Here is the list of some of the most beautiful Cuban actresses. Some of them are not pure Cuban wherein they have American and other descents. Others are also talented singer, dancer, model, successful businesswoman, director, producer, writer, and former beauty queen. See the list below in no particular order or ranking.
1. Yoseph Alicia Machado Fajardo is a Venezuelan-American actress, TV host, singer and beauty queen who was Miss Venezuela 1995 and then Miss Universe 1996. She was the fourth woman from Venezuela to be named Miss Universe. Her mother is Cuban.
Born: 6 December 1976, Maracay, Venezuela
Height: 1.7 m
Movies: I Love Miami, ¡He matado a mi marido!, Tired of Kissing Frogs, Juan Diego: El Indio de Guadalupe
Children: Dinorah Valentina Hernandez
Siblings: Arturo Machado
TV shows: Una familia con suerte (2011 – 2012), La Madame (2013), Hasta que el dinero nos separe (2009 – 2010), El Pantera (2007 – 2010), Lo imperdonable (2015)
2. Alina Robert is a Cuban actress, model and TV host, based in Miami, Florida. Robert, a native of Havana, moved to the United States in 2008. She first earned recognition by reaching the semifinals on Nuestra Belleza Latina 2014. She went on to co-host Sabado Gigante, the longest running Hispanic program on television.
Born: 22 November 1986, Havana, Cuba
Movies and TV shows: Make Love Great Again, My Life Is a Telenovela
3. Ana Celia de Armas Caso is a Cuban-Spanish actress. She began her career as a teenager in her home country of Cuba and most notably had a leading role in the romantic drama Una rosa de Francia.
Born: 30 April 1988, Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba
Height: 1.68 m
Spouse: Marc Clotet (m. 2011–2013)
TV shows: El Internado, Hispania, la leyenda
Movies: Knock Knock (2015), Knives Out (2019), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), War Dogs (2016), Deep Water (2020)
4. Ana María Polo is a Cuban-American Hispanic television arbitrator on Caso Cerrado. Born in Havana, Cuba. Ana moved to Miami when she was 2 years old but she was accompanied by her family.
Born: 11 April 1959, Havana, Cuba
Height: 1.54 m
Children: Peter Polo
Nominations: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program, MORE
Education: University of Miami School of Law (1987), Academia del Perpetuo Socorro
TV shows: Caso Cerrado (Since 2001), Ana Polo Rules, Lo mejor de Caso Cerrado, Caso cerrado Chile (Since 2009), Caso cerrado: Los más atrevidos
5. Anabelle Acosta is a Cuban-born American actress. She is best known for playing the roles of Annabella in the HBO television series Ballers and Natalie Vasquez in the ABC television series Quantico.
Born: 28 February 1987, Havana, Cuba
Height: 1.7 m
Siblings: Jason Acosta
Movies and TV shows: Kill Chain (2019), Quantico (2015 – 2018), Fat Camp (2017), Freelancers (2012), Ballers (2015 – 2019)
6. Ariadna Romero is a Cuban model and actress naturalized Italian.
Born: 19 September 1986, Fomento, Cuba
Height: 1.72 m
Spouse: Lorenzo Gergati (m. 2012)
Eye color: Green
Children: Leonardo Petrelli
Movies: Finally the Happiness (2011), Ovunque tu sarai (2017), The Broken Key (2017)
7. Ariadna Sintes is a Cuban-Spanish actress. Born in Cuba, she moved to San Sebastián in 2000 and she studied at the School of Cinema and Video in Andoain and drama in San Sebastián.
Born: 7 October 1986, Havana, Cuba
Parents: Lilliam Kouri
TV shows: Mi querido Klikowsky, HKM, Bi eta bat
8. Ariana Barouk is a model, actress, and singer who represented Cuba in the seventh edition of the environmentally-oriented Miss Earth 2007 international beauty pageant. She was the first Miss Cuba in several decades to compete in a major pageant.
Born: 5 November 1982, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Education: Immaculata-La Salle High School
TV shows: Ogags (2008 – 2010), Pidol's Wonderland (2010 – 2012)
9. Aylín Mújica Ricard, more commonly known as Aylín Mújica is a Cuban actress, model, and ballet dancer who lives in Miami, Florida, United States.
Born: 24 November 1974, Havana, Cuba
Height: 1.7 m
Spouse: Gabriel Valenzuela (m. 2010–2012)
Movies: Recién Cazado
Children: Alejandro Gavira, Violeta Valenzuela, Mauro Menendez
TV shows: Como tú no hay 2 (2020), Los miserables (2014 – 2015), Fearless Heart (2012 – 2013), Marina (2006 – 2007), Aurora (Since 2010)
10. Aymée Regla Nuviola Suárez, better known as Aymée Nuviola, is a Cuban singer, pianist, composer and actress, nicknamed "La Sonera del Mundo". She is also known for having played Celia Cruz in the Colombian telenovela Celia.
