Constance Marie
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Marie at the 2012 Imagen Foundation Awards
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Constance Marie Lopez September 9, 1965 East Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | ConstanceMarie |
Constance Marie Lopez (born September 9, 1965) is an American actress, known professionally as Constance Marie. She is known for her role as Angie Lopez on George Lopez (2002–07) and her role as Marcela Quintanilla (mother of Selena) in the 1997 film Selena. She currently portrays Regina Vasquez on the ABC Family drama Switched at Birth.
At the age of 19, Marie appeared as a dancer in the musical Cosmopolis by composer Ryuichi Sakamoto in Japan. When she returned to Los Angeles, she was spotted in a club by a dance choreographer for David Bowie and she was hired for the Glass Spider Tour in 1987.
Marie's acting career began when she was in her teens. She landed a spot in the movie Salsa. Other credits include Early Edition, Dirty Dancing, Selena, Spin City, The Underworld and Ally McBeal. Marie was chosen for the role of Angie Lopez in the ABC comedy series George Lopez. In 2001, Marie starred in the film Tortilla Soup. She also appeared in the series American Family.
In October 2007, she launched her own clothing line, "The Constance Marie Collection". The same year, she appeared in an ad for PETA, encouraging people to spay and neuter their pets.
Marie has a starring role on the ABC Family drama Switched at Birth, playing the birth mother of one of the girls and legal mother of the other.
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