Biography for
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Date of Birth

10 August 1975, Miami, Florida, USA

Birth Name

Tessie Marie Santiago

Height

5' 9" (1.75 m)

Trivia

Graduated from the University of Miami with double Bachelor of Arts degrees in film production and theatre.

Starred in many independent student films while in college.

Her grandfather and grandmother, fled Cuba 40 years ago.

She is of Cuban descent.

She was a restaurant hostess before her life changed overnight.

Her mother works on the University of Miami Medical School Campus and her father is an X-ray Technician at Palmetto Hospital.

She grew up in a tight-knit middle-class family of artists: a sculptor grandfather, musician father and painter mother.

After a nationwide search, Tessie landed the starring role in the action adventuring series Queen of Swords, this was her first professional audition right out of college.