Born: 8 January 1973, Havana, Cuba
Full name: Aymée Regla Nuviola Suárez
Albums: A Journey Through Cuban Music
TV shows: Celia
Awards: Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album, Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Fusion Album
11. Beatriz Valdés Fidalgo is a Cuban-Venezuelan actress. She was born in Cuba, where she studied drama and worked as an actress before she arrived to Venezuela as a guest at the Cinema Interamerican Forum in 1989. She gave birth to her first child there in 1991.
Born: 12 May 1963, Havana, Cuba
Movies and TV shows: The Beauty of the Alhambra (1989), Manuela Sáenz (2000), The Tables Turned (1985), La vida entera (2009), Amantes de luna llena (2000 – 2001)
12. Annabella Avery Thorne is an American actress, director, singer, and model. She played Ruthy Spivey in the television series My Own Worst Enemy and Tancy Henrickson in the fourth season of Big Love, before gaining prominence for her role as CeCe Jones on the Disney Channel series Shake It Up. Her father was Cuban.
Born: 8 October 1997, Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States
Height: 1.73 m
Awards: Shorty Award for Best Actress
Albums: What Do You See Now, Walk with me, Shake It Up: Made In Japan, Jersey
Siblings: Dani Thorne, Kaili Thorne, Remy Thorne
Movies and TV shows: Shake It Up (2010 – 2013), Midnight Sun (2018), Famous in Love (2017 – 2018), Blended (2014), The DUFF (2015)
13. Bianca Alexa Santos is an American actress and producer, known for her roles as Lexi Rivera in the Freeform drama series The Fosters and as Lucy Velez in the MTV comedy series Happyland. She also starred in the films Ouija, The DUFF, and Priceless. Her mother is Cuban.
Born: 26 July 1990, Santa Monica, California, United States
Height: 1.65 m
Nationality: American
TV shows: Happyland
Parents: Carmen Carnot, Carlos Santos
Movies: The DUFF (2015), Priceless (2016), Ouija (2014), SPF-18 (2017), Little Dead Rotting Hood (2016)
14. Caitlin Ariana Sanchez is an American actress, best known for being the second voice of the title character Dora in the Nickelodeon animated children series Dora the Explorer. Sanchez was born in Englewood, New Jersey to a musical family of Cuban heritage.
Born: 17 January 1996, Englewood, New Jersey, United States
Nominations: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited-series)
Movies and TV shows: Dora the Explorer (1999 – 2019), Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom (2009), Dora Saves the Snow Princess, Phoebe in Wonderland (2008), Hispanic Youth Showcase
15. Cameron Michelle Diaz is an American actress, author, producer and model. She frequently appeared in comedies throughout her career, while also earning critical recognition in dramatic films. Her father's family is Cuban, and Diaz's ancestors had originally moved from Spain to Cuba.
Born: 30 August 1972, San Diego, California, United States
Height: 1.74 m
Spouse: Benji Madden (m. 2015)
Children: Raddix Madden
Movies: There's Something About Mary (1998), The Mask (1994), Bad Teacher (2011), The Other Woman (2014), Charlie's Angels (2000)
16. Camila Banus is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Gabi Hernandez on the soap opera Days of Our Lives from October 4, 2010, to June 12, 2014; Banus returned for brief appearances on December 22 and 29, 2014. Banus reprised her role as Gabi again, beginning September 17, 2015. She is of Spanish and Cuban descent.
Born: 22 July 1990, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Height: 1.68 m
Nationality: American
Partner: Marlon Aquino (2012–)
Parents: Jaime Banus, Carmen Banus
Movies and TV shows: Days of Our Lives (Since 1965), Killer Caregiver, Counterpunch (2013), Wishin' and Hopin' (2014), Almost Amazing
17. Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao is a Cuban-American singer and songwriter, actress. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony, formed on The X Factor USA in 2012, signing a joint record deal with Syco Music and Epic Records.
Born: 3 March 1997 (age 23 years), Cojímar, Cuba
Height: 1.57 m
Albums: Romance, Camila, New Music Daily Presents: Camila Cabello
Movie: Cinderella
18. Chrissie Fit is an American actress and singer. In 2007, Fit rose to prominence after she was cast as the character Mercedes Juarez in the medical drama, General Hospital. She is of Cuban heritage.
Born: 3 April 1984, Miami, Florida, United States
Height: 1.52 m
Nationality: American
Siblings: Kristian Michael Fit
Albums: Teen Beach 2 (Original TV Movie Soundtrack), Filly Brown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), My Christmas
Movies and TV shows: Teen Beach Movie (2013), Pitch Perfect 3 (2017), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), Teen Beach 2 (2015), Disney Milo Murphy's Law (Since 2016)
19. Christine Flores, better known as Christina Milian, is an American actress, singer and songwriter. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, but raised in Maryland, Milian signed a contract with Murder Inc. Records at the age of 19. She is of Cuban descent.
Born: 26 September 1981, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Height: 1.57 m
Net worth: US $4.5 million
Spouse: The-Dream (m. 2009–2011)
Children: Violet Madison Nash, Isaiah Pokora
Movies and TV shows: Bring It On: Fight to the Finish (2009), Falling Inn Love (2019), Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003), Be Cool (2005), Christina Milian Turned Up (2015 – 2016)
20. Courtney Michelle Love is an American singer, songwriter and actress. A figure in the punk and grunge scenes of the 1990s, her career has spanned four decades. She rose to prominence as the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989. She is of Cuban, English, German, Irish, and Welsh descent.
