Paola Turbay has been cast in the The Closer's recurring lesbian detective role we mentioned in February.
The actress, who was born in Houston, TX but raised in Bogotá, was crowned Miss Colombia in 1991, and went on to develop an acting career in Colombian and then American television.
Turbay has recently guest starred in several episodes of The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and also stars in the popular CBS online series Novel Adventures, about a book club.
She played the wife of Jimmy Smits character in the short-lived CBS series Cane from 2007-2008.
"They were looking for a latina detective for this fifth season [of The Closer], a physically strong and efficient woman" Turbay told Colombian newspaper El Tiempo. "I went to do the audition and the next Friday I was in a meeting with all the actors receiving the scripts."
Det. Mendoza is the chief of an Lapd assistance squad.
The actress, who was born in Houston, TX but raised in Bogotá, was crowned Miss Colombia in 1991, and went on to develop an acting career in Colombian and then American television.
Turbay has recently guest starred in several episodes of The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and also stars in the popular CBS online series Novel Adventures, about a book club.
She played the wife of Jimmy Smits character in the short-lived CBS series Cane from 2007-2008.
"They were looking for a latina detective for this fifth season [of The Closer], a physically strong and efficient woman" Turbay told Colombian newspaper El Tiempo. "I went to do the audition and the next Friday I was in a meeting with all the actors receiving the scripts."
Det. Mendoza is the chief of an Lapd assistance squad.
- 4/23/2009
- by sarahwarn
- AfterEllen.com
His new TNT series "Trust Me" is still on the air, but Eric McCormack is exploring a return to network TV. According to The Hollywood Reporter, McCormack has been cast in ABC's untitled Tad Quill multicamera comedy, along with Reno Wilson, Jolie Jenkins and Constance Zimmer. The pilot focuses on two long-time best friends with very different lives. McCormack will play Dean, a heart surgeon with a new baby. Wilson ("Heist") will play Seth, a contractor with an empty nest. Jenkins ("Novel Adventures") will play Dean's wife, with Zimmer ("Entourage") as Seth's wife. The trade paper says that "Trust Me" (which...
- 3/19/2009
- by HitFix Staff
- Hitfix
Las Vegas -- Two packed sessions at Natpe on Thursday morning offered tips on developing a Web series and strategies on making it a hit.
The sessions took place on the final day of the confab on the exhibition floor, something new the organization implemented this year.
CBS Interactive senior vp/Gm Anthony Soohoo and Mark Grossan, producer of Web series "Novel Adventures," talked about the show's creation. The producers came to CBS Interactive with a sponsor, Saturn, already attached, which Soohoo admitted made it "a lot easier" to greenlight.
"But we do look at projects with no sponsor; we also try to determine if there is potential for it to live on air as a series, or we will work with the content creators to find a sponsor," Soohoo said.
Grossan said he and "Novel" creator Jonathan Prince are now developing the series into a traditional series to pitch...
The sessions took place on the final day of the confab on the exhibition floor, something new the organization implemented this year.
CBS Interactive senior vp/Gm Anthony Soohoo and Mark Grossan, producer of Web series "Novel Adventures," talked about the show's creation. The producers came to CBS Interactive with a sponsor, Saturn, already attached, which Soohoo admitted made it "a lot easier" to greenlight.
"But we do look at projects with no sponsor; we also try to determine if there is potential for it to live on air as a series, or we will work with the content creators to find a sponsor," Soohoo said.
Grossan said he and "Novel" creator Jonathan Prince are now developing the series into a traditional series to pitch...
- 1/29/2009
- by By Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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