Real Name : Marialejandra Delfino
Birth : 20 February 1981, Caracas, Venezuela
Height : 5' 7"
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Majandra Delfino rose to fame in her role as Maria DeLuca on _"Roswell" (1999)_ (qv). Born in Caracas, Venezuela on February 20, 1981, Majandra moved to the states at the age of 3. Residing in Florida, she excelled in academics, but her interests pointed towards the arts. At the age of 10 she danced in "The Nutcracker" with the Miami Ballet. Besides dance, Majandra also took part in school plays and the community theatre. At the age of 11, her best friend Samantha Gibb, daughter of the Bee Gees' 'Maurice Gibb' (qv), joined an all-girls singing quartet named 'China Doll'. The group specialized in soul-styled pop. After opening for the Bee Gees at a benefit concert at Miami Beach, the girls enjoyed small success. A fews years later both Majandra and Samantha left the group. After singing, Majandra decided to give her acting dreams a shot. Her parents, at first dismayed over their daughters aspirations, gave her a 6-month deadline to test her skills. If all else failed, she would concentrate fully on school. Within months she had secured herself with an agent, and was already landing jobs. She landed her first television series the following summer, playing Tony Danza's daughter on _"The Tony Danza Show" (1997)_ (qv). It wasn't until 1999, with the success of "Roswell" that Majandra rose to fan-magazine fame. Her role as the sarcastic Maria DeLuca has sparked many fans all around. Not forgetting her singing talent, you'll see her singing on the show every so often. Next up, it's the big screen, starring with 'Michael Douglas (I)' (qv) in the feature film _Traffic (2000)_ (qv). Majandra Delfino possesses talents from singing to acting to dancing to painting to playing the guitar, piano, and cello. Her acting career began in 1995, when she was 14 years old and living in Miami, Florida. She was granted a six month window by her mother to book an acting gig (a seemingly impossible task in a city with almost no theater or film production). Within three of those six months she was handpicked to star alongside 'Kathleen Quinlan' (qv) and 'Steve Guttenberg' (qv) in the MGM feature _Zeus and Roxanne (1997)_ (qv). Following this, Delfino moved to Los Angeles with her family and soon found herself starring in the successful WB series _"Roswell" (1999)_ (qv). On hiatus from _"Roswell" (1999)_ (qv), Delfino was cast as a privileged junkie in 'Steven Soderbergh' (qv)'s Oscar-winning film _Traffic (2000)_ (qv). She worked alongside an ensemble of great actors and won an ALMA award and a SAG award for her performance. Delfino continues to explore complex and challenging roles that showcase her versatility, such as her starring role in the much-anticipated independent feature _State's Evidence (2006)_ (qv), in which she portrays a disturbed and vulnerable teen who vows to commit suicide on videotape. Delfino accompanied this extremely dark film with the upbeat ABC Family film _Celeste in the City (2004) (TV)_ (qv) with 'Ethan Embry' (qv), 'Nicholas Brendon' (qv), and 'Deborah Gibson (I)' (qv). Delfino began her professional music career in 1999, when her independent debut album "The Sicks" was released. The album was met with rave reviews and sold 12,000 units on-line without the benefit of any advertising budget whatsoever. Majandra toured the country in support of her album, playing live shows in New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. She has also played numerous sold-out gigs in Paris, where she has a particularly large fan base. Having recorded a duet with French pop singer RoBERT, she has expanded her French fan base even more, including a music video that was broadcast throughout the country. Now she is currently working on her next album through independent label Emperor Penguin Recordings, which she will write, perform, and produce. Majandra's music style has been compared to 'Bjork', 'Portishead (I)' (qv), and 'Fiona Apple' (qv). As for what her next album will sound like, well, we can only "Sit and Wait." On the film side of things, Majandra was recently seen in 'Wim Wenders' (qv)' comeback _Don't Come Knocking (2005)_ (qv), written by and starring American playwright legend 'Sam Shepard' (qv). Finally her dream of working alongside her sister 'Marieh Delfino' (qv) was made possible. They both star together in some of the movie's scenes as two Cuban teenagers cavorting with 'Sam Shepard' (qv)'s character through his dark downfall. She is also set to shoot the much-hyped independent film _Fluorescent (2006)_ directed by 'Adam Christian Clark' (qv).