Born: 9 July 1964x, San Francisco, California, United States
Music groups: Hole, Faith No More (1982 – 1984), Babes in Toyland (1987 – 1987), Pagan Babies
Albums: Celebrity Skin, Live Through This, America's Sweetheart
Spouse: Kurt Cobain (m. 1992–1994), James Moreland (m. 1989–1989)
Children: Frances Bean Cobain
Movies and TV shows: Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015), The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), Sid and Nancy (1986), Sons of Anarchy (2008 – 2014), Man on the Moon (1999)
21. Daisy Fuentes is a Cuban-American television host, model, actress and comedian. Fuentes broke barriers as MTV's first Latina VJ, and as Revlon's first Latina spokesperson to be signed to a worldwide contract.
Born: 17 November 1966, Havana, Cuba
Height: 1.75 m
Citizenship: United States, Spain
Spouse: Richard Marx (m. 2015), Timothy Adams (m. 1991–1995)
Nationality: American, Cuban, Spanish
Movies and TV shows: America's Funniest Home Videos (Since 1989), House of Style (1989 – 2000), A New Leaf, Curdled (1996), The Brothers García (2000 – 2004)
22. Danay García is a Cuban actress and model. She is best known for her roles as Sofía Lugo on Fox's drama series Prison Break and Luciana Galvez on AMC's horror drama series Fear the Walking Dead.
Born: 5 July 1984, Havana, Cuba
Height: 1.71 m
Nationality: American, Cuban
Movies and TV shows: Sniper: Ultimate Kill (2017), Fear the Walking Dead (Since 2015), Prison Break (2005 – 2017), Liz in September (2013), Avenge The Crows (2017)
23. Dominik Cristina García-Lorido is an American actress known for playing roles in The Lost City as Mercedes Fellove and City Island as Vivian Rizzo. She was part of the main cast for the two seasons of the 2012–2013 drama Magic City on the Starz network. Her parents are both of Cuban descent.
Born: 16 August 1983, Miami, Florida, United States
Height: 1.75 m
Education: UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (2004)
Parents: Andy Garcia, Marivi Lorido Garcia
Siblings: Alessandra Garcia-Lorido, Andrés Garcia-Lorido, Daniella Garcia
Movies and TV shows: City Island (2009), Wild Card (2015), Desolation (2017), The Lost City (2005), Magic City (2012 – 2013)
24. Elika Crespo is an American actress. Born and raised in Miami of Cuban parents. Born: Miami, Florida, United States
Movies: Playin' for Love (2013), Spin (2007), Jackers, Fast Lane (2009)
25. Eva de la Caridad Méndez, known professionally as Eva Mendes, is a American actress, model and businesswoman. Her acting career began in the late 1990s, with a series of roles in films such as Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror and Urban Legends: Final Cut. Her parents are Cubans.
Born: 5 March 1974, Miami, Florida, United States
Height: 1.68 m
Nationality: American
Partner: Ryan Gosling (2011–)
Children: Esmeralda Amada Gosling, Amada Lee Gosling
Movies: Hitch (2005), Ghost Rider (2007), The Place Beyond the Pines (2012), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), The Other Guys (2010)
26. Everlayn Borges is an actress.
Born: 18 December 1980, Matanzas, Cuba
Movies: Miami Vice (2006), Dostana (2008)
27. Genesis Rodriguez is an American actress, who began her career playing leading roles in the Telemundo telenovelas Prisionera, Dame Chocolate and Doña Bárbara. She co-starred with actor Paul Walker in a production. Her mother, Luisa Carolina Pérez Rodriguez "Carol", is a Cuban model.
Born: 29 July 1987, Miami, Florida, United States
Height: 1.7 m
Nationality: American
TV shows: Dame Chocolate, Doña Bárbara, Prisionera
Parents: José Luis Rodríguez, Carolina Pérez
Movies: Man on a Ledge (2012), Big Hero 6 (2014), Casa de mi padre (2012), Tusk (2014), Run All Night (2015)
28. Gina Torres is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her starring roles as Zoe Washburne in the Fox science fiction series Firefly and its feature film sequel Serenity, and as Jessica Pearson in the USA Network legal drama series Suits and its spin-off series Pearson. Her parents, Richard and Rebecca, were natives of Cuba.
Born: 25 April 1969, Manhattan, New York, United States
Height: 1.78 m
Nationality: American
Spouse: Laurence Fishburne (m. 2002–2018)
Children: Delilah Fishburne
Movies and TV shows: Pearson (2019), Suits (2011 – 2019), Firefly (2002 – 2003), Serenity (2005), Cleopatra 2525 (2000 – 2001)
29. Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress and businesswoman. A contralto, she started her career as the lead singer in the group Miami Latin Boys, which later became known as Miami Sound Machine. Estefan experienced worldwide success with "Conga" in 1985.
