Danay Aguilar García (born July 5, 1984) is a Cuban-American actress, producer, director, dancer and model. She is best known for her roles as Sofía Lugo on Fox's drama series ''

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'' (2007–2009) and Luciana Galvez on AMC's horror drama series ''

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'' (2016–2023).

Early life

García was born in

Havana, Cuba Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. She began ballet studies at the Debby Allen Dance Academy, while continuing her acting studies. At aged 15, she decided to steer her dance career toward acting. When she was aged 20, she moved to the United states with her 18 month old son. She took accent coaching so people could understand her English better.

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. García booked her first U.S. feature film role playing opposite Marisa Tomei in '' Danika''. García appeared in '' CSI: Miami'', and '' CSI: NY'', feature film '' From Mexico with Love'', then landed her big break as series regular, Sofía Lugo, in the

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winning Fox television series, ''

'', which was also broadcast in Cuba, so her family were able to see her work. During the 2007 writer's strike, García made it through multiple rounds of auditions for the Bond girl, Camille Montes, in MGM and Eon Productions' ''

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'', but had to be dropped due to a clause in her Fox contract. In 2009, she played the principal guest role of Anna in A&E's series '' The Cleaner'', and later appeared in the feature film ''Rehab''. García has worked as a co-writer, co-creator and producer for TV and film projects. García was next cast as Coqui in the Fina Torres' helmed drama, '' Liz in September'', which shot on location in the Caribbean Islands around Venezuela, before winning the lead role of Monica in the U.S.–Brazilian co-production, her first significant work in a comedy in ''Man Camp'', Since 2016, García has portrayed Luciana Galvez on the AMC horror drama series ''

''. She guest starred in an episode of '' Hawaii Five-0'' in 2017.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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