Lisandra Tena

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Lisandra Tena (born March 29, 1987 in Albuquerque , New Mexico ) is an American actress , best known for her role as Lola Guerrero in Fear the Walking Dead .

life and career

Lisandra Tena was born on March 29, 1987 in Albuquerque, the capital of the US state New Mexico, where she grew up and completed her school education. Her acting classes began in 2006 at Working Classroom in her hometown of Albuquerque, where she was trained by instructors from the Yale School of Drama , Naropa University and the Tectonic Theater Project , among others . After receiving a scholarship from Working Classroom , she attended The Theater School at DePaul University at the aforementioned DePaul University in Chicago , Illinois . She subsequently completed her acting studies there magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts . She made her first film appearances in notable productions during her time in Albuquerque, when she appeared in the feature film La Trinchera Luminosa del President Gonzalo directed by Jim Finn and in the short film Spinners by Joseph von Stern .

In 2011 she worked as a knife fighter on the short film The Cutback by Lehr Beidelschies . After graduating, she also played on various stages and appeared as an actress at the Chicago Goodman Theater , the Chicago Adventure Stage and the Chicago Collaboraction Theater . In 2013, she named Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune in the Top 10 Upcoming Talent in the Chicago Theater Scene.

In the same year she worked in collaboration with the MPAACT Theater on her one-woman show Guera , which premiered at the YoSolo Festival in Chicago. Up to this point in time, Tena had already had numerous assignments in commercials or in the voice-over area. In 2014 she played the character Lina Ochoa in two consecutive episodes of Chicago PD . Sarah Méndez García gave her the voice of Sarah Méndez García in the German-language dubbed version of the series . In the same year she also appeared in the short films Una mujer sin precio 1961 and Everything Will Be All Right and was then largely active again in the theater sector. In June 2015 she was a Fellow of the Women's International Study Center , where she revised her piece Guera in preparation for a New Mexico tour or a major national tour. From November 2015 she appeared again at the Goodman Theater in Octavio Solis ' play Mother Road .

Furthermore, in the last few years she has often appeared as a trainer in the working classroom , at various workshops or in other areas. Around 2016, Tena moved to California , where she settled in Studio City, near Los Angeles , but still has residential options in Chicago. Since then it has been used increasingly in film and television productions. In addition to a brief lead role in the third season of Fear the Walking Dead , in which she only appeared 5 episodes of the third season and the role of Lola Guerrero , she also appeared in 2017 as Deputy Gonzales in the drama Cowboy Drifter , directed by Michael Long in use.

Other productions in which she took part, which were not yet published, the short film are Rain, Rain , which was actually completed in the year 2014, or the miniseries Sex Parties that currently (January 2018) in the post-production is . The publication of Graybeard is planned for 2018 , on which the work has already been completed.

Filmography (selection)

  • 2007: La Trinchera Luminosa del President Gonzalo
  • 2008: Spinners (short film)
  • 2011: The Cutback (short film)
  • 2014: Chicago PD (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 2014: Una mujer sin precio 1961 (short film)
  • 2014: Everything Will Be All Right (short film)
  • 2017: Fear the Walking Dead (5 episodes)
  • 2017: Cowboy Drifter

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Our Top 10 new faces ... and where you'll see them next , accessed October 29, 2017
  2. ↑ Official website of the Guera Show (English), accessed on October 29, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Tena, Lisandra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Albuquerque , New Mexico , United States