Born: 1 September 1957, Havana, Cuba
Height: 1.57 m
Spouse: Emilio Estefan (m. 1978)
Movies: Music of the Heart, Gloria Estefan: Que Siga la Tradicion
30. Greidys Zaldívar is a Cuban actress, television host, model and beauty queen. Gil became a contestant on the reality show/beauty contest Nuestra Belleza Latina.
Born: 18 November 1980, Havana, Cuba
Height: 1.65 m
Spouse: Luis Zaldivar (m. 2015)
Title: Nuestra Belleza Latina 2009
TV shows: Rosario
Siblings: Jackeline Gil, Yendry Mendez
31. Hannia Guillen is a Cuban-American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Paloma Lopez-Fitzgerald on the NBC daytime television soap opera Passions from October 16, 2007 to 2008.
Born: 1982, Ciego De Avila, Cuba
Education: Miami Dade College
32. Ilza Ponko is a Cuban actress.
Born: 11 January 1985, Havana, Cuba
Genre: Pop
Nominations: TVyNovelas Award for Best Antagonist Actress
Movies and TV shows: La Piloto (2017 – 2018), Ruta Madre (2016), Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe (2011), The Darkness (2016), Hands of Stone (2016)
33. Iracel Rivero is an actress.
Born: 25 September 1976 (age 43 years), Matanzas, Cuba
Movies: Upstate
34. Irene Cara Escalera known professionally as Irene Cara, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. Cara sang and co-wrote the song "Flashdance... What a Feeling", for which she won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1984. Her mother is Cuban-American.
Born: 18 March 1959, The Bronx, New York, United States
Spouse: Conrad E. Palmisano (m. 1986–1991)
TV shows: Roots: The Next Generations, The Electric Company
Albums: What a Feelin', Carasmatic, Anyone Can See
35. Isabel Fleitas is a Cuban-American actress known as Sissi Fleitas. Her mother was a recognize opera singer in her native Cuba. She grew up in the theater. Her first stage appearance was at the age of four. Her first tv show was at fifteen "Sabado Conmigo" Cubavisión.
Born: 13 October 1975, Havana, Cuba
Height: 1.73 m
Nationality: Cuban
Spouse: Moataz Refaie (m. 2018)
Parents: Dinorah Arguelles, Alfredo Rancaño
Movies and TV shows: Rica, Famosa, Latina (2014 – 2017), My Life Is a Telenovela, Sábado Gigante (1962 – 2015), Rumble (2016), Juan Apóstol, el más amado
36. Isabella Castillo Díaz, best known by her stage name Isabella Castillo, is a singer and actress born in Havana, Cuba. Her best known role is that of Graciela "Grachi" Alonso, main character of the Nickelodeon Latin America's series Grachi, for which has released several songs.
Born: 23 December 1994, Havana, Cuba
Height: 1.75 m
Spouse: Matías Novoa (m. 2019)
Siblings: Giselle Castillo
Parents: Delia Díaz de Villegas, José Castillo
TV shows: Grachi (2011 – 2013), Club 57 (2019), The Inmate (2018), Vikki RPM (2017), El Señor de los Cielos (Since 2013)
37. Ivelin Giro is a Cuban-American actress best known for her role as Viviana Altamira de Rincón in the Spanish language telenovela ¿Dónde está Elisa?. She appeared in the films Bad Boys II and Hey DJ, as well as the telenovela Valeria.
Born: 1970, Miami, Florida, United States
Partner: Osvaldo Ríos
Movies and TV shows: Hey DJ (2003), Bad Boys II (2003), ¿Dónde está Elisa? (2010), Soñar no Cuesta Nada (2005 – 2006), Valeria (2009)
38. Jamie-Lynn Sigler is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Meadow Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos. She is of Cuban descent through her mother.
Born: 15 May 1981, Jericho, New York, United States
Height: 1.65 m
Albums: Here to Heaven
Spouse: Cutter Dykstra (m. 2016), AJ Discala (m. 2003–2005)
Children: Beau Kyle Dykstra, Jack Adam Dykstra
Movies and TV shows: "The Sopranos" (1999 – 2007), Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss (2004), Guys with Kids (2012 – 2013), Gangster Land (2017), Mob Town (2019)
39. Jamillette Gaxiola is a Mexican-Cuban model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Cuba in the 2009 Miss Earth pageant, held on November 2009.
Born: 1989, Mazatlán, Mexico
Education: Cimarron-Memorial High School
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Movies: Norte Sin Horizonte (2014), The Shores (2012)
40. Jeanine Marie Mason is an American actress and dancer. Her acting career began after winning the fifth season of the Fox television show So You Think You Can Dance. She is best known for her role as Liz Ortecho in the CW's drama series Roswell, New Mexico. Mason had a recurring role as Dr. Sam Bello on Grey's Anatomy. Both of her parents are of Cuban descent.
