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's drama series ''

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'' (2007–2009) and Luciana Galvez on

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's horror drama series '' Fear the Walking Dead'' (2016–present).

Career

Her first role for the public was playing the lead role in ''Maria Antonia'', by Eugenio Hernandez Espinosa, in a Havana theatre production when she was 17. In the U.S., García started learning English by studying with teachers and dialect coaches. She began booking commercials. She began ballet studies at the Debby Allen Dance Academy, while continuing her acting studies. García booked her first U.S. feature film role playing opposite

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in '' Danika''. García moved on to ''

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'' and ''

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'' roles, feature film ''

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'', then landed her big break as series regular, Sofía Lugo, in the

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winning

television series, ''

''. During the 2007 writer's strike, García made it through multiple rounds of auditions for the

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, in MGM and Eon Productions’ ''

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'', but had to be dropped due to a clause in her Fox contract. After ''Prison Break'', she played the principal guest role of Anna in A&E’s series ''

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'' series, and later appeared in the feature film ''Rehab''. García has worked as a co-writer and co-creator for TV and film projects. García was next cast as Coqui in the Fina Torres’ helmed drama, ''Liz en Septiembre'', which shot on location in the Caribbean Islands around Venezuela, before winning the lead role of Monica in the U.S.-Brazilian co-production, ''Man Camp'', her first significant work in a comedy. Since 2016, García has portrayed Luciana Galvez on the

horror drama series '' Fear the Walking Dead''. She guest-starred in an episode of ''

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'' in 2017.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Danay 1984 births Living people Cuban expatriates in the United States Cuban film actresses Cuban female models People from Havana 21st-century Cuban actresses