Gloria Garayua

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Gloria Garayua
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Garayua at the 2014 Imagen Awards
Born (1978-10-18) October 18, 1978 (age 45)
Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present
Website www.gloriagarayua.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Gloria Garayua (born October 18, 1978) is an American actress. Garayua made her major film debut in the 2005 comedy film Fun With Dick and Jane , [1] and is now commonly cast in guest roles on long-running series such as Six Feet Under , Weeds and The Shield . After being cast in an ongoing role in Grey's Anatomy, Garayua has played recurring roles in other popular TV shows such as Cougar Town and How to Get Away with Murder .

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Early life and education

Gloria Garayua was born and raised in the Fordham section of the Bronx. Garayua is of Puerto Rican heritage and her parents are from Ponce, Puerto Rico. She attended St. Nicholas of Tolentine Elementary School and St. Catharine Academy High School, both in the Bronx.

Garayua graduated from Long Island University, Post with a Bachelor's Degree in acting, graduating summa cum laude. Her portrayal of Ariel in The Tempest earned her an Irene Ryan Nomination, where she placed as the 1st National Alternate. [2] She joined Hermandad de Sigma Iota Alpha, Inc. at the Xi chapter.

Acting career

Garayua moved to California in 2004 after being cast in the leading role in Nilo Cruz's Two Sisters and A Piano at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego. [3] Afterwards, she moved to the greater Los Angeles area and was cast for a minor role in Fun With Dick and Jane after only 2 weeks. During this time she also appeared in an episode of NYPD Blue as a guest star.

In 2007, Garayua guest starred in an episode of Grey's Anatomy as an Intern named Graciella. [4] She would ultimately become a recurring guest star in the show, appearing in a total of 24 episodes from 2007 to 2010. [5] In 2008 she played the part of Reyna in two episodes of Showtime's Weeds titled No Man is Pudding and The Three Coolers.

Other notable roles include Nurse Chapel in American Housewife , [6] Madison Young in Criminal Minds , [7] Vita Chacon in Cold Case , and Gloria Ortiz in ER . As of 2024, Garayua has worked in over 75 projects as an actress.

Garayua is also a prolific stage actress that has been featured in productions such as La Posada Magica (The Magic Journey) at South Coast Repertory, Real Women Have Curves at CASA 0101, The Skriker at the Kennedy Center Stage and Romeo and Juliet at the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble. [8]

Awards

Garayua was nominated for Best Female Principal Performer by the San Francisco Bay Area Theater Critics Circle in 2009. [9]

Fixing Paco, in which Garayua played the lead role of Margie Fuentes, was nominated for 2013 Best Webseries in the "Drama" Category. The show was also nominated in 2014 to the Best WebSeries in 3 categories, "Drama", "Comedy", and "Reality or Informational. [10]

Gloria won the award for “Best Supporting Actress” at the Houston Comedy Film Festival in 2016 for her work as “Talula” in the feature film “Driving While Black”. [11]

Other endeavors

Garayua has worked as a private acting coach in the Los Angeles area since 2005. She has also taught “Beginning and Intermediate Drama” at the Los Angeles Unified School District's “Gifted and Talented Fine Arts Conservatory", “Adult Beginner’s Scene Study” at “The Mauricio Ochmann Studio” in North Hollywood, “Advanced On-Camera Technique” at “Actor Training in LA” in North Hollywood, and “Teen Scene Study” at the “John D’Aquino’s Acting Studio” in Toluca Lake.

Garayua plays beginner piano, sings Mezzo-soprano, and is an intermediate dancer in Jazz and various Latin styles. [2]

Gloria has added teaching acting as an adjunct professor at the University level to her teaching resume. For one academic year, she taught Intermediate Scene Study for the Stage, Intermediate and Advanced Scene Study for the camera, and Acting for Non-Majors at Azusa Pacific University. [12] She also taught “On-Camera Scene Study” one semester for the MFA students at CAL State LA. [13] Additionally, she has taught “Fundamentals of Acting” at El Camino College.

In addition to her private coaching business, Gloria produced an online course for beginning actors of all ages called “Acting for True Beginners”.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Fun with Dick and Jane Blanca
2006Foreign CurrencyDoloresShort
2007Homeless DestinyMrs. SantiagoShort
2008 Henry Poole Is Here Female Worshipper
2009 Mother and Child Melissa
2010 Faster Gospel Choir
2011Jen XCapShort
2014STFU! Stop Catcalling AnthemBoss LadyShort
2015Cartwheels and BackflipsMs. RodriguezShort
2015I Am GangsterIsabel Flores
2015Fair WarningWomanShort
2016Driving While BlackTalula
2016Wake Up America!Jimena
2016UnremarkableCourtneyShort
2017Oui Oui Wee WeeTinder Girl #1Short
2017Cattle CallPeggyShort
2019SnoozefestOren's MomShort
2020 Four Good Days Detox Receptionist
2020 Tokyo Godfathers Maria