Born: 14 January 1991, Miami, Florida, United States
Height: 1.63 m
Movies: The Archer, Made Public, Default, El empantanado, Waffles, Stars
Education: University of California, Los Angeles (2014), Ransom Everglades School (Ransom Campus, High School)
Siblings: Alexis Mason
TV shows: Roswell, New Mexico (Since 2019), Grey's Anatomy (Since 2005), So You Think You Can Dance (2005 – 2020), Grey's Anatomy: B-Team (Since 2018), Bunheads (2012 – 2013)
41. JoAnna García Swisher is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Sam in Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Vicki Appleby in Freaks and Geeks, and Cheyenne Hart-Montgomery on The WB/CW sitcom Reba. Her father is Cuban.
Born: 10 August 1979, Tampa, Florida, United States
Height: 1.65 m
Spouse: Nick Swisher (m. 2010)
Books: Are You Afraid of the Dark? More Tales from the Midnight Society, Anthology
Children: Sailor Stevie Swisher, Emerson Jay Swisher
Movies and TV shows: Reba (2001 – 2007), Once Upon a Time (2011 – 2018), Privileged (2008 – 2009), Sweet Magnolias (Since 2020), Fist Fight (2017)
42. Josie Loren Lopez known professionally as Josie Loren, is an American actress. She is best known for the role of Kaylie Cruz in the ABC Family series Make It or Break It, and as FBI Agent Michelle Vega in the TV series The Mentalist. She is of Cuban descent.
Born: 19 March 1987, Miami, Florida, United States
Height: 1.57 m
Spouse: Matt Leinart (m. 2018)
Parents: Mercy Lopez
Nominations: Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress - Drama/Action Adventure
Movies and TV shows: Make It Or Break It (2009 – 2012), The Mentalist (2008 – 2015), Hatching Pete (2009), 17 Again (2009), Honor Student (2014)
43. Laura Ramos is a Cuban actress.
Born: 30 June 1978, Havana, Cuba
Movies and TV shows: Não Se Aceitam Devoluções (2018), El General Naranjo (Since 2019), Havana Quartet (1998), Four Seasons in Havana (Since 2016), Viva Zapato! (2003)
44. Liliana Del Carmen "Lili" Estefan García is a Cuban American model and currently the host of El Gordo y la Flaca on Univision.
Born: 20 March 1967, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Height: 1.75 m
Spouse: Lorenzo Luaces (m. 1992)
Children: Lina Teresa, Lorenzo Jr.
Siblings: Juan Emilio Estefan
Movies and TV shows: El Gordo y la Flaca (Since 1998), Sábado Gigante (1962 – 2015), Mira quién baila (Since 2010), Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade (2016), El show de Cristina (Since 1989)
45. Lis Vega is a Cuban actress, singer, vedette and model, best known for her roles in the Mexican TV series Santa Diabla and Amorcito corazón.
Born: 20 October 1977, Havana, Cuba
Height: 1.62 m
Spouse: Federico Díaz (m. 2008–2008)
Siblings: Lieska Vega Gálvez
Parents: Lázaro Vega, Martha Elena Gálvez
Movies and TV shows: Mi Verdad (2005), Santa Diabla (2013 – 2014), Duelo de Pasiones (2006), Amorcito corazón (2011 – 2012), Estrella2 (Since 2012)
46. Lissette Álvarez Chorens, commonly known as Lissette, is a singer, songwriter, and record producer from Cuba. She is best known for recording a Spanish language-version of Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1985.
Born: 10 March 1949, Lima, Peru
Spouse: Willy Chirino (m. 1965)
Albums: Mis Recuerdos, Navidad En Familia, Fuga, MORE
Movies: Winter Kills
Parents: Olga Chorens, Tony Álvarez
47. Livia Brito Pestana is a Cuban actress and model who gained popularity after making her acting debut in Televisa's telenovela Triunfo del amor.
Born: 21 July 1986, Ciego De Avila, Cuba
Height: 1.72 m
Movies: I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long, MORE
Parents: Rolando Brito, Gertrudis Pestana
Nationality: Cuban, Mexican
TV shows: La Piloto (2017 – 2018), Muchacha italiana viene a casarse (2014 – 2015), De que te quiero, te quiero (2013 – 2014), M.D.: Life on the Line (Since 2019), Abismo de pasión (2012)
48. Lucrecia Pérez Sáez is a Spanish-Cuban singer born in Havana who currently lives in Sitges. She was born in Santo Suarez neighborhood in Havana, and passed her childhood in Guanabacoa, a township within the province of La Habana.
Born: 15 March 1967, Havana, Cuba
Nationality: Cuban
Albums: Album de Cuba
Parents: Caridad Sáez, Alfonso Pérez
Movies: The Lunnis and the Great Fairy Tales Adventure (2019), Balseros (2002), The Bigger, the Better (2017)
49. Majandra Delfino is a Venezuelan-born actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Maria DeLuca on Roswell, and as Andi on the CBS sitcom Friends with Better Lives. Her mother Mary Hellmund is Cuban.
