Michelle Bonilla

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Michelle C. Bonilla (born March 2, 1972 in Hollywood ) is an American actress .

Life

Michelle Bonilla studied music, dance and drama at Los Angeles City College at the age of ten and later practiced, mainly in drama, at California State University, Northridge .

She had her first small television appearances in 1995 in the series Palm Beach Duo and Beverly Hills, 90210 . She played bigger roles in television series as Teresa Morales in Dr. Quinn - a passionate doctor (1996–1997), as Christine Harms in Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme (1999–2009) and as Celena in Failing Upwards (2012) in which she also participated as a producer and screenwriter. She had a number of other small roles in television series such as JAG - In Order of Honor (1998), Nash Bridges (1999), Star Trek: Enterprise (2002), New York Cops - NYPD Blue (1997,2002), Unfabulous (2005 ), Saving Grace (2010) and All My Children (2011).

Films she has appeared in include Fatal Fraud (1995), Time to Pay (1999), Kill Your Darlings (2006), Katrina (2007), The Visit (2010) and Model Minority (2012). In 1998 she won the ALMA Award for her role in the short film Foto Novelas: Seeing Through Walls , which she shares with Roxann Dawson . In 2011 she won the Bronze Palm Award at the Mexico International Film Festival , as well as the Q Award at the Fort Worth Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival , for her short film Slip Away , for which she wrote the screenplay and in which she also participated as a producer she shares with Jenn Garrison and TM Scorzafava.

Filmography (selection)

Movies

  • 1995: Above Suspicion
  • 1996: Dunston - Alone in the Hotel (Dunston Checks In)
  • 1996: Deadly Conspiracy (The Rich Man's Wife)
  • 1997: Photo Novelas: Seeing Through Walls (short film)
  • 1997: Even Dumber (Trial and Error)
  • 1998: True Friends
  • 1998: Homegrown
  • 1999: Time to Pay
  • 2000: Price of Glory
  • 2000: Four Dogs Playing Poker
  • 2005: Sexual Life
  • 2006: Kill Your Darlings
  • 2007: Katrina (TV movie)
  • 2010: The Visit
  • 2011: Montana Amazon
  • 2011: Slip Away (short film)
  • 2012: Model Minority
  • 2019: Clemency

TV Shows

Awards

  • 1998: ALMA Award as "Outstanding Latino Cast in a Made-for-Television Movie or Mini-Series" for Photo Novelas: Seeing Through Walls (shared with Roxann Dawson )
  • 2011: Bronze Palm Award (Mexico International Film Festival) in the "Short Film" category for Slip Away (shared with Jenn Garrison and TM Scorzafava)
  • 2011: Q Award (Fort Worth Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival) in the category "Best Dramatic Short Film (Women's)" for Slip Away (shared with Jenn Garrison and TM Scorzafava)

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personal data
SURNAME Bonilla, Michelle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bonilla, Michelle C.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH March 2nd 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Hollywood