Laura Gómez is a Dominican actress, writer, and director. Gómez is
best known for her portrayal of the character Blanca Flores in the
Netflix series Orange Is The New Black. In Fall 2012, she won the NYU
Technisphere Award for her short film To Kill a Roach.Born in the
Dominican Republic, she grew up in Santo Domingo working as an actress
and reporter. She moved to New York at the age of 21 to study acting.
After three years in the United States, she made her entry into
theater and voice work.In 2011, Gómez was awarded an IX Screenwriting
Developing Grant by the Spanish Fundación Carolina. She studied film
at the University of New York, and screenwriting at the Jacob Krueger
Studio. She wrote, directed and produced the short films To Kill A
Roachâ€"for which she received the NYU Fall 2012 Technisphere Award
for Outstanding Achievementâ€"and Hallelujah. She directed and
co-produced The Iron Warehouse, written by the playwright Hilary
Bettis. She appeared as a guest actor in Law & Order SVU, and played a
recurring role in the HBO miniseries Show Me A Hero, and a minor role
in the film Exposed.Currently[when?] she is a member of Spanish
Repertory Theater, with which she has appeared in critically acclaimed
theatrical productions such as Doña Flor y sus dos maridos and La
casa de los espÃritus. Her voice-over work includes Spanish-language
announcer for CoverGirl and Suave, and audiobooks including How the
GarcÃa Girls Lost Their Accent, by Julia à lvarez, and The Brief
Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DÃaz.
best known for her portrayal of the character Blanca Flores in the
Netflix series Orange Is The New Black. In Fall 2012, she won the NYU
Technisphere Award for her short film To Kill a Roach.Born in the
Dominican Republic, she grew up in Santo Domingo working as an actress
and reporter. She moved to New York at the age of 21 to study acting.
After three years in the United States, she made her entry into
theater and voice work.In 2011, Gómez was awarded an IX Screenwriting
Developing Grant by the Spanish Fundación Carolina. She studied film
at the University of New York, and screenwriting at the Jacob Krueger
Studio. She wrote, directed and produced the short films To Kill A
Roachâ€"for which she received the NYU Fall 2012 Technisphere Award
for Outstanding Achievementâ€"and Hallelujah. She directed and
co-produced The Iron Warehouse, written by the playwright Hilary
Bettis. She appeared as a guest actor in Law & Order SVU, and played a
recurring role in the HBO miniseries Show Me A Hero, and a minor role
in the film Exposed.Currently[when?] she is a member of Spanish
Repertory Theater, with which she has appeared in critically acclaimed
theatrical productions such as Doña Flor y sus dos maridos and La
casa de los espÃritus. Her voice-over work includes Spanish-language
announcer for CoverGirl and Suave, and audiobooks including How the
GarcÃa Girls Lost Their Accent, by Julia à lvarez, and The Brief
Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DÃaz.
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