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Gloria Laino

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  • Writer
  • Producer
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Gloria Laino at event of American Horror Story: Asylum
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Gloria Laino is a stage, film, and TV actress best known for her recurring role as "The Mexican," an insane asylum lunatic in the FX award-winning hit drama series "American Horror Story: Asylum," and as Baron's Familiar in the critically acclaimed TV series "What We Do in the Shadows."

Her acting career began on the stage and leaped forward when a single line in a play seen by a director resulted in her being cast as a principal in a recurring role on a TV show.

Fluent in Spanish and English growing up, she spent her young adult years in Jordan, where she also learned to speak Arabic. Gloria's cultural heritage and language abilities empower her creation of a rich spectrum of characters ranging from an Old World Vampire's Familiar to an Arabic-speaking Algerian mule-martyr to a sweet-tempered dementia patient to a nosy mother-in-law, and more.

Also an accomplished screenwriter, she has many screenplays in various stages of development.
BornDecember 31
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BornDecember 31
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  • Awards
    • 1 win

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Still of Gloria Laino as Baron's Familiar in What We Do in the Shadows
Still of Gloria Laino as Djamila Zeddam in The Last Ship
Still of Gloria Laino as Djamila Zeddam in The Last Ship
Still of Gloria Laino in American Horror Story: Asylum
Still of Gloria Laino, Doug Jones, and Kayvan Novak in What We Do in the Shadows
Still of Gloria Laino and Billy Bob Thornton in Goliath
Kristen Schaal and Gloria Laino in What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
Still of Gloria Laino and Clive Owen in "Hemingway & Gellhorn"
Still of Gloria Laino, Clive Owen, Agostino Crotti and Robert Duvall in "Hemingway & Gellhorn"
Still of Gloria Laino, Eric Stonestreet, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson in Modern Family
Gloria Laino and Taika Waititi at event of What We Do in the Shadows
Gloria Laino at event of What We Do in the Shadows

Known for

American Horror Story (2011)
American Horror Story
8.0
TV Series
  • The Mexican
  • Elder #1
Kayvan Novak, Mark Proksch, Matt Berry, Harvey Guillén, and Natasia Demetriou in What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
What We Do in the Shadows
8.6
TV Series
  • Baron's Familiar
James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, and Chandra Wilson in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Grey's Anatomy
7.6
TV Series
  • Ava Gutierrez
Billy Bob Thornton in Goliath (2016)
Goliath
8.1
TV Series
  • Nun

Credits

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Actress

  • Mancha
    • Completed
    • Short
    • 2023
  • Replica
    • Wanda
    • Post-production
  • Two Dancers One Love
    • Natasha
    • Completed
  • In Wonderland
    • Judge Garcia
    • Completed
    • Short
  • 90 Miles
    • Mirtha
    • Completed
    • Short
  • American Born Chinese (2023)
    American Born Chinese
    • Mrs. Guardia
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Water Dawg (2023)
    Water Dawg
    • Maria de la Luz
    • Short
    • 2023
  • Marisé Álvarez in Mancha (2022)
    Mancha
    • Mama Lucila
    • Short
    • 2022
  • NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
    NCIS: Los Angeles
    • Adriana
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • James Faulkner in All Those Small Things (2021)
    All Those Small Things
    • Alice
    • 2021
  • Melinna Bobadilla in For Rosa (2020)
    For Rosa
    • Rocío
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Dave Burd in Dave (2020)
    Dave
    • Judge
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Pamela Adlon in Better Things (2016)
    Better Things
    • Dancing Woman
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Kwana Martinez in Bonito Secrets (2020)
    Bonito Secrets
    • Lucia
    • Short
    • 2020
  • James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, and Chandra Wilson in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
    Grey's Anatomy
    • Ava Gutierrez
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Greg Bryan and Carolina Ravassa in The Happy Side (2019)
    The Happy Side
    • Chatty Customer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Paige Hoffman, Lauren Holt, Jay Lee, Alexandria McGaughey, and Jake Delaney in The Filth (2019)
    The Filth
    • Grandma
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Kayvan Novak, Mark Proksch, Matt Berry, Harvey Guillén, and Natasia Demetriou in What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
    What We Do in the Shadows
    • Baron's Familiar
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Atonement (2019)
    Atonement
    • Dr. Yeshua
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Maria Conchita Alonso, Spencer Grammer, Vanessa Lengies, Samm Levine, Christopher Masterson, Jack McGee, Mindy Sterling, Carl McDowell, David Fynn, and Michael Piper-Younie in I'd Like to Be Alone Now (2019)
    I'd Like to Be Alone Now
    • Hortensia
    • 2019

Writer

  • Two Dancers One Love
    • Writer
    • Completed
  • Edwin Craig, Sheila Korsi, Gloria Laino, Roberto De Jesus, Jonathan Kelley, Marc Martin Flores, and Alex Ferrari in Look No More (2012)
    Look No More
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2012

Producer

  • Two Dancers One Love
    • executive producer
    • Completed
  • Edwin Craig, Sheila Korsi, Gloria Laino, Roberto De Jesus, Jonathan Kelley, Marc Martin Flores, and Alex Ferrari in Look No More (2012)
    Look No More
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2012

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Goliath
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Goliath

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  • Alternative name
    • Gloria Kennedy
  • Height
    • 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
  • Born
    • December 31
    • Guanica, Puerto Rico
  • Spouse
    • Jonathan Kelley? - present

Self-verified on IMDbPro

  • Gender / Gender identity
    • Female

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