Danay García
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Garcia in 2016.
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| Born |
5 July 1984 Havana, Cuba |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Danay García (born 5 July 1984; Havana) is a Cuban film and television actress. She played the role of Sofia Lugo in Fox network's drama series, Prison Break.
Garcia started gymnastics at the age of 5 and then began dancing by the age of 6. Garcia then began modeling in addition to dance, and finally turned her attention to theatre.
Her first role for the public was playing the lead role in "Maria Antonia," by Eugenio Hernandez Espinosa. She was the youngest actor in Havana’s theatre history to perform the role of a 40 yr old character, while she was only 17 yrs old. Her next leading role, "Yerma," by Ferderico Garcia Lorca, was another huge hit for similar reasons. From ages 17–19, Garcia continued her intensive study in the theatre, working 7 days a week in productions.
Garcia learned English, studying with teachers and dialect coaches, such as Robert Easton, Joel Goldes and John Sperry, and began booking commercials. Feeling cut off from her childhood art forms, she began ballet studies at the Debby Allen Dance Academy, while pursuing acting studies with renowned coach, Ivana Chubbuck. She steadily moved up to Ivana’s Master class, and booked her first U.S. feature film role playing opposite Marisa Tomei in “Danika.”
Garcia moved on to CSI:NY and CSI:Miami roles, a feature film – From Mexico With Love - and then landed her big break as series regular, Sofia Lugo, in the Golden-Globe winning Fox television series, Prison Break. The show was an instant international hit, especially with the introduction of Garcia’s thinking-woman role in the 3rd and 4th seasons.
During the 2007 writer’s strike, Garcia made it through multiple rounds of auditions for the Bond girl, Camille Montes, in MGM and Eon Productions’ “Quantum of Solace.” After being selected to screen test with Daniel Craig, the production company unfortunately couldn’t proceed with hiring her, due to a clause in her Fox contract.
After “Prison Break,” she landed the principal guest role of Anna, in A&E’s “The Cleaner” series, and followed that with a dark, conflicted character in the feature film, “Rehab.” Garcia teamed up with others too, as both a cowriter and co-creator, for TV and film projects.
Garcia was next cast as Coqui in the Fina Torres’ helmed drama, “Liz en Septiembre,” which shot on location in the Caribbean Islands of Venezuela. It's based on the multi-award winning Broadway play, “Last Summer at the Blue Fish Cove,” by playwright Jane Chambers. Torres wrote the role of Coqui specifically for Garcia, after being impressed by her fearless and risk-taking performances. While shooting “Liz en Septiembre,” Garcia experienced numerous transitions in her personal life and found solace and catharsis in turning to expressing herself on the page. She began outlining a new passion project on her own, a feature film script with leading role for her. For Garcia, this project marks an evolution and expansion of her ongoing artistic growth.
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