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Josie Loren Lopez (born March 19, 1987) is an American attorney and former actress, best known for the role of Kaylie Cruz in the
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series '' Make It or Break It'', and as FBI Agent Michelle Vega in the TV series '' The Mentalist''.


Personal life

Josie was born in
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,
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, and is of
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descent. Her mother is Mercy Lopez, a middle school teacher at Zelda Glazer Middle School in Miami, Florida. She has one older sister and two brothers. Her older brother, Javier Lopez, is a Harvard University graduate and a commercial litigator in Miami. In 2010, she was voted one of the 50 Sexiest Singles by ''
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'' magazine. She attended high school at New World School of the Arts in Miami where she studied stage acting. Before becoming an actress, she cheered for an all-star
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team in Miami called Top Gun All Stars. She studied mass media communication, minoring in Spanish, at
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. On May 28, 2018, Loren married former
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player
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. They have two sons: Cayson Asis Leinart, born in January 2020 and Cannon Asis Leinart, born on May 24, 2021. On May 19, 2019, Loren graduated from LMU Law School.


Career

Josie Loren played the character Holly on ''
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'', working with the teen sensation
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on the episode “People Who Use People”. Determined to make it big in show business, Loren then took on a role in ''
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'' and later appeared on two episodes of the
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series ''
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'' as Maria. In 2007, Loren was cast on the
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series '' Cory in the House'', playing the character Jessica in the episode “Get Smarter". Her next project was ''
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'', which led her to be chosen for a role in the short comedy ''Hardly Married'', written and directed by Diego Nunez. She followed it up with ''
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'', and then with 2008’s comic drama '' This Is Not a Test''. She starred alongside
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, Robinne Lee, and
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. Loren then obtained further popularity with a role in the hit film, '' 17 Again''. The big screen comedy was directed by
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, and starred
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, Matthew Perry, and Michelle Trachtenberg. In 2009, Loren was cast in the Disney TV movie ''
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''. Later that year, she appeared in a starring role on the
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series '' Make It or Break It'', a program which follows the adventures of a group of
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hoping to make it to the Olympics. In July 2014, Loren was cast as a series regular in the seventh and final season of the crime drama series '' The Mentalist'' as rookie FBI agent Michelle Vega.


Filmography


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Loren, Josie 1987 births 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Miami American film actresses American television actresses Living people University of California, Los Angeles alumni American entertainers of Cuban descent 21st-century American lawyers Loyola Law School alumni