Juani Feliz

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Juani Feliz
Born (1989-01-03) January 3, 1989 (age 35)
Dominican Republic
Education Harvard University (BS, MS)

Juani Feliz (born January 3, 1989) is a Dominican-American actress. She is best known for playing Isabela Benitez-Santiago in Tracy Oliver's Amazon comedy series Harlem, Carmen in Ava DuVernay's HBO Max series DMZ, and Alejandra Lopez in FX's Fleishman Is in Trouble . [1] [2]

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In 2022, Feliz was named one of People en Español's 50 Más Bellos ("50 Most Beautiful") of 2022. [3] [4]

In 2023 and 2024, Feliz was nominated for the "Best Actor/Actress Abroad" award at the Soberano Awards in the Dominican Republic. [5]

Early life

Feliz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in the Bronx. She started acting at the age of 14 after getting involved in her first school play. She landed her first TV role at the age of 15 on Law & Order: Criminal Intent . Her acting career took a backseat when she graduated high school and studied biomedical engineering at Harvard University. After college, Feliz worked at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering in Boston, where she worked on a clinical trial for a melanoma cancer vaccine and helped develop biomaterials and drug delivery systems. During this time she also completed a master's degree at Harvard. [6] Despite her career in bioengineering, Feliz made her return to acting in 2016. [7]

Career

Upon her return to acting, Feliz made her big screen debut in The Purge: Election Year . Between 2016 and 2018, she guest starred on various TV series including Blue Bloods, Power, Shades of Blue, One Dollar and had a major supporting role in the film Canal Street . In 2017, she was one of the 12 actors chosen to be part of the ABC Discovers Talent Showcase. In 2019, she filmed her first network pilot as a series regular on the ABC romantic drama Until The Wedding [8] and filmed for a major supporting role in the upcoming feature film Quiet In My Town. In 2020, Feliz won Best Supporting Actress at the Utah Film Festival for her performance in the indie short Below The Belt. [9]

In 2021, she played Isabela Benitez-Santiago in Amazon's comedy series Harlem, [2] from Tracy Oliver and Amy Poehler. [10] [11]

In 2022, she played Carmen in the HBO Max limited series DMZ, from Ava DuVernay and Roberto Patino. [1] Later that year, she played Alejandra Lopez in the FX limited series Fleishman Is In Trouble, Taffy Brodesser-Akner's screen adaption of her 2019 NYT best-selling novel. [12]

More recently, Feliz reprised her role as Isabela Benitez-Santiago in the second season of Harlem and guest starred in episodes of The Rookie: Feds, NCIS: Hawaiʻi and The Good Doctor . [13]

In 2024, she starred in Alex Garland's dystopian film Civil War for A24. [13]

Personal life

Feliz is a member of the LGBTQ community. She married her wife, a Disney executive, in September 2021 in New York City. [14]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Delirious Staci from Queens
2016The Fastest, Most Romantic Love YetFemale #3
The Purge: Election Year Schoolgirl #2
Doctor Strange Girl on BusUncredited
2017 The Polka King PR Woman
2018 Canal Street Zoey Swanson
2024 Civil War Joy Butler
TBAQuiet In My TownJanet

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Law & Order: Criminal Intent EsperanzaEpisode: "Acts of Contrition"
2006 Conviction Vida DiletezEpisode: "Savasana"
2018 Shades of Blue Vanessa Ruiz2 episodes
One Dollar PalomaEpisode: "Chelsea Wyler"
2019 Blue Bloods Corey Vallejo2 episodes
Power JeseniaEpisode: "Deal with the Devil"
Until the WeddingIsabelTelevision film
2021–2022 Harlem Isabela Benitez-Santiago7 episodes
2022 DMZ Carmen3 episodes
Fleishman Is in Trouble Alejandra Lopez

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