Kristin Herrera | |
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Born | Kristin Lisa Herrera February 21, 1989 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2000–2008 2019–present |
Spouse | Daniel Novak (m. 2022) |
Children | 1 |
Kristin Lisa Herrera (born February 21, 1989) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Dana Cruz on the first season of the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101 and as Lourdes Del Torro on General Hospital .
Herrera was born on February 21, 1989, in Los Angeles, California. [1] She has two older brothers and a sister, named Ryan, Justin, and Ashley respectively. She is of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent and speaks fluent Spanish. She attended Hillcrest Christian School in Granada Hills, Los Angeles. [2]
Herrera has been acting in commercials ever since she was six. Her first TV role was in a phone service commercial. Other roles include Eleena on NYPD Blue , Aimee Varga on The Division , Sophie on The Bernie Mac Show , Katie on 7th Heaven and Frederika in ER .
In 2004, at age 15, Herrera was cast as Dana Cruz in Zoey 101 , [3] the roommate of Zoey Brooks (Jamie Lynn Spears) and Nicole Bristow (Alexa Nikolas). [4] [5] Following the first season, Herrera's character was written out of the series [6] because she kept forgetting her lines, and had personal issues. According to Nikolas, who was allegedly being bullied on set, Herrera was also let go after pushing and harassing Nikolas while filming the final episode of season one (Herrera denied this). [7] [8] Herrera's character was then replaced by Lola Martinez (Victoria Justice) for the rest of the series. [9] Despite only appearing in Season 1, Kristin is present for all 13 episodes. Her character is mentioned once by Chase in Season 2 "Back to PCA" and appeared in flashbacks during Season 3 "PCA Confidential." She does not appear in any of the Zoey 101 TV Movies.
Herrera also co-starred in feature film Freedom Writers opposite Hilary Swank. [10] [11] In 2008, she stopped taking acting roles.[ citation needed ] Her last role was on the soap opera General Hospital .
In 2020, Herrera reunited with the Zoey 101 main cast on the television show All That . [12] Nikolas, Justice, and Austin Butler were not present.
On July 15, 2016, Herrera announced via Instagram that she was engaged to her longtime boyfriend Daniel Novak. Their engagement ended shortly afterward. However, on February 14, 2020, she announced that she was engaged to Novak again. [13] They got married on October 26, 2022. [14]
On November 17, 2021, she announced on Instagram that she was pregnant with her and Novak's first child. [15] She gave birth to their son on May 23, 2022. [16]
Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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2007 | Freedom Writers | Gloria Munez | [10] [11] |
Resurrection Mary | Karen | ||
2021 | The Legend of Resurrection Mary | Karen |
Year | Title | Role | Episode |
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2001 | NYPD Blue | Elena Rodriguez | Episode: "Oh Golly Goth" [1] |
2002 | 7th Heaven | Katie | Episode: "Letting Go" |
2002 | The Division | Aimee Varga | Episode: "Remembrance" |
2002 | The Bernie Mac Show | Sophia | Episode: "Bernie Mac Dance Party" |
2004 | ER | Frederika Meehan | Episode: "The Student" [1] |
2004–08 | General Hospital | Lourdes Del Torro | Recurring role |
2005 | Zoey 101 | Dana Cruz | Main role (season 1) [3] [4] [5] |
2006 | Without a Trace | Rose Martinez | Episode: "White Balance" |
2020 | All That | Herself | Season 11 episode [17] |
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