Mónica Xóchitl Dionne Lazo (born February 7, 1967) is an American actress born in

Waterbury, Connecticut Waterbury is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Waterbury had a population of 114,403 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census. The city is southwest of Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford and northeast of New York City. Waterbury i ...

. She is of Mexican descent. Dionne is best known for her roles in telenovelas produced by

TV Azteca Televisión Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V., commonly known as TV Azteca, is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate owned by Grupo Salinas. It is the second-largest mass media company in Mexico after Televisa. It primarily competes with Televisa as well as so ...

. She also acted in movies such as ''

Sexo, pudor y lágrimas ''Sexo, pudor y lágrimas'' (''Sex, Shame, and Tears'') is a Mexican Romantic comedy, romantic Comedy film, comedy drama film, the second of the so-called New Era of the Cinema of Mexico (after ''Like Water for Chocolate (film), Like Water for C ...

'' where she played the role of "María". In 2007 she played the role of Flavia Portillo de Cisneros in the

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar Drama (film and television), drama genres around the w ...

'' Madre Luna''.

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* 1967 births American actresses of Mexican descent American film actresses American television actresses Actresses from Connecticut Living people 21st-century American women {{US-tv-actor-1960s-stub