Biography written by: A. Szucs
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- Bent (2009) [Megan] <3>
- Celeste in the City (2004) (TV) [Celeste Blodgett] <1>
- Don't Come Knocking (2005) [1st Girl] <3>
- Fluorescent (2006) {{SUSPENDED}} [Kelly]
- Heidi 4 Paws (2008) (voice) [Miss Rottenmeier]
- I Remember (2006) {{SUSPENDED}} [Trish]
- Life as We Know It (2010) [Jenna] <5>
- Pulling (2009) (TV) [Louise]
- R.S.V.P. (2002/I) [Callie] <15>
- Reeseville (2003) [Iris Buchanan] <2>
- Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (2000) (V) [Martina] <9>
- State's Evidence (2006) [Trudi] <3>
- The Learning Curve (2001) [Ashley] <26>
- The Secret Life of Girls (1999) [Natalie Sanford] <3>
- The Teen Choice Awards 2000 (2000) (TV) [Herself]
- Traffic (2000) [Vanessa] <41>
- Ultra (2006) (TV) [Suzette]
- Web of Lies (2009) (TV) [Abby Turner] <1>
- Zeus and Roxanne (1997) [Judith Dunhill] <6>
- "Boston Public" (2000) {Chapter Seventy-Seven (#4.11)} [Jill Sharp] <9>
- "Help Me Help You" (2006) {Pilot (#1.1)} [Pissed-Off Girl]
- "Help Me Help You" (2006) {The Mattress (#1.2)} [Lucy]
- "Katie Joplin" (1999) {Charcoaled Gray (#1.2)} [Sara Shotz]
- "Katie Joplin" (1999) {I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia (#1.1)} [Sara Shotz]
- "Katie Joplin" (1999) {Kill the Messenger (#1.5)} [Sara Shotz]
- "Katie Joplin" (1999) {Parent Trap (#1.4)} [Sara Shotz]
- "Katie Joplin" (1999) {Promotion Commotion (#1.3)} [Sara Shotz]
- "Katie Joplin" (1999) {Tiger's Choice (#1.7)} [Sara Shotz]
- "Katie Joplin" (1999) {We're Not in Tennessee Anymore, Toto (#1.6)} [Sara Shotz]
- "Politically Incorrect" (1994) {(1999-07-30)} [Herself]
- "Politically Incorrect" (1994) {(2000-08-03)} [Herself]
- "Politically Incorrect" (1994) {(2002-01-14)} [Herself]
- "Quarterlife" (2007) {Anxiety (#1.3)} [Vanessa] <4>
- "Quarterlife" (2007) {Compromise (#1.2)} [Vanessa] <4>
- "Quarterlife" (2007) {Finding a Voice (#1.5)} [Vanessa] <4>
- "Quarterlife" (2007) {Goodbyes (#1.4)} [Vanessa] <4>
- "Quarterlife" (2007) {Home Sweet Home (#1.6)} [Vanessa]
- "Roswell" (1999) {285 South (#1.6)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {A Roswell Christmas Carol (#2.10)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {A Tale of Two Parties (#3.10)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Ask Not (#2.2)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Baby, It's You (#2.19)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Behind the Music (#3.8)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Blind Date (#1.14)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Blood Brother (#1.8)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Busted (#3.1)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Ch-Ch-Changes (#3.12)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Chant Down Babylon (#3.14)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Control (#3.5)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Crash (#3.16)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Crazy (#1.17)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Cry Your Name (#2.17)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Destiny (#1.22)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Disturbing Behavior (#2.13)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Four Aliens and a Baby (#3.17)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Four-Square (#1.19)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Graduation (#3.18)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Harvest (#2.6)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Heart of Mine (#2.16)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Heat Wave (#1.9)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {How the Other Half Lives (#2.14)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {I Married an Alien (#3.11)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Independence Day (#1.15)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Interruptus (#3.7)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Into the Woods (#1.12)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {It's Too Late and It's Too Bad (#2.18)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Leaving Normal (#1.4)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Max in the City (#2.9)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Max to the Max (#1.20)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Meet the Dupes (#2.8)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Michael, the Guys, and the Great Snapple Caper (#3.2)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Missing (#1.5)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Monsters (#1.3)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Off the Menu (#2.20)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Panacea (#3.13)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Pilot (#1.1)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {River Dog (#1.7)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Samuel Rising (#3.9)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Sexual Healing (#1.16)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Significant Others (#3.3)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Skin and Bones (#2.1)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Summer of '47 (#2.4)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Surprise (#2.3)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Tess, Lies and Videotape (#1.18)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {The Balance (#1.10)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {The Convention (#1.13)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {The Departure (#2.21)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {The End of the World (#2.5)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {The Morning After (#1.2)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {The Toy House (#1.11)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {The White Room (#1.21)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {To Have and to Hold (#3.6)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {To Serve and Protect (#2.11)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Viva Las Vegas (#2.15)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {We Are Family (#2.12)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Who Died and Made You King? (#3.15)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "Roswell" (1999) {Wipeout! (#2.7)} [Maria DeLuca] <4>
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" (1999) {(2001-07-30)} [Herself]
- "The Tony Danza Show" (1997) {A Christmas Story (#1.11)} [Tina DiMeo] <4>
- "The Tony Danza Show" (1997) {A Marriage Made in Miami (#1.5)} [Tina DiMeo] <4>
- "The Tony Danza Show" (1997) {C'gar Face (#1.6)} [Tina DiMeo] <4>
- "The Tony Danza Show" (1997) {Mini-pause (#1.12)} [Tina DiMeo] <4>
- "The Tony Danza Show" (1997) {Pilot (#1.1)} [Tina DiMeo] <4>
- "The Tony Danza Show" (1997) {Stringers (#1.13)} [Tina DiMeo] <4>
- "The Tony Danza Show" (1997) {Sue You (#1.7)} [Tina DiMeo] <4>
- "The Tony Danza Show" (1997) {Take This Job And... (#1.10)} [Tina DiMeo] <4>
- "The Tony Danza Show" (1997) {Thanks... But No Thanksgiving (#1.9)} [Tina DiMeo] <4>
- "The Tony Danza Show" (1997) {The Milk Run (#1.4)} [Tina DiMeo] <4>
- "The Tony Danza Show" (1997) {The Price of Dirty Laundry (#1.8)} [Tina DiMeo] <4>
- "The Tony Danza Show" (1997) {Vision Quest (#1.14)} [Tina DiMeo] <4>
- "The Tony Danza Show" (1997) {Wired (#1.2)} [Tina DiMeo] <4>
- "The Tony Danza Show" (1997) {With Your Guest Host Tony DiMeo... (#1.3)} [Tina DiMeo] <4>
- "Three Moons Over Milford" (2005) {Unaired Pilot (#1.0)} [Grace Wochuck]
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- 'Devon Gummersall' (qv) (2008 - 2008) (divorced)
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- "Latingirl" (USA), August-September 2000, Iss. 10, pg. 64-67, by: Brandy Fertman, "Majandra Delfino past, present, future"
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- "Maxim" (USA), May 2001, Iss. Special, pg. 3, by: Michael Mordler, "Maxim Hot 100 2001: #98"
- "Teen People" (USA), April 2000, pg. 154-163, by: Kate Garner, "Prime-Time Glamour"
- "Teen People" (USA), May, 1999, by: Maggie Welter, "Celebrity Pool Party"
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- "Seventeen" (USA), March 2001
- "Latingirl" (USA), August-September 2000, Iss. 10
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- Print ad for Levi's Lot 53 (Spring 2000)
- CD: "The Sicks" (self-produced), 2001.
- Released duet with French singer Robert called "Le Prince Bleu", 2003. The music video for the song premiered on French television in 2004.
- CD: "Tarte" (self-produced), 2007.
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- "Don't worry. We're not crazy people like you think!"
- "I'm not girly girly enough to care how I look on TV, or if i'm wearing the correct make up."
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- Attended New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida.
- Sister of 'Marieh Delfino' (qv).
- Often sings on episodes of _"Roswell" (1999)_ (qv), such as "Viva Las Vegas", "Cry Your Name" and "Behind the Music".
- October 31, 2001: Released her debut album, entitled "The Sicks". Inspired by 'Björk' (qv) and 'Portishead (I)' (qv).
- In the summer of 2000 she released three songs onto the internet: "Siren", "Bruises" and "Tattoo". She wrote and produced them in association with "Sci-Fi Lullaby".
- Lost out to 'Mena Suvari' (qv) in _American Beauty (1999)_ (qv).
- Is half-Venezuelan and half-Cuban.
- Attended Ransom Everglades Prep and New World School of the Arts while starring in both The Tony Danza Show and Roswell. NWSA major was Music.
- Former music group "China Doll" opened for the Bee Gees. China Doll also took to the stage with the famed icons for their set's closing song "You Should Be Dancing".
- Bi-coastal till the third season of _"Roswell" (1999)_ (qv), 'Majandra Delfino' (qv) now resides full-time in Los Angeles.
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