Ruth Livier is an American actress best known for her role as Yolanda Santiago on the

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television series '' Resurrection Boulevard''. Ruth recurred in ''

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'' playing Joy Taylor, Kelly's ( Jenny Garth) half-sister. She also had a recurring roles in '' Soldier of Fortune, Inc.'', playing the antagonist, Katrina Herrera, and in ''

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'', playing Michael Manasseri's love interest. Other guest starring roles include: '' Switched at Birth'', '' Haunted'' (opposite

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), ''

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'', ''

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'' (opposite

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), and '' The Pretender''.https://web.archive.org/web/20101207211715/http://www.ruthlivier.com/bio.htm Her film work includes

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'', Michael Stevens' '' Bad City Blues'', '' One Last Flight'', '' Game of Life'', '' Ranchero'' (opposite

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) and the Fwak! animated feature '' Los Campeones de la Lucha Libre''. Other voice-over work includes: the 2012 Grammy Award-nominated audio drama ''The Mark of Zorro'', where she played the starring role of Lolita Pulido opposite

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as Zorro, several voices on

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'' and la quinceañera on

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''. She has also voiced for several video games, including the role of Inspector Carmelita Fox in '' Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves'', as well as various roles in '' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'', '' Saints Row: The Third'', and ''

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''. Theatre credits include work at some of most prestigious theaters in the West Coast including: The premiere play at the

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(''A Perfect Wedding'', dir: Gordon Davidson),

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(''Lovers & Executioners'', dir:

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(''The Indian Queen'', dir: David Schweizer), The Met (''Sexo, Pudor y Lagrimas''), East LA Classic Theater (''A Midsummer Night’s Dream''), The Wiltern (''Latinologues''), The Lillian Theatre (''Lost Angeles''), Friends and Artists (''De Donde?/ Dentity Crisis''), Mark Taper Forum's (NWF). Ruth also toured with Mexico's premiere comedian, Eugenio Derbéz, in Rick Najera's Latinologues. As a writer and New Media producer, Ruth's web series ''Ylse'' (www.Ylse.net) garnered her critical praise in addition to the 2010 Imagen Award; the first in Imagen Awards history. Ylse also won Cal State LA's 2009 Reel Rasquache Award for best web series and was a finalist in the NextTV web series competition. Ms. Livier was featured on the cover of the WGA's ''Written By'' magazine for being the first person to become a member of the

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through her work in New Media.

Awards and accolades

She has been featured in prominent publications: ''

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'', ''EMMY magazine'', ''People en Español'', ''Latino Leaders'', ''Hispanic''. She has earned a Best Actress ALMA Awards nomination and a win for ''Resurrection Blvd.'', received special recognition by the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, the Viva Los Niños award from the March of Dimes, the Breakthrough in Entertainment Industry recognition from Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante and the NAMIC Legacy Award (Resurrection Blvd.). She is a founding member of Inside Out, a successful after- school program for at risk youth. She has been a keynote speaker at the Latina Youth Conference and the Hispanic Lifestyle Conference, a presenter at the NAMIC and the IMAGEN awards, MC’d several events including MALDEF (Los Angeles Gala 2011), the TEJANO MUSIC Awards with Tony Plana and the NALIP conference with Cristian de la Fuente and Nicholas Gonzalez. NEWS ARTICLES:
“Sonido, cámara… web!” El futuro del cine es latino y está en Internet.
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References

External links

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Ruth Livier's site
*http://www.maldef.org/about/events/gala_2_losangeles/index.html *http://www.ylse.net/pdfs/wga.pdf *http://latinola.com/story.php?story=8848 {{DEFAULTSORT:Livier, Ruth American television actresses Living people American actresses of Mexican descent Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) American film actresses American stage actresses American video game actresses American voice actresses 21st-century American women