Nadine Velazquez is an American actress and model. Velazquez was born in Chicago, Illinois, of Puerto Rican descent. She attended Notre Dame High School for Girls, and has a BA in marketing. She appeared in the 2004 film Blast!, the TV movie The Last Ride and the 2006 release House of the Dead II, and currently stars in the NBC series My Name Is Earl as Catalina Aruca. She appeared on the January 2006 cover of Stuff, and was named #39 in the annual Maxim Hot 100 list. She was also originally cast as Fernando Sucre's girlfriend Maricruz Delgado in the FOX series Prison Break but acquired a role in My Name Is Earl instead. She can be seen briefly on the Prison Break set in a featurette on the show's first season DVD set. She was one of the judges in the Miss Universe 2008 beauty pageant. Velazquez is one of the actors in the star-studded monologue show Skirts & Flirts. Her latest roles were in the film War with Jet Li and Jason Statham, and in the Oxygen Network original television film Husband for Hire.
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