Nadine Velazquez

Nadine Velazquez is, to me, an underrated example of an actor who can swing between broad comedy and serious drama without missing a step. A Chicago native and Columbia College graduate who started in modeling, she became beloved as Catalina on My Name Is Earl, then showed real dramatic weight in films like Flight and Snitch. Performers who quietly accumulate strong, varied work rather than chasing one breakout moment are exactly the kind I find myself rooting for.

Name (English)

Nadine Velazquez

Name (Japanese)

ナディーン・ベラスケス

Reading

なでぃーん・べらすけす

Born

November 20, 1978 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Horse

Origin

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor / model

University

Columbia College Chicago

• Official sitehttps://www.nadinevelazquez.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nadinevelazquez/
• Xhttps://x.com/NadineVelazquez
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadine%20Velazquez
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B1%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q240472

Tags

• Illinois
• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.