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 NYPD Blue AnnaEpisode: "Great Balls of Ire"
2005 Joey The Happy WomanEpisode: "Joey and the Moving In"
2005 The Shield ConcepcionEpisode: "Ain't That a Shame"
2005 Six Feet Under AgnesEpisode: "Time Flies"
2005 Strong Medicine JasmineEpisode: "It Takes a Clinic"
2006 3 lbs Lucy CanetEpisode: "Lost for Words"
2007 Cold Case Vita ChaconEpisode: "A Dollar, a Dream"
2007–2010 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Graciella GuzmanRecurring role (seasons 4–6)
2008 Weeds Reyna2 episodes
2008 Life RosaEpisode: "Crushed"
2008 ER Gloria OrtizEpisode: "The High Holiday"
2008The ApostlesBertaTV film
2009 Raising the Bar MonicaEpisode: "I'll Be Down to Get You in a Taxi, Honey"
2009–10 Seattle Grace: On Call Dr. Graciella GuzmanWeb series
2010 Desperate Housewives Celia Solis (age 30)Episode: "If..."
2010–11 Cougar Town Rosa2 episodes
2011 Imagination Movers Carol the ElfEpisode: "A Little Elf Esteem"
2012 Shameless LaurieEpisode: "A Bottle of Jean Nate"
2012 Castle JesseEpisode: "Once Upon a Crime"
2012–2014Fixing PacoMargieTV series
2013 Bones Carlene BlayneyEpisode: "The Doom in the Gloom"
2013 Southland Reya SuarezEpisode: "Bleed Out"
2013 Rizzoli & Isles Josie GarciaEpisode: "But I Am a Good Girl"
2014 Love That Girl! Ava LopezEpisode: "10.July.2014"
2014 Legends Surveillance FBI #1Episode: "Lords of War"
2014 NCIS: Los Angeles AmintaEpisode: "Black Budget"
2014 Anger Management NikkiEpisode: "Charlie and the Houseful of Hookers"
2015 Criminal Minds Madison YoungEpisode: "Rock Creek Park"
2016The Fluffy ShopCarmenTV film
2016 Animal Kingdom KrystalEpisode: "Stay Close, Stick Together"
2016 American Housewife Nurse ChapelEpisode: "The Nap"
2016–17 How to Get Away with Murder Det. Brianna DavisRecurring role (season 3)
2017 The Good Doctor SoniaEpisode: "Not Fake"
2017 S.W.A.T. SofiaEpisode: "Cuchillo"
2017Bounty HuntersCarolina2 episodes
2019 Snowfall SophieSeason 3
2019ReckoningCyd Ramos10 episodes
2019 Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia QuetzalcoatlEnglish voice dubbing
2020Badwater (TV Film)Felicia Machado
2020 Control Z English voice dubbing
2021 Maid PennyEpisode: "Sky Blue"
2021 Elize Matsunaga:Once Upon A Crime Roseli de Araujo CamarottoEnglish voice dubbing (4 Episodes)
2022 9-1-1 Charity NielsonEpisode: "Red Flag"
2022 Cyberpunk: Edgerunners GloriaEnglish voice dubbing [14]
2023Linked by LoveDr. Margie Fuentes5 Episodes
2024 Found Sofia DiazEpisode: "Missing While Presumed Dead"
2024Thank you, NextEsraEnglish voice dubbing (8 Episodes)
2024 Zorro Nah-LinEnglish voice dubbing (10 Episodes)
2024Love & TranslationJhenniferEnglish voice dubbing (13 Episodes)

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  4. ↑ BOUCHOUL, Sabine. "Gloria Garayua, l'interne de "Grey's Anatomy", a fait une apparition remarquée dans l'épisode "L'échiquier Politique" d'Esprits Criminels diffusé le mercredi 28 octobre 2015 sur TF1". TF1. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
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  7. ↑ Petski, Denise (29 February 2016). "ABC's 'Notorious' Pilot Casts Kate Jennings Grant & J. August Richards; Gloria Garayua Joins 'The Fluffy Shop'". Deadline. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  8. ↑ Cohen, Robert; Sherman, Donovan (2016). Theatre: Brief Version (11th ed.). McGraw Hill Higher Education. p. 275.
  9. ↑ Stark, Clinton (12 March 2010). "San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle announce 2009 nominees". Stark InSider. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  10. ↑ Cueva, Maricela. "MNIT's Web Series, Fixing Paco, nominated for 2013 Imagen Award" (PDF). Mendez National Institute of Transplantation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
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  13. ↑ "Faculty | Cal State LA". www.calstatela.edu.
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