Alanna Ubach

Ubach was born in Downey, California, the daughter of Sidna and Rodolfo Ubach.[1] Her father was from San Juan, Puerto Rico and her mother, raised in Los Angeles, was from Sinaloa, Mexico.[2]

In 1994, she received a positive review from The New York Times for her role as a Jewish girl in Kindertransport at the Manhattan Theatre Club.[3] During this stage, she also landed a regular spot as Josie the assistant in the TV series, Beakman's World. Her early film roles include Airborne (1993), Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993), Renaissance Man (1994) and The Brady Bunch Movie (1995). She later had roles in a series of indie films: Denise Calls Up (1995), in which she played the title character; Johns (1996), playing David Arquette's girlfriend and in Freeway (1996), with Reese Witherspoon and Kiefer Sutherland, playing a Latina gang girl. She also played roles in more mainstream films like Clockwatchers (1997) and alongside Reese Witherspoon in the two Legally Blonde films.[4]

In 2004, Ubach starred in the movie Waiting..., alongside Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris and landed the role of a Latina maid/caterer in Meet The Fockers (2004). She also had recurring roles in Hung (2009) and Californication (2013).

Ubach stars with Lisa Edelstein as a regular cast member on Bravo's first-ever scripted series, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce.[5][6] Ubach portrays Jo, who moves to Los Angeles to reinvent herself in the guest house of her just-divorced best friend from college, Abby.[7] Ubach describes the show as "fun and stylish, it's very relatable." The role of Jo was created following the exit of Janeane Garofalo.[8]

Ubach is married to multi-Grammy award winning record producer Thom Russo. Ubach gave birth to their son, Thomas Rodolfo Russo III, in July 2017.[11]

• Alanna Ubach at IMDb