Paola Andino

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Paola Andino
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Andino in August 2014
Born
Paola Nicole Andino

(1998-03-22) March 22, 1998 (age 25) [1]
OccupationActress
Years active2001–present

Paola Nicole Andino (born March 22, 1998) [1] is an American actress known for her lead role as Emma Alonso in the Nickelodeon series, Every Witch Way .

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Biography

Andino was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, [2] [3] and moved to Dallas, Texas, at the age of three [4] with her parents and brother. [5] As a child, she danced competitively as a member of Lewisville's Footlights Dance Studio; [6] [7] at the age of ten she started taking acting classes with Antonia Denardo at Denardo Talent Ventures in Lewisville. [6] [8] After a guest appearance in an episode of Grey's Anatomy , [8] in 2011, she starred in Hallmark Hall of Fame's movie Beyond the Blackboard . [9] [10]

In December 2013, she got the role of Emma Alonso, the female lead, in the series Every Witch Way , which started airing in January 2014. Andino went on to guest star in the show's spinoff Wits Academy for 2 episodes. She was also a recurring guest star on Queen of the South . [11] For this role, she was nominated as Best Young Actress at the 29th Imagen Awards. [12] [13]

Filmography

Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Grey's Anatomy Lily Price Episode: "These Arms of Mine"
2011 Beyond the Blackboard MariaTV movie
2014 ReactToThat Herself
2014–15 Every Witch Way Emma Alonso/Evil EmmaLead role
2015 Talia in the Kitchen Emma AlonsoCrossover episode: "Every Witch Lola's"
2015 WITS Academy Emma Alonso2 episodes
2017 Queen of the South Olivia "Chaparra" Gutiérrez5 episodes
2020Sno BabiesHannahMovie
2021 Walker Delia CarilloEpisode: "Don't Fence Me In"

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