Majandra Delfino
| Majandra Delfino | |
|---|---|
 Delfino in June 2014 | |
| Born |
Maria Alejandra Delfino February 20, 1981 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Occupation | Musician, singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, artist |
| Years active | 1997— |
| Spouse(s) |
Devon Gummersall (October 6, 2007–2008; divorced) David Walton (March 18, 2011—present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | Majandra.com |
Maria Alejandra "Majandra" Delfino (born February 20, 1981) is an Alma Award-winning American actress and singer best known for her role as Maria DeLuca on Roswell, and as Andi on the CBS multi-cam Friends With Better Lives.
Early life
Delfino was born on February 20, 1981 in Caracas, Venezuela. As a child, she lived in Caracas and Miami, Florida, until moving to Los Angeles as a teenager.[1]
Actress
Delfino was cast in MGM's "Zeus & Roxanne" before landing the role of Tina Dimeo in NBC's "The Tony Danza Show" where she played Tony Danza's teenage daughter. After playing Natalie Sanford in the indie darling "The Secret Life of Girls" Delfino was cast as Maria DeLuca on Roswell. On hiatus she performed in the small role of Vanessa in Traffic as well as Natalie in The Secret Life of Girls. She also acted in Reeseville, Celeste in the City, The Tony Danza Show, and in R.S.V.P.. She played Trudi in the film State's Evidence, which covers the topic of violence in schools.
Delfino starred in a number of episodes of the NBC show Quarterlife, also shown on MySpaceTV, which started airing November 11, 2007. As of June 2011, she was starring with Raven-Symoné in the show State of Georgia on the ABC Family channel till its cancellation.
Delfino performed in ABC's pilot The Family Trap starring Mandy Moore and Stockard Channing. Delfino was eight months pregnant with her first child during shooting, so director Shawn Levy shot around the pregnancy for the entire project. One month after giving birth, Delfino was cast as Dwight Schrute's sister on NBC's The Office attempted spin-off/backdoor pilot, "The Farm". NBC did not greenlight the series.
Delfino last starred in CBS's "Friends With Better Lives" where they wrote her second pregnancy into the story line.
Musician
Delfino sang in several Roswell episodes, such as "Viva Las Vegas", "Cry Your Name", and "Behind the Music". In the summer of 2000, Delfino released three songs onto the internet, "Siren", "Bruises" and "Tattoo", and wrote and produced them in association with "Sci-Fi Lullaby". On October 31, 2001, Delfino released the EP The Sicks on her own label, Dripfeed, without radio or television airplay.
Her second album, Tarte, was released on April 23, 2007, by her own record company, Red Velvet Cake Records, through her Web site www.majandra.com and can now be purchased through iTunes along with The Sicks. In February 2011, the singer announced, through her Twitter, that she is working on her third studio album, scheduled for a late 2018 release.[2]
Personal life
On March 18, 2011, Delfino remarried, to actor David Walton in her hometown, Miami.[3] They have two children, daughter Cecilia Delphine Walton (born 2012) and son Louis Augustus Walton (born 2013).[4][5]
Discography
- The Sicks (EP) (2001) Dripfeed
- Le Prince Bleu D'Arthelius (2003) (CD single duet with RoBERT)
- Tarte (2007) Red Velvet Cake Records
- Upcoming third album (2018)
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Zeus and Roxanne | Judith Dunhill | |
| 1997–1998 | The Tony Danza Show | Tina DiMeo | 14 episodes |
| 1999 | The Secret Life of Girls | Natalie Sanford | |
| Katie Joplin | Sara Shotz | 7 episodes | |
| 1999–2002 | Roswell | Maria DeLuca | Main role; 60 episodes |
| 2000 | Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth | Martina | Direct-to-video |
| Traffic | Vanessa | ||
| 2001 | The Learning Curve | Ashley | |
| 2002 | R.S.V.P. | Callie | |
| 2003 | Reeseville | Irish Buchanan | |
| 2004 | Boston Public | Jill Sharp | Episode "Chapter Seventy-Seven" |
| Celeste in the City | Celeste Blodgett | TV movie | |
| 2005 | Don't Come Knocking | 1st Girl | |
| 2006 | Three Moons Over Milford | Grace Wochuck | Episode "Unaired Pilot" |
| Ultra | Suzette | TV movie | |
| Help Me Help You | Pissed-Off Girl / Lucy | Episodes "Pilot" and "The Mattress" | |
| State's Evidence | Trudi | ||
| 2008 | Heidi 4 Paws | Miss Rottenmeier | |
| Quarterlife | Vanessa | 5 episodes | |
| 2009 | "Bent" | Megan | Short film |
| Pulling | Louise | TV movie | |
| Web of Lies | Abby Turner | TV movie | |
| 2010 | Life as We Know It | Jenna | |
| 2011 | Men of a Certain Age | Stella | Episodes "The Pickup" and "A League of Their Owen" |
| State of Georgia | Josephina "Jo" Pye | Main role; 12 episodes | |
| 2012 | Family Trap | Sarah | TV movie |
| 2013 | The Office | Fannie | Episode "The Farm" |
| 2014 | Friends with Better Lives | Andi Lutz | Main role |
References
- ↑ http://www.cbs.com/shows/friends-with-better-lives/cast/214815/
- ↑ Majandra Delfino - Third Album (Late 2011) at popjustice.com
- ↑ Byrne, Alla; Wihlborg, Ulrica (8 April 2011). "David Walton Gets Married". People. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ↑ "David Walton, Majandra Delfino Welcome Their First Child!". Us Magazine. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ↑ "David Walton and Majandra Delfino Welcome Son Louis Augustus". People. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2015.