Hardly recognizable from one character to the next, Alanna González Ubach has starred in over 150 theater, film and television projects, including the Peabody Award-winning “Men of a Certain Age”” and the Oscar-winning “”Coco”” as Mama Imelda, the family’s matriarch. She was nominated for a SAG award for her performance as Jeanine Pirro in “”Bombshell”” (best ensemble in a motion picture) and noted by the New York Times as “”a seriously talented actress”” to “”keep your eye on.”” Ubach’s father, Rodolfo, is Puerto Rican and her mother, Sidna González, is Mexican. She resides in Los Angeles with her husband, Thom Russo, and their son, Thomas Rodolfo Russo, the third.”
Alanna Ubach
Movies
Waiting
It’s the dinner shift at Shenanigan’s. Dan, the clueless boss, assigns Mitch, 22, a trainee, to Monty, the smooth talker who chases girls for one-night stands. Dean, a waiter, also 22, feels that life is passing him by. Dan offers him the assistant manager job and gives him until midnight…
Songs
Fun Facts
Of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent; she speaks Spanish and French.
Alanna and her elder sister, Athena Ubach, both appeared in Clockwatchers (1997), playing a pair of sisters.
Read for Meg Cabot's "Haunted"" CD.
Former sister-in-law of Sean Kanan.
The producers of Meet the Fockers (2004) had her put on fat cushions and ""gray"" her hair so she could play a 40-year-old Cuban maid.
Attended USC film school
Quotes
If a woman is comfortable with herself, I think that's what radiates. I think the moment you start questioning your body and looks is when you get into trouble. Inevitably you don't work and you're unhappy with yourself and never satisfied with your performance. Classic stars like Marilyn Monroe, Lana Turner, and Ava Gardner were curvy and comfortable in their skin. They were absolutely gorgeous.
When I get a role, I try to delve as deeply as possible into the character. I act with my gut instincts.
I was so naive when I began acting, professionally. I had only three wishes: V.I.P. tickets to the Beastie Boys whenever I wanted, to feel tall and blond, and to star in a cop series with Adrian Zmed. God help us all!