Dania Ramirez

Acting

Dania Ramirez

Born 1979-11-08 · Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Dania Jissell Ramirez (born November 8, 1979) is a Dominican actress. Her credits include the roles of Nikki Batista on Alert: Missing Persons Unit, Rosie Falta on Lifetime's Devious Maids, Maya Herrera in Heroes, Alex in Entourage, Blanca on the last season of The Sopranos, and Cinderella on the last season of ABC's Once Upon a Time. Her film roles include Alex Guerrero in She Hate Me and Callisto in the feature film X-Men: The Last Stand. She has made appearances in numerous music videos for artists such as LL Cool J, De La Soul, Santana, and Wisin & Yandel. She has acted in TV shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Heroes, 10-8: Officers on Duty, Entourage, and The Sopranos. In 1997, she was an extra in the HBO film Subway Stories, which led to her encountering filmmaker Spike Lee. He would later direct her in her film debut playing Daphne in 25th Hour (2002), as well as in She Hate Me (2004). Other films she has starred in include X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), Quarantine (2008), Cross Bronx (2004), and Premium Rush (2012). Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from an early age she knew her calling to be an actress. As a child, she enjoyed reenacting telenovelas for her relatives. A modeling scout saw her working in a store at the age of 15, which led to her first acting job, in an ad for soda. She later apprenticed in the Actor's Workshop in N.Y.C. She then relocated to L.A. to develop her acting ambition.

Acting credits

Jumanji: The Next Level poster
6.9

As the gang return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored in order to escape the world’s most dangerous game.

Jumanji: The Next Level

2019

American Reunion poster
6.3

The characters we met a little more than a decade ago return to East Great Falls for their high school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t, and that time and distance can’t break the bonds of friendship.

American Reunion

2012

25th Hour poster
7.3

On the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.

25th Hour

2002

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay poster
7.1

Amanda Waller's top-secret "Task Force X" — consisting of Deadshot, Bronze Tiger, Killer Frost, Captain Boomerang, Harley Quinn, and Copperhead — is on a mission to retrieve a mystical object so powerful that they're willing to risk their lives to steal it. However, the Suicide Squad isn't the only group of villains seeking to possess the object. It's a race for the golden prize, and second place isn't an option if they want to stay alive.

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay

2018

Premium Rush poster
6.4

In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.

Premium Rush

2012

Quarantine poster
5.8

A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.

Quarantine

2008

She Hate Me poster
5.1

Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.

She Hate Me

2004

Fat Albert poster
5.1

Animated character Fat Albert emerges from his TV universe into the real world, accompanied by his friends Rudy, Mushmouth, Old Weird Harold and Dumb Donald. Though the gang is flabbergasted by the modern world, they make new friends, and Albert attempts to help young Doris become popular. But things get complicated when Albert falls for her older sister, Lauri, and must turn to creator Bill Cosby for advice.

Fat Albert

2004

Mojave poster
5.0

A suicidal artist goes into the desert, where he finds his doppelgänger, a homicidal drifter.

Mojave

2016

Lycan poster
4.4

When six college kids in a sleepy Southern town are assigned a group project to rediscover a moment in history, one of them sets in motion a horrific fate when he proposes they head into the Georgia backwoods to tackle the legend of Emily Burt, the Talbot County werewolf.

Lycan

2017

Illegal Tender poster
6.1

After the gangsters who killed his father come to settle a score, a teenage boy and his mother turn the tables on the killers - one Latino family's quest for honor and revenge as the hunted become the hunters.

Illegal Tender

2007

The Fifth Commandment poster
5.7

In Bangkok, an assassin who turns down a job that hits too close to home finds himself targeted by the elite members of his profession

The Fifth Commandment

2008

Off the Menu poster
5.9

An unlikely heir to a Mexican fast-food franchise goes 'cuisine' hunting for the next culinary big thing, and finds himself in a small, dusty New Mexican town where foodies come from all over to salivate over the culinary treats of a local, authentic, and feisty female chef.

Off the Menu

2018

First Response poster
6.5

A gunman forces a paramedic to drive an ambulance, while his partner treats the man's injured brother.

First Response

2015

Brett Ratner's X-Diaries poster
5.0

Brett Ratner's production diary about the making of 'X-Men: The Last Stand'.

Brett Ratner's X-Diaries

2006

Cross Bronx poster
6.2

This Bronx-based coming-of-age drama follows four high school friends as they navigate the treacherous waters of independence, love and careers on their individual paths toward achieving their dreams.

Cross Bronx

2004

Romy and Michele: In the Beginning poster
5.4

It's 1987, and best friends Romy and Michele, fresh out of high school, are desperate to get away from their square hometown of Tucson and take their rightful place amongst the beautiful, hip people of Hollywood.

Romy and Michele: In the Beginning

2005

Ball Don't Lie poster
2.0

BALL DON’T LIE plays out over one day in the life of Sticky (film newcomer and streetball legend Grayson “The Professor” Boucher), a skinny 17-year-old high school junior and basketball prodigy from Venice, California. Burdened with emotional scars from early life tragedy, a callous foster care system, and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, Sticky manages to transcend his limitations whenever he has a ball in his hands.

Ball Don't Lie

2008

No artwork available
NR

Ozuna's transformative life journey, from his humble beginnings as Juan Carlos to his rise as a global Latin music icon, navigating challenges with resilience and staying grounded, aiming to inspire others to pursue their dreams like him.

Odisea

Once Upon a Time: And They Lived Happily Ever After poster
NR

A documentary special included on the special features of ABC's Once Upon a Time Season 7, with the cast and crew reminiscing in honor of the show's conclusion.

Once Upon a Time: And They Lived Happily Ever After

2018

N.Y.C. Underground poster
4.7

Wealthy, Manhattanite brothers Dylan, Logan and a group of their friends head to Brooklyn for a concert when they meet notorious gangster, Simon and make an ill-advised deal with him. Soon, things go wrong and now the group is desperately running from Simon's crew through New York City's labyrinthine subway system in a terrifying life-or-death race.

N.Y.C. Underground

2013

The Ecology of Love poster
10.0

A stylish romance centering on a brokenhearted urbanite who, only after breaking down and getting stranded in the desert, unearths the resources to woo a French-speaking woman at a lonely motel.

The Ecology of Love

2004

X-Men: The Last Stand poster
6.4

When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men led by Professor Charles Xavier, and Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants.

X-Men: The Last Stand

2006

Little Black Boot poster
4.4

Goth-girl Cindy admires beautiful Laurie from afar, until the night when she dresses as a boy for the prom. Will this gender-bending Cinderella find true love when she leaves behind her little black boot?

Little Black Boot

2004

Behind the camera