Background
Velazquez was born in Chicago, Illinois.
Velazquez was born in Chicago, Illinois.
Columbia College Chicago.
She has also appeared in films such as War and Flight, and is a cast member on the television series Major Crimes. She is of Puerto Rican descent. After graduating from Notre Dame High School for Girls, she earned a Bachelor in marketing from Columbia College Chicago in 2001.
Velazquez has appeared in print ads, television, and film.
Her first acting role was a McDonald"s commercial as a drive-through lady. She was originally cast as Fernando Sucre"s girlfriend, Maricruz Delgado, in the Fox television series Prison Break, but acquired a role in My Name Is Earl instead.
Her first film roles were in the movie War with Jet Li and Jason Statham, and in the Oxygen Network original television film Husband for Hire. She starred in the National Broadcasting Company series My Name Is Earl as Catalina Aruca.
She was one of the actors in the 2006 monologue show Skirts & Flirts In 2006, she was named #39 in the annual Maxim Hot 100 list.
In 2011 Velazquez appeared in the pilot of American Broadcasting Company"s Charlie"s Angels as Gloria Martinez, one of Charlie"s hired "Angels". Her character was killed off after a few minutes of screen time and was replaced by Minka Kelly. She appears in a recurring role in Forex"s fantasy football sitcom The League and on The CW"s comedy-drama Hart of Dixie.
In 2012, Velazquez appeared in the movie Flight, playing flight attendant Katerina Marquez, a supporting role opposite the main protagonist character played by Denzel Washington.
In 2013, Velazquez reunited with her former My Name is Earl cast members for a guest appearance in Raising Hope. Velazquez joined the main cast of the TNT series Major Crimes, beginning with season two.
She plays Emma Rios, a District Attorney, who is a romantic interest of Raymond Cruz"s Julio Sanchez. Cruz played Paco, her boy-friend, on My Name is Earl.
