Alanna Ubach

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**Alanna Noel Ubach** (born October 3, 1975) is an American actress, known for her roles in *Coco* (2017) as Mamá Imelda, *Legally Blonde* (2001) as Serena McGuire, and *Meet the Fockers* (2004) as Isabel Villalobos.

She has provided voices for several characters in a number of animated television shows and movies, such as Liz Allan on *The Spectacular Spider-Man*, the title character on *El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera*, Lola Boa on *Brandy & Mr. Whiskers*, Strudel on *Pound Puppies*, and four characters in the Oscar-winning animated film *Rango* (2011). She played the first female assistant, Josie, on the television show *Beakman's World*.

## Early life

Ubach was born in Downey, California, the daughter of Sidna and Rodolfo Ubach.Template:Better source Her father was from San Juan, Puerto Rico and her mother, raised in Los Angeles, was from Sinaloa, Mexico.

In 1994, she received a positive review from *The New York Times* for her role as a Jewish girl in *Kindertransport* at the Manhattan Theatre Club. During this stage, she also landed a regular spot as Josie the assistant in the TV series, *Beakman's World*. Her early film roles include *Airborne* (1993), *Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit* (1993), *Renaissance Man* (1994) and *The Brady Bunch Movie* (1995). She later had roles in a series of indie films: *Denise Calls Up* (1995), in which she played the title character; *Johns* (1996), playing David Arquette's girlfriend and in *Freeway* (1996), with Reese Witherspoon and Kiefer Sutherland, playing a Latina gang girl. She also played roles in more mainstream films like *Clockwatchers* (1997) and alongside Reese Witherspoon in the two *Legally Blonde* films.

## Career

In 2004, Ubach starred in the movie *Waiting...*, alongside Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris and landed the role of a Latina maid/caterer in *Meet The Fockers* (2004). She also had recurring roles in *Hung* (2009) and *Californication* (2013).

Ubach stars with Lisa Edelstein as a regular cast member on Bravo's first-ever scripted series, *Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce*. Ubach portrays Jo, who moves to Los Angeles to reinvent herself in the guest house of her just-divorced best friend from college, Abby. Ubach describes the show as "fun and stylish, it's very relatable." The role of Jo was created following the exit of Janeane Garofalo.

### Theater

In June 2008, Ubach starred in and narrated her ongoing one-woman show, “Patriotic Bitch,” which ran at the Clurman Theatre in Theater Row. Reviewing "Patriotic Bitch," *The New York Times* stated that the show, "can’t hold a candle to the very best of the genre," but nonetheless described it as, "entertaining one-act series of character monologues" and noted that Ubach was, "seriously talented."

## Personal life

Ubach is married to multi-Grammy award winning record producer Thom Russo. Ubach gave birth to their son, Thomas Rodolfo Russo III, in July 2017.

## References

1. ↑ Ubach Biography, FilmReference.com; accessed February 11, 2018.
2. ↑ Amy Rubio Exclusive: Alanna Ubach Talks 'Girlfriends' Guide To Divorce' & Her Latina Roots! February 17, 2015
3. ↑ Richards, David (May 18, 1994). "Kindertransport; Another Perspective On the Holocaust", The New York Times Company.
4. ↑ Brice Sander (December 1, 2015). "‘Girlfriends’ Guide’ Star Alanna Ubach Is Ready for ‘Legally Blonde 3’ -- Find Out Her Plan for Serena!". Entertainment Tonight. http://www.etonline.com/news/177134\_gg2d\_set\_visit/.
5. ↑ Ed Stockley (February 14, 2016). "Monday's TV Highlights: 'The X-Files' on Fox".
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7. ↑ Gwen Ihnat (January 20, 2016). "Girlfriends’ Guide turns to the dark side of divorce".
8. ↑ Linda Ge (August 13, 2014). "Alanna Ubach Replaces Janeane Garofalo on Bravo’s ‘Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce’". The Wrap. http://www.thewrap.com/alanna-ubach-replaces-janeane-garofalo-on-bravos-girlfriends-guide-to-divorce/.
9. ↑ Raymundo Monell (June 10, 2008). "Actress Alanna Ubach makes her N.Y. debut in 'Patriotic Bitch'".
10. ↑ Anita Gates (June 14, 2008). "The People You Meet in a Ladies’ Bathroom".
11. ↑ Rosenfeld, Laura (2017-08-02). "Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce's Alanna Ubach Gives Birth to a Baby Boy", *Bravo*.
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13. ↑ Blazenhoff, Rusty (2013-10-03). "I Know That Voice, A Documentary About the World of Voice Acting". *Laughing Squid*. http://laughingsquid.com/i-know-that-voice-a-documentary-about-the-world-of-voice-acting/.

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