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Alanna Ubach

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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", HBO's "Hung" as Yael Koontz, the Oscar-winning "Coco" as Mama Imelda, critically acclaimed "Euphoria" as Suze, and Seth MacFarlane's hit television series "Ted" as Susan Bennett. She was nominated for a SAG Award for her performance as Jeanine Pirro in "Bombshell" and noted by Variety and the New York Times as "a protean" and "seriously talented actress" to "keep your eye on." Ubach's father, Rodolfo, is Puerto Rican and Spanish and her mother, Sidna González, is Mexican. She was born and raised in Downey, California and resides in Los Angeles with her husband, Thom Russo, and their son, Thomas Rodolfo Russo, the third.
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Of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent; she speaks Spanish and French.
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.
She and husband Thom Russo welcomed their first child, Thomas Rodolfo Russo III, on July 25, 2017.
Alanna and her elder sister, Athena Ubach, both appeared in Clockwatchers (1997), playing a pair of sisters.
Attended USC film school, but dropped out after one semester to continue acting full time.

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!
[on whether she'd ever do a nude scene (2009)] Oh absolutely I would. But it better be on HBO or Showtime or some fucking Martin Scorsese movie. I'll show it all, man: tonsils, everything, you name it. But it better be some Merchant Ivory movie.

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