Dania Ramírez

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.

Premium Rush (2012)

Action-packedFast pacedEnjoyableFun

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

DIRECTION:  David Koepp
CAST:  Joseph Gordon-Levitt  •  Jamie Chung  •  Michael Shannon  •  Dania Ramírez

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

DIRECTION:  David Koepp
CAST:  Joseph Gordon-Levitt  •  Jamie Chung  •  Michael Shannon  •  Dania Ramírez

25th Hour (2002)

DepressingHeartbreakingEmotionalThought provoking

In New York City in the days following the events of 9/11, Monty Brogan is a convicted drug dealer about to start a seven-year prison sentence, and his final hours of freedom are devoted to hanging out with his closest buddies and trying to prepare his girlfriend ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spike Lee
CAST:  Edward Norton  •  Philip Seymour Hoffman  •  Barry Pepper  •  Rosario Dawson

In New York City in the days following the events of 9/11, Monty Brogan is a convicted drug dealer about to start a seven-year prison sentence, and his final hours of freedom are devoted to hanging out with his closest buddies and trying to prepare his girlfriend ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spike Lee
CAST:  Edward Norton  •  Philip Seymour Hoffman  •  Barry Pepper  •  Rosario Dawson

Fat Albert (2004)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Zwick
CAST:  Kenan Thompson  •  Shedrack Anderson III  •  Jermaine Williams  •  Keith D. Robinson

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Zwick
CAST:  Kenan Thompson  •  Shedrack Anderson III  •  Jermaine Williams  •  Keith D. Robinson

She Hate Me (2004)

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

DIRECTION:  Spike Lee
CAST:  Anthony Mackie  •  John Turturro  •  Kerry Washington  •  Woody Harrelson

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

DIRECTION:  Spike Lee
CAST:  Anthony Mackie  •  John Turturro  •  Kerry Washington  •  Woody Harrelson

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organised under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brett Ratner
CAST:  Hugh Jackman  •  Halle Berry  •  Ian McKellen  •  Patrick Stewart

When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organised under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brett Ratner
CAST:  Hugh Jackman  •  Halle Berry  •  Ian McKellen  •  Patrick Stewart

The Ecology of Love (2004)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brin Hill
CAST:  Pharrell Williams  •  Dania Ramírez  •  Kam Heskin  •  DeWalt Mix

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brin Hill
CAST:  Pharrell Williams  •  Dania Ramírez  •  Kam Heskin  •  DeWalt Mix

American Reunion (2012)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Hurwitz  •  Hayden Schlossberg
CAST:  Seann William Scott  •  Mena Suvari  •  Shannon Elizabeth  •  Tara Reid

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Hurwitz  •  Hayden Schlossberg
CAST:  Seann William Scott  •  Mena Suvari  •  Shannon Elizabeth  •  Tara Reid

The Fifth Commandment (2008)

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  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jesse V. Johnson
CAST:  Rick Yune  •  Keith David  •  Bokeem Woodbine  •  Dania Ramírez

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  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jesse V. Johnson
CAST:  Rick Yune  •  Keith David  •  Bokeem Woodbine  •  Dania Ramírez

Quarantine (2008)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Erick Dowdle
CAST:  Jennifer Carpenter  •  Steve Harris  •  Jay Hernandez  •  Johnathon Schaech

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Erick Dowdle
CAST:  Jennifer Carpenter  •  Steve Harris  •  Jay Hernandez  •  Johnathon Schaech

Illegal Tender (2007)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franc. Reyes
CAST:  Rick Gonzalez  •  Wanda De Jesus  •  Dania Ramírez  •  Delilah Cotto

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franc. Reyes
CAST:  Rick Gonzalez  •  Wanda De Jesus  •  Dania Ramírez  •  Delilah Cotto

Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (2005)

This time around it's 1987, and new high school graduates Romy and Michele are desperate to get away from their hometown of Tucson. Their goal is to leave their square town behind and be amongst the beautiful, hip people of Hollywood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robin Schiff
CAST:  Katherine Heigl  •  Alexandra Breckenridge  •  Kelly Brook  •  Dania Ramírez

This time around it's 1987, and new high school graduates Romy and Michele are desperate to get away from their hometown of Tucson. Their goal is to leave their square town behind and be amongst the beautiful, hip people of Hollywood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robin Schiff
CAST:  Katherine Heigl  •  Alexandra Breckenridge  •  Kelly Brook  •  Dania Ramírez

Mojave (2015)

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

DIRECTION:  William Monahan
CAST:  Oscar Isaac  •  Garrett Hedlund  •  Mark Wahlberg  •  Walton Goggins

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

DIRECTION:  William Monahan
CAST:  Oscar Isaac  •  Garrett Hedlund  •  Mark Wahlberg  •  Walton Goggins

First Response (2015)

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

DIRECTION:  Philippe Gagnon
CAST:  Dania Ramírez  •  Kristopher Turner  •  Joris Jarsky  •  Adam Butcher

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

DIRECTION:  Philippe Gagnon
CAST:  Dania Ramírez  •  Kristopher Turner  •  Joris Jarsky  •  Adam Butcher

Nyc Underground (2013)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jessy Terrero
CAST:  Dania Ramírez  •  Sean Faris  •  Arielle Kebbel  •  Clayne Crawford

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jessy Terrero
CAST:  Dania Ramírez  •  Sean Faris  •  Arielle Kebbel  •  Clayne Crawford

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018)

Task Force X targets a powerful mystical object that they will risk their lives to steal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Liu
CAST:  Christian Slater  •  Tara Strong  •  Billy Brown  •  Liam McIntyre

Task Force X targets a powerful mystical object that they will risk their lives to steal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Liu
CAST:  Christian Slater  •  Tara Strong  •  Billy Brown  •  Liam McIntyre

Lycan (2017)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bev Land
CAST:  Vanessa Angel  •  Parker Croft  •  Rebekah Graf  •  Dania Ramírez

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bev Land
CAST:  Vanessa Angel  •  Parker Croft  •  Rebekah Graf  •  Dania Ramírez

Off the Menu (2018)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jay Silverman
CAST:  Santino Fontana  •  Dania Ramírez  •  María Conchita Alonso  •  Makenzie Moss

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jay Silverman
CAST:  Santino Fontana  •  Dania Ramírez  •  María Conchita Alonso  •  Makenzie Moss

Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jake Kasdan
CAST:  Dwayne Johnson  •  Jack Black  •  Kevin Hart  •  Karen Gillan

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jake Kasdan
CAST:  Dwayne Johnson  •  Jack Black  •  Kevin Hart  •  Karen Gillan

Little Black Boot (2004)

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?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colette Burson
CAST:  Carmen Plumb  •  Dania Ramírez  •  Jane Lynch  •  Anthony Woods

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?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colette Burson
CAST:  Carmen Plumb  •  Dania Ramírez  •  Jane Lynch  •  Anthony Woods