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Guadalupe in the Guest Room (Trailer)
Elise Santora as Guadalupe
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
Last performances thru 10/24/21!

BULL - CBS SERIES

as Judge Raines

Episode airdate: Feb 3, 2020

SEASON 4, EPISODE 13 CHILD OF MINE

Bull and Benny represent a couple being sued by their baby's biological father for custody after a fertility clinic mistakenly used the wrong man's sample. As family court cases are solely decided by a judge, Bull and Benny worry about their best strategy at trial without a jury for TAC to analyze.

For Life (ABC) episode 8

as

Judge Bertha Hermosillo

Premiere: February 11, 2020

Episode 5

Indie Series Awards Nomination for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy category.

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Starred as Celia, the Communist Cuban matriarch 

in Dreaming in Cuban

by Cristina Garcia

adapted by Cristina CQ Quintana

music by Ibeyi

A multigenerational story about the women in the Del Pino family who are bitterly divided over the Cuban revolution .

         HENRY AWARD WINNER

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY

                             AS OFELIA -

                  ANNA IN THE TROPICS

      Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center 2019

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HENRY AWARD NOMINEE

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRES IN A PLAY

as Mrs. Alexander

in 

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime 

at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

Oct 2019

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New Amsterdam finale!! Woohoo! Dat wuz f

Co-starred with Ryan Egghold and Jocko Sims as' Dr. Kleinman' on the NBC series New Amsterdam in its finale episode. (Season 1, Episode 9) SPRING 2019

                             Co-starred with Tony Plana

                         In the world premiere reading of

'              Don't Eat The Mangos written by Ricardo Perez

                            at the Cherry Lane Theatre

                  produced by the Sol Project.  Oct, 2017

Left to Right: Vanessa Aspillaga, Tony Plana, Elise Santora, Ricardo Perez (playwright), David Mendizabal (director), Annie Henk and Sol Crespo

Pictured here with star Dana Delaney on set of new CBS series The Code, premiering this Spring (2019) in the role of diplomat 'Marta Huerta'. 

Pictured_ Marie Louise Guinier, Vanessa

Premiere of the play Scissoring by Cristina Quintana in the role of Eleanor Roosevelt at IntarTheatre, May 2018. 

Left to right: Marie Louise Guinier, Vanessa R. Butler, Elise Santora

 

"...the aristocratic Eleanor (Elise Santora). The former first lady knows how to be unapologetically selfish — and compartmentalize like a pro.

 - New York Times

"...The instant chemistry between Guinier and Santora, including their witty banter and wacky characterizations, steals the show—the two are a joy to watch in every scene they're in."

 - Theatre is Easy

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