Denise Quiñones

Acting

Denise Quiñones

Born 1980-09-09 · Ponce, Puerto Rico

Denise Marie Quiñones August (born 9 September 1980) is a Puerto Rican actress, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2001. Prior to winning the Miss Universe pageant, she represented her hometown of Lares in the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2001 pageant. Since relinquishing the title, Quiñones attended the School for Film and Television's two-year conservatory acting program. Presently an actress, Quiñones has starred in the Spanish version of Nilo Cruz's play Ana en el trópico (Anna in the Tropics) and continues to hone her talent in the United States. For her role in Anna in the Tropics, she was nominated and awarded an HOLA Award (from the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors) and an ACE Award. In October 2005, she was selected for the role of Doña Rosita, in a production of Federico García Lorca's play Doña Rosita la soltera.

Acting credits

Bad Boys II poster
6.7

Detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force are tasked with stopping the flow of the drug Ecstasy into Miami. They track the drugs to the whacked-out Cuban drug lord Johnny Tapia, who is also involved in a bloody war with Russian and Haitian mobsters. If that isn't bad enough, there's tension between the two detectives when Marcus discovers that playboy Mike is secretly romancing Marcus’ sister, Syd.

Bad Boys II

2003

Prótesis poster
NR

Marcos, a prosthetic creator with a traumatic past, finds a corpse in his laboratory. While deciding what to do with the corpse he will have to juggle his strange family life, a zombie movie, the possibility of new love and creating the perfect prosthesis for a very special client.

Prótesis

2019

Aquaman poster
6.0

A young twenty-something diver living in the Florida Keys discovers he has the power to breathe underwater.

Aquaman

2006

Detective Willy poster
NR

Willy Echevarria is a policeman in a small town in the Dominican Republic. He's also a fan of and yearns to be like the leads of classic Film Noir. After being fired in a bumbled operation with his bad cop partner Bruce Garcia, Willy has a chance to restore his career by finding a historical artifact that mysteriously went missing from a national museum.

Detective Willy

2015

Mareas a la deriva poster
NR

Over a weekend celebrating their mother’s birthday, two sisters reunite while one secretly decides whether to leave Puerto Rico for a life-changing opportunity abroad.

Mareas a la deriva

De tal palo poster
NR

A retired grandfather, Manuel, gains legal custody of his 9 year old granddaughter, Irene, following an incident that leaves her mother in the hospital. Manuel must navigate guardianship and old age as his health starts deteriorating, making tough decisions along the way.

De tal palo

2025

Los Fabulosos Ma' Mejores poster
5.0

A ragtag Dominican kid's baseball team and their nutty coach must find a way to use their charm and skills to raise the necessary funds to get into the first ever Little League Baseball Tournament and win the championship.

Los Fabulosos Ma' Mejores

2015

Meant To Be poster
5.2

A delightful romantic comedy about about a guardian angel who falls for the young woman he is protecting.

Meant To Be

2010

Locas y atrapadas poster
5.8

Five women trapped in an elevator confess their bitter life experiences caused by evil men and society.

Locas y atrapadas

2014

Celebrity Habla poster
NR

See what celebrated Latino actors, newsmakers and a musical legend have to say about being Latino in the U.S. in this sixth installment in the award-winning documentary series.

Celebrity Habla

2009

Pueto Pa' Mi poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pueto Pa' Mi

2015

The Portrait’s Secret poster
NR

A true story, with multiple short stories that show human rights violations and economic exploitation within religious and government institutions.

The Portrait’s Secret

La Soga poster
5.1

A cop works against his country's corrupt government in order to find justice on a case.

La Soga

2009

Yo soy un político poster
NR

Carlos is an ex-con looking for a job where he earns a lot of money without having to work hard. After discussing it with his cellmate, they conclude that the only work to fit the description is to be politician in Puerto Rico. Carlos decides to run for Governor, like every politician always seeking for the best for his country, and of course, looking for what's best for him.

Yo soy un político

2016

Teacher Mechy poster
7.3

After years in New York, Mercedes, a hardworking teacher, returns to the Dominican Republic and lands a job to teach modern dance in a high-class school - knowing nothing about modern dance.

Teacher Mechy

2023

Elite poster
2.5

After 20 years in prison, the most dangerous and powerful drug dealer of the Caribbean manages to escape. Unable to trust his own police force, the Governor creates a special task force called "Elite" - a group of incorruptible officers from different countries of Latin America.

Elite

2010

Super Papá poster
4.3

No synopsis available yet.

Super Papá

2017

No artwork available
NR

The magical friendship between a deaf girl and a dragon turtle that helps her overcome her limitations and gain the community’s and other children’s acceptance. It is based on the novel "La sirenita sin voz" (The Mermaid Without A Voice) by Kalman Barsy.

Marina's Secret World

2008

Las Camelias poster
NR

A movie based on the famous novel "Las Camelias"

Las Camelias

2022

Party Time: The Movie poster
NR

A long time ago, in a place now known as the eighties, in Puerto Rico you were either a “cocolo”, somebody who listened to music from the ghetto and the streets, or a “rockero”, those who listened to American pop music. Javier is a “cocolo” who’s trying to find the courage to ask out the girl of his dreams. Laura, the prettiest “rockera” in their school, is trying to regain her popularity after her friends reject her for being a flirt. During a mix up at their high school, Laura and Javier are forced to enter a TV dance contest. In order to win, the snotty rich girl and the guy from the wrong side of the tracks have to discover that comedy and teenage angst move to same beat.

Party Time: The Movie

2009