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''. In Fall 2012, she won the NYU Technisphere Award for her short film ''To Kill a Roach''.

Early years

Born in the

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, she grew up in

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working as an actress and reporter. She moved to New York at the age of 21 to study acting. After three years in the United States, she made her entry into theater and voice work.

Career

In 2011, Gómez was awarded an IX Screenwriting Developing Grant by the Spanish ''Fundación Carolina''. She studied film at the University of New York, and screenwriting at the Jacob Krueger Studio. She wrote, directed and produced the short films ''To Kill A Roach''—for which she received the NYU Fall 2012 Technisphere Award for Outstanding Achievement—and ''Hallelujah''. She directed and co-produced ''The Iron Warehouse'', written by the playwright

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Filmography

Film

* ''Sambá'' as Luna Torres, Dir. Laura Amelia Guzmán-Israel Cárdenas * ''Exposed'' as Eva de la Cruz, Dir. Declan Dale * ''Trabajo'' as Lilí, Dir. Nelson Peña * ''Maggie Black'' as Kim (Co-star), Dir. Stanley Brode * ''Hallelujah'' as Natalia (Lead), Dir. Laura Gómez * ''To Kill a Roach'' as Alicia (Lead), Dir. Laura Gómez * ''Pinchos y Rolos'' (NYILFF) as Elizabeth (Lead), Dir. Freddy Vargas * ''Cheesecake and a Tango'' as Wife (Lead), Dir. Soleidy Méndez * ''Víctimas del Poder'' as Wanda (Lead), Dir. Jorge Lendebourg * ''Yo, la peor de todas'' as Paula (Co-star), Dir. Francisco Lupini * ''Nueva York'' (Tribeca Film Fest) as Nurse (Co-star), Dir. Manolo Celi * ''Cleaning Law'' as Laura (Co-star), Dir. Rob López * ''Miniseries de la Vida Real'' as Wife (Co-star), Dir. Micky Bretón * ''The Bohemians'' as Waitress (Principal), Dir. José Luis Cortés

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomez, Laura Living people Dominican Republic actresses 21st-century American actresses American film actresses American television actresses 1979 births People from Santo Domingo