Born: 20 February 1981, Caracas, Venezuela
Height: 1.7 m
Albums: The Sicks, Tarte
Spouse: David Walton (m. 2011), Devon Gummersall (m. 2007–2008)
Children: Louis Augustus Walton, Cecilia Delphine Walton
Movies and TV shows: Roswell (1999 – 2002), Friends With Better Lives (2014), State of Georgia (2011), Zeus and Roxanne (1997), Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th (2000)
50. Malillany Marín is a Cuban-Mexican actress and model.
Born: 23 December 1980 (age 39 years), Havana, Cuba
Height: 1.69 m
Movies: Volando bajo
Nominations: TVyNovelas Award for Best Female Revelation
Siblings: Bruce Marín
TV shows: Nosotros los Guapos (Since 2016), Hasta que el dinero nos separe (2009 – 2010), Double Life (2011 – 2012), Qué bonito amor (2012 – 2013), José José, el príncipe de la canción (2018)
51. Maria Pilar Canals-Barrera is an American actress. Canals-Barrera co-starred in a number of short-lived sitcoms and has appeared in several films. She is best known for her role as Theresa Russo in the Disney Channel family sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place. Her parents are Cuban.
Born: 28 September 1966, Miami, Florida, United States
Nationality: American
Height: 1.68 m
Spouse: David Barrera (m. 1999)
Children: Bridget Barrera, Madeleine Barrera
Movies and TV shows: Wizards of Waverly Place (2007 – 2012), Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009), Camp Rock (2008), The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex (2013), Camp Rock 2 (2010)
52. María Concepción Alonso Bustillo, better known as María Conchita Alonso, is a Cuban-born Venezuelan-American actress, singer, songwriter, former beauty queen, and philanthropist.
Born: 29 June 1957, Cienfuegos, Cuba
Height: 1.69 m
Partner: Fernando Barrera (2010–)
TV shows: Desperate Housewives, Saints & Sinners
Nationality: American, Cuban, Venezuelan
Movies: The Running Man (1987), Predator 2 (1990), Moscow on the Hudson (1984), Colors (1988), Vampire's Kiss (1988)
53. Marieh Delfino is an American actress. Her mother, Mary Hellmund, is Cuban.
Born: 24 September 1977, Caracas, Venezuela
Spouse: David Leepson (m. 2010)
TV shows: All About Us
Siblings: Majandra Delfino
Education: Ransom Everglades School (Ransom Campus, High School), Miss Hall's School
Movies: Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003), Penance (2009), Zerophilia (2005), National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2 (2006), The Invitation (2015)
54. Marta Marrero, known as Martika, is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She released two internationally successful albums in the late 1980s and early 1990s, which sold over four million copies worldwide. Her parents are Cubans.
Born: 18 May 1969, Whittier, California, United States
Full name: Marta Marrero
Spouse: Michael Mozart (m. 2001)
Albums: Martika's Kitchen, Martika, Martika (Expanded Edition)
Movies and TV shows: Kids Incorporated (1984 – 1994), J8ded (Since 2010), Wiseguy (1987 – 1990), Be Somebody... or Be Somebody's Fool! (1984), Cyndi Lauper: 12 Deadly Cyns... and Then Some (1994)
55. Mayra Verónica Aruca Rodríguez is an American singer, model, actress and television personality most famous for appearances on Spanish-language television. Verónica's role on Univision's Don Francisco Presenta brought her to the attention of FHM magazine's US edition.
Born: 20 August 1980, Havana, Cuba
Education: Florida International University
Albums: Divergent, Ay Mama Mia - The Remixes, Turn Down for What, Weekend Hits 2016
Parents: Arturo Aruca, Mayra Rodriguez
Movies: National Lampoon's Pledge This! (2006), Miami Snow (2012)
56. Mayte Vilán is a Cuban-born actress, who has starred in both English-language and Spanish-language television and film. She played Yolanda in the 1996 film Azúcar Amarga, and starred in the 2004 television series Mesa para tres and the 2007 series Pecados Ajenos. Mayte went to Hialeah High School in Florida.
Born: 5 October 1970, Cuba
Education: Hialeah Senior High School
Movies and TV shows: Azúcar Amarga (1996), Sofía dame tiempo (2003), Guadalupe (1993 – 1994), The Specialist (1994), Robin's Hoods (1994 – 1995)
57. Melissa Fumero is an American actress and director. She is known for portraying Amy Santiago on Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Adriana Cramer on One Life to Live.
Born: 19 August 1982, North Bergen, New Jersey, United States
Height: 1.68 m
Nationality: American
Spouse: David Fumero (m. 2007)
Children: Enzo Fumero, Axel Fumero
Movies and TV shows: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Since 2013), Gossip Girl (2007 – 2012), One Life to Live (1968 – 2012), The Mentalist (2008 – 2015), The House That Jack Built (2013)
58. Mercedes J. Ruehl is an American screen and stage actor. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, two Obie Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards. Her mother was of Cuban and Irish ancestry.
Born: 28 February 1948, Jackson Heights, New York, United States
Height: 1.78 m
Nationality: American
Spouse: David Geiser
Awards: Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Movies and TV shows: The Fisher King (1991), Hustlers (2019), All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story (2000), Lost in Yonkers (1993), Married to the Mob (1988)
59. Natalie Martinez is an American actress and model. She may be best known for her role in the 2008 film Death Race, her appearances in several music videos between 2003 and 2011, and two short-lived telenovelas in 2006 and 2007. She is of Cuban ancestry.
