Francia Raisa
Actress
Birth Date: July 26, 1988
Age: 36 years old
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California
Teen-movie and TV star Francia Raisa is of Mexican and Honduran descent but was born in Southern California where her family worked in Spanish-language radio. Raisa--whose father is veteran radio personality "El Cucuy"--always enjoyed dancing in many styles, including jazz, tap, and hip-hop. She started dancing at the age of 5 and was able to channel this passion into one of her earliest roles, playing a cheerleader in the "Bring It On" franchise.
After finishing high school, the stunning Raisa began to book modeling and commercial work, but she swiftly launched her acting career at the age of 17 when she appeared in an episode of the Iraq war drama "Over There." Soon she landed the part of Leti in the direct-to-DVD sequel "Bring It On: All or Nothing," which helped her career pick up steam. In 2008, she landed a part in "The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream" and simultaneously won the role of Adrian Lee in the hit series "The Secret Life of the American Teenager." Since winning that part, she found plenty of time for work in a wide variety of work like the gritty human trafficking thriller "Bulletface" and the hit witness relocation TV drama "In Plain Sight."
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How I Met Your FatherStream
Celebrity Wheel of FortuneStream
Floored
31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest
A Little Late With Lilly Singh
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Chuey Martinez Show
Once Upon a Date
Grown-ishStream
Life-Size 2: A Christmas EveStream
Access Live
TRL
STEVE on Watch
Daily Pop
Tiny House of Terror
Harry
The $100,000 PyramidStream
To Tell the TruthStream
Dirty Lies
The Secrets of Emily Blair
RosewoodStream
Beyond Paradise
Black Car
Late Night With Seth MeyersStream
The Real
Chastity Bites
A Snow Globe Christmas
Christmas Bounty
The Mindy ProjectStream
Halloween WarsStream
The TalkStream
The Cutting Edge: Fire and Ice
The Cutting Edge: Fire & Ice
The Secret Life of the American TeenagerStream
In Plain SightStream
The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream
Bring It On: All or NothingStream
American Latino TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Stream
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationStream
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‘Life-Size 2: A Christmas Eve’: Francia Raisa on Starring in the Sequel to Her Childhood Fave
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