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Besanya Santiago

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Besanya Santiago
Besanya Santiago is known for Orange Is the New Black (2013), Gold from the Sky (2019) and FabUless (2019).
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      • 2 wins total

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    Known for

    Kate Mulgrew, Natasha Lyonne, Selenis Leyva, Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling, Uzo Aduba, Dascha Polanco, and Danielle Brooks in Orange Is the New Black (2013)
    Orange Is the New Black
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Creech
    Michael Mcallister Jr. in Gold from the Sky (2019)
    Gold from the Sky
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Destina
    FabUless (2019)
    FabUless
    TV Series
    • Alejandra
    A dios
    Short
    • Regi
    • 2019

    Credits

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    Actress

    • A Wake
      • Anna
      • Short
      • 2026
    • AOC and the Untold Story of the 2028 Election (2025)
      AOC and the Untold Story of the 2028 Election
      • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
      • 2025
    • FabUless (2019)
      FabUless
      TV Series
      • Alejandra
      • 2019
    • Kate Mulgrew, Natasha Lyonne, Selenis Leyva, Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling, Uzo Aduba, Dascha Polanco, and Danielle Brooks in Orange Is the New Black (2013)
      Orange Is the New Black
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Creech
      • 2018–2019
    • Where Theo Lives (2019)
      Where Theo Lives
      • Elliott
      • 2019
    • A dios
      Short
      • Regi
      • 2019
    • Michael Mcallister Jr. in Gold from the Sky (2019)
      Gold from the Sky
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Destina
      • 2019
    • We Speak NYC (2018)
      We Speak NYC
      9.3
      TV Series
      • Silvia
      • 2018
    • Besanya Santiago in Solo Soy un Super, Mano (2015)
      Solo Soy un Super, Mano
      Short
      • Chupa
      • 2015
    • The Scene We the Economy (2014)
      The Scene We the Economy
      TV Mini Series
      • Cavewoman
      • 2014
    • Dates from Hell (2012)
      Dates from Hell
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Angel
      • 2014
    • The Blacklist (2013)
      The Blacklist
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Juror (uncredited)
      • 2013
    • My Dirty Little Secret (2013)
      My Dirty Little Secret
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Co-Worker
      • 2013
    • The Making of Iridium Consequence
      • Bonnie
      • 2012
    • Friday the 13th: Extraction
      Short
      • Dr. Adrienne Brouwer
      • 2012
    • Recount (2008)
      Recount
      7.3
      TV Movie
      • Cuban Protestor (uncredited)
      • 2008

    Writer

    • A Wake
      • writer
      • Short
      • 2026
    • FabUless (2019)
      FabUless
      TV Series
      • story
      • 2019

    Director

    • A Wake
      • director
      • Short
      • 2026

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    SAG-AFTRA

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    • Height
      • 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)

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