Wanda De Jesus

Wanda De Jesus
De Jesus at the 2013 Imagen Awards
Born	(1958-08-26) August 26, 1958 (age 65) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1986–present
Partner	Jimmy Smits (1986–present)

Wanda De Jesus (born August 26, 1958) is an American actress. She was the fourth actress to portray Santana Andrade in NBC's soap opera Santa Barbara. Aside from her work on soap operas, De Jesus appeared in several TV shows in a guest starring role, and she had a recurring role on the CBS crime series CSI: Miami as MDPD Detective Adelle Sevilla. On the week of June 14, 2010, she made her debut on All My Children as Iris Blanco, the mayor of Pine Valley. In 2010, De Jesus was cast as the head of the police squad on Law & Order: Los Angeles, but the role – which had already been changed significantly before De Jesus joined – was changed again and reshot with a different actress after two episodes had been filmed.^[1]

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Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Downtown	Luisa Diaz
1990	RoboCop 2	Estevez
1994	The Glass Shield	Carmen Munoz
1995	Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys	Leslie Moore
1997	Executive Power	Debra Skelly	Video
1999	Time to Pay	Magdalena Scanlon	Video
1999	Flawless	Karen
2000	Once in the Life	Jackie
2001	Ghosts of Mars	Akooshay
2002	Blood Work	Graciella Rivers
2007	Illegal Tender	Millie De Leon
2009	The Ministers	Capt. Diaz
2013	Water & Power	Officer Siler

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Another World	Gomez	TV series
1987	Mariah	Leda Cervantes	Regular role
1987	L.A. Law	Ms. Santiago	"The Wizard of Odds"
1988	The Pursuit of Happiness	Mrs. Lopez	"That Pair of Eyes"
1988	Tales from the Darkside	Telephone (voice)	"Payment Overdue"
1990	Singer & Sons	Mary Garza	"Our's Not to Reason Why Shmy"
1990	Lucky Chances	Suzita	TV miniseries
1990	Lifestories	Dr. Duran	"Frank Brody"
1990	Matlock	Alana Leon	"The Fighter"
1991	Equal Justice	Suzanne Garner	"Opening Farewell"
1991	Fatal Friendship	Darlene	TV film
1991-1992	Santa Barbara	Santana Andrade	Main role
1992	Civil Wars	Linda Rodriguez	"Tape Fear"
1995	Babylon 5	Sarah	"Hunter, Prey"
1995	SeaQuest DSV	Comm. Pamela Lopez	"Chains of Command"
1995	Live Shot	Liz Vega	Regular role
1996	Touched by an Angel	Sue Cheney	"Jacob's Ladder"
1996	NYPD Blue	Det. Martina Escobar	"Girl Talk"
1996	Spider-Man	Dr. Sylvia Lopez (voice)	"Sins of the Fathers Chapter 12: The Spot"
1996	Diagnosis: Murder	Det. Emma Lopez	"Murder in the Family"
1996	Profiler	Catherine Evers	"Cruel and Unusual"
1997	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Xochitl (voice)	"The Shoemaker and the Elves"
1997	Gold Coast	Vivian Onzola	TV film
1997	Brooklyn South	Det. Marina McConnell	"A Reverend Runs Through It"
1997	Nash Bridges	Agent Janet Reynolds	"Bombshell"
1998	Vengeance Unlimited	District Atty. Rosalie Hanson	"Dishonorable Discharge"
1999	Promised Land	Nina Charles	"Finale"
2000	Pensacola: Wings of Gold	Ali	"At Poverty Level"
2002	Almost a Woman	Mami	TV film
2002	Thieves	Katrina Epstein	"The Green and the Black", "Home Is Where the Heist Is"
2002-2003	CSI: Miami	Det. Adell Sevilla	Recurring role
2005	Detective	Sanchez	TV film
2010	Law & Order: LA	Lt. Arleen Gonzalez	"Hollywood"
2010	All My Children	Iris Blanco	Recurring role
2012	Sons of Anarchy	Carla	Recurring role
2013	Blue	Cynthia	"Everything Is a Test"
2015	Letter Never Sent	Edith	TV film
2020	Gentefied	Delfina	Recurring Role
2023	Fatal Attraction	Marcella Levya	Recurring Role

Awards and nominations

Year	Group	Award	Result	Film/Show
1996	NCLR Bravo Award	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated	Live Shot
2003	Imagen Award	Best Actress in a Television Film	Won	Almost a Woman
2007	Imagen Award	Best Actress in a Film	Nominated	Illegal Tender