Born: 12 July 1984, Miami, Florida, United States
Height: 1.72 m
Nationality: American
TV shows: The I-Land, Under the Dome, The Crossing, APB
Parents: Odalys Nunez, Manuel Martinez
Movies: Death Race (2008), Self/less (2015), End of Watch (2012), Broken City (2013), Keep Watching (2017)
60. Natalie Morales is an American actress. She starred in the ABC Family series The Middleman and had a main role on the first season of the USA Network series White Collar. In 2010, she appeared in the feature films Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and Going the Distance. She is Cuban descent.
Born: 15 February 1985, Kendall, Florida, United States
Nationality: American
Height: 1.7 m
Education: Southwest Miami Senior High School, St Agatha Catholic School
61. Nataliya Rodina is an actress.
Movies: A Translator
62. Nayer Regalado, known mononymously as Nayer, is a Cuban-American singer. She gained recognition in 2011 after being featured on Pitbull's hit single "Give Me Everything".
Born: 2 August 1987, New Jersey, United States
Full name: Nayer Regalado
Height: 1.7 m
Albums: Quiero Que Sepas, Beirut Summer Hits, The Best Of Thizz Nation, Vol.2 (Parental Advisory), The Best Of
Genres: Latin pop, Latin house, Dance music
TV show: 30 Days 'Til I'm Famous
63. Niurka Melanie Marcos Calles is a Cuban singer, dancer, actress, and vedette. She is known professionally simply as Niurka.
Born: 25 November 1967, Havana, Cuba
Height: 1.65 m
Movies: El sexo me da risa 6
Children: Emilio Osorio, Romina, Kiko
Spouse: Yanixán Texido (m. 2007–2009), Bobby Larios (m. 2004–2006)
TV shows: Rica, Famosa, Latina (2014 – 2017), La fea más bella (2006 – 2007), Salomé (2001 – 2002), Alma de ángel (Since 2019), Velo de novia (2003 – 2004)
64. Nona Aisha Gaye is an American singer, former fashion model, and actress. The daughter of singer Marvin Gaye and granddaughter of jazz musician Slim Gaillard, Gaye began her career as a vocalist in the early 1990s. Nona is of African-American, Irish, Greek, and Afro-Cuban descent.
Born: 4 September 1974, Washington, D.C., United States
Height: 1.78 m
Albums: Language of Love, Love For The Future
TV shows: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Children: Nolan Pentz Martinez
Movies: XXX: State of the Union (2005), The Matrix Reloaded (2003), The Matrix Revolutions (2003), The Polar Express (2004), Blood and Bone (2009)
65. Odalys García is a Cuban actress, model, singer and show host. García, born in Havana, Cuba, started by participating in dance demonstrations by the age of eight. At nine, she was admitted to the Alicia Alonso School of Ballet. When Odalys was 13, she arrived in Miami, where she began a career in modeling.
Born: 23 October 1975, Havana, Cuba
Height: 1.7 m
Parents: Rafael García
Albums: Odalys Garcia
Movies and TV shows: Ijé (2010), Morelia (1995 – 1996)
66. Odette Juliette Annable is an American actress and model. She is known for various roles in film and television, including her starring role as Dr. Jessica Adams in the Fox medical drama series House. Her mother is Cuban.
Born: 10 May 1985, Los Angeles, California, United States
Height: 1.74 m
Nationality: American
Spouse: Dave Annable (m. 2010)
Children: Charlie Mae Annable
Movies and TV shows: The Unborn (2009), Supergirl (Since 2015), You Again (2010), House (2004 – 2012), Banshee (2013 – 2016)
67. Priscilla Star Diaz, known by her stage name MISSPSTAR, formerly known as P-Star, is an American rapper, dancer, model, singer, actress, director, and disc jockey. Diaz was born of paternal Puerto Rican and maternal Cuban descent.
Born: 13 June 1994, The Bronx, New York, United States
Full name: Priscilla Star Diaz
Education: Denison University
TV shows: The Electric Company
Albums: Ninos, The Remedy, Welcome To My Show Includes Promotional DVD with live Interviews & Videos
Parents: Jesse Diaz, Doris Diaz
Movies: Spy Kids (2001), The Electric Company (2006) and Holes (2003).
68. Rosario Isabel Dawson is an American actress, singer and activist. She made her feature film debut in the 1995 independent drama Kids. Her subsequent film roles include He Got Game, Josie and the Pussycats, Men in Black II, Rent, Sin City, Clerks II, Death Proof, Unstoppable, and Top Five. Her mother, Isabel Celeste, is of Cuban and Puerto Rican ancestry.
Born: 9 May 1979, New York, New York, United States
Height: 1.7 m
Partner: Cory Booker (2019–)
Albums: RENT (Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Children: Lola Dawson
Movies and TV shows: Sin City (2005), Seven Pounds (2008), Briarpatch (Since 2020), Zombieland: Double Tap (2019), Trance (2013)
69. Saundra Santiago is an American actress. She is known for her role as Det. Gina Calabrese in the NBC crime drama series Miami Vice. Santiago is the daughter of a Cuban father and a Puerto Rican mother.
