Liliana9 episodes
BlancoVeronicaTV movie

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References

  1. "Tasha Zapata: Blindspot Character - NBC.com". NBC. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  2. Claire Hannum (November 22, 2016). "Audrey Esparza finds time for fitness". Self magazine . Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  3. "Audrey Esparza". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-08-14.