Ava Knighten Santana

Acting

Ava Knighten Santana

Born

1983-08-15 (43)

Place of birth

Miami, Florida, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

7 titles

Ava Knighten Santana (born Kathryn Elizabeth Knighten, August 15, 1983, in Miami, Florida) is an American actress, director, and producer of Cuban, English, Scottish, Irish, Spanish, African, French, and Cherokee descent, 5′ 7″ (170 cm) tall. She adopted her professional surname after her Cuban grandmother. An honors student, she attended St. Edwards University in Austin, Texas, and holds both a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Arts degree, with additional study in Sustainable Community Development at Prescott College. A SAG-AFTRA member and vegetarian, she worked as a fundraiser for NRDC, PETA, Greenpeace, and the World Wildlife Fund before stepping away from the entertainment industry …

Known for

Friday Night Lights poster
8.0

The trials and triumphs of life in the small town of Dillon, Texas, where high school football is everything.

Friday Night Lights

2006

Idiocracy poster
6.4

To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average European-Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.

Idiocracy

2006

Shock and Awe poster
6.3

A group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."

Shock and Awe

2017

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay poster
6.3

Having satisfied their urge for White Castle, Harold and Kumar jump on a plane to catch up with Harold's love interest, who's headed for the Netherlands. But the pair must change their plans when Kumar is accused of being a terrorist. Rob Corddry also stars in this wild comedy sequel that follows the hapless stoners' misadventures as they try to avoid being captured by the Department of Homeland Security.

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

2008

Wrong Side of Town poster
5.3

Ex-Navy Seal Bobby Kalinowski lives a quiet, peaceful life as a landscape architect in an LA suburb with his wife Dawn and 16 year old daughter Brianna. Tonight they are invited out for an evening on the town by new neighbors clay and Elise Freeman to a happening club downtown. Little did they know that this would be the start of a life or death ordeal for the group.

Wrong Side of Town

2010

The Mortician poster
5.1

Alienated and cold, The Mortician (Method Man) processes the corpses with steely disregard. He is lonely and isolated. He is introduced to his new employee, Noah, (EJ Bonilla) by the morgue boss (Edward Furlong). Noah is a volatile youth working as part of his parole.Noah brings the notorious gangster, Carver (Dash Mihok), and his crew to the mortuary door. The Mortician's attention is pricked by the tattoo of Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus' inked on the body of a murdered woman (Judy Marte), that arrives at the morgue, triggering a series of haunting dreams from his childhood. Discovering a scared child, Kane (Cruz Santiago), fleeing the morgue, he's forced to act. They become reluctant allies, struggling for redemption as they run. Through his awkward heroism, the Mortician reconnects with his long forgotten past, and finds the answers he's been searching for. He find redemption and peace.

The Mortician

2011

Film credits

2010s · 4 titles

Shock and Awe poster
6.3

A group of journalists covering George Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the presidents claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."

Shock and Awe

2017

Wrong Side of Town poster
5.3

Ex-Navy Seal Bobby Kalinowski lives a quiet, peaceful life as a landscape architect in an LA suburb with his wife Dawn and 16 year old daughter Brianna. Tonight they are invited out for an evening on the town by new neighbors clay and Elise Freeman to a happening club downtown. Little did they know that this would be the start of a life or death ordeal for the group.

Wrong Side of Town

2010

The Mortician poster
5.1

Alienated and cold, The Mortician (Method Man) processes the corpses with steely disregard. He is lonely and isolated. He is introduced to his new employee, Noah, (EJ Bonilla) by the morgue boss (Edward Furlong). Noah is a volatile youth working as part of his parole.Noah brings the notorious gangster, Carver (Dash Mihok), and his crew to the mortuary door. The Mortician's attention is pricked by the tattoo of Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus' inked on the body of a murdered woman (Judy Marte), that arrives at the morgue, triggering a series of haunting dreams from his childhood. Discovering a scared child, Kane (Cruz Santiago), fleeing the morgue, he's forced to act. They become reluctant allies, struggling for redemption as they run. Through his awkward heroism, the Mortician reconnects with his long forgotten past, and finds the answers he's been searching for. He find redemption and peace.

The Mortician

2011

Outtake Reel poster
3.5

Ashley was dying to make a horror movie. Too bad she didn't live long enough to see it. The horror movie was never finished, but now you can witness the horrifying killing spree that was captured on the behind-the-scenes footage.

Outtake Reel

2011

2000s · 2 titles

Series credits