Born: 13 April 1957, The Bronx, New York, United States
Height: 1.68 m
Spouse: Roger Squitero (m. 1999)
Education: Southern Methodist University, University of Miami
Awards: ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Soap Opera
Movies and TV shows: Miami Vice (1984 – 1990), "The Sopranos" (1999 – 2007), Beat Street (1984), Hi-Life (1998), Garmento (2002)
70. Isabel Fleitas is a Cuban-american actress known as Sissi Fleitas. Her mother was a recognize opera singer in her native Cuba. She grew up in the theater. Her first stage appearance was at the age of four. Her first tv show was at fifteen "Sabado Conmigo" Cubavisión.
Born: 13 October 1975, Havana, Cuba
Height: 1.73 m
Nationality: Cuban
Spouse: Moataz Refaie (m. 2018)
Parents: Dinorah Arguelles, Alfredo Rancaño
Movies and TV shows: Rica, Famosa, Latina (2014 – 2017), My Life Is a Telenovela, Sábado Gigante (1962 – 2015), Rumble (2016), Juan Apóstol, el más amado
71. María de la Soledad Teresa O'Brien is an American broadcast journalist and progressive executive producer. Since 2016, O'Brien has been the host for Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien, a nationally syndicated weekly talk show produced by Hearst Television. O'Brien's mother is from Havana, Cuba, and is of Afro-Cuban descent.
Born: 19 September 1966, Saint James, New York, United States
Nationality: American
Spouse: Bradley Raymond (m. 1995)
Children: Sofia Elizabeth Raymond, Cecilia Raymond, Jackson Raymond, Charles Raymond
Parents: Estela O'Brien, Edward O’Brien
TV shows: Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien (Since 2015), Black in America (2008), Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (Since 1995), Starting Point (2012 – 2013), Today (Since 1952)
Movie: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016), Surviving R. Kelly: The Impact (2019)
72. Tammy Trull is a Latin-American actress. Trull is of Venezuelan and Cuban descent.
Born: United States
Movies: Harsh Times (2005), All Night Bodega (2002), Bristol Boys (2006), Convict (2009), Target (2004)
73. Tatiana Capote Abdel is a Cuba-born Venezuelan telenovela actress and former beauty queen.
Born: 15 August 1961, Havana, Cuba
Height: 1.72 m
Title: Miss Venezuela 1979
Parents: Julio Capote
Children: Taniusha Capote
TV shows: Marta y Javier (1983), Marisela (1983 – 1984), Maribel (1989), La mujer prohibida (1991 – 1992), Bienvenida Esperanza (1983)
74. Tessie Marie Santiago is an American actress of Cuban and Spanish descent.
Born: 10 August 1975, Miami, Florida, United States
Spouse: Carlos Bernard (m. 2013)
Education: Miami Coral Park, University of Miami, Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Nominations: ALMA Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Nationally Syndicated Drama Series
Movies and TV shows: Queen Of Swords (2000 – 2001), The Cell 2 (2009), One Hot Summer (2009), The Way Back Home (2006), Good Morning, Miami (2002 – 2003)
75. Valerie Cruz is an American actress. Cruz was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey of Cuban ancestry. She attended Florida State University and received a BFA theatre degree.
Born: 18 July 1976, Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
Height: 1.72 m
Education: Florida State University
Nominations: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Movies and TV shows: The Dresden Files (2007), Off the Map (2011), Nip/Tuck (2003 – 2010), The Devil's Tomb (2009), Alphas (2011 – 2012)
76. Vida Guerra is a Cuban-American glamour model. Her first notable appearance was in the U.S. edition of FHM magazine in December 2002; since then, she has modeled for many other men's magazines.
Born: 19 March 1974, Havana, Cuba
Height: 1.6 m
Nationality: American
Awards: VGX Award for Best Performance by a Human Female
Albums: You Got Me
Movies and TV shows: National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2 (2006), CHiPs (2017), Livin' the Low Life (Since 2008), Vida Guerra Exposed (2006), Blood Shed (2014)
77. Wendy Guerra, formally Wendy Guerra Torres Gomez de Cadiz, is a Cuban poet and novelist. After a brief career acting in Cuban film and television, she turned to writing and won recognition more readily abroad than within Cuba. Her works have been translated into thirteen languages.
Born: 11 December 1970, Havana, Cuba
Education: Instituto Superior de Arte
Language: Spanish
Movies: Everybody Leaves, Hello Hemingway
Genres: Poetry, Novel
Books: Everyone Leaves (2006), Revolution Sunday (2016), I Was Never the First Lady: A Novel (2008), A Cage Within: Poems (2013)
78. Yeni Álvarez is a Cuban-American actress and voiceover artist. She is best known for her role as Anita in the Spanish-language situation comedy series Los Beltran.
Born: Santa Clara, Cuba
Spouse: Mark DeCarlo (m. 2012)
Movies: Libertad
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