1. Maria Pilar Canals-Barrera is an American actress.
13 Facts About Maria Canals-Barrera
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Maria Canals-Barrera is known for starring as Theresa Russo in the Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place, Connie Torres in Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, and Daniela in the ABC comedy series Cristela.
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Maria Canals-Barrera speaks Spanish and took drama classes in junior high school.
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Maria Canals-Barrera graduated from Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School before winning a theatrical scholarship to the University of Miami.
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Maria Canals-Barrera later had the recurring role in the short-lived 1993 Fox comedy-drama series, Key West.
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In early 2000s, Maria Canals-Barrera had supporting roles in films America's Sweethearts, The Master of Disguise and Imagining Argentina.
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Maria Canals-Barrera had a recurring role in Static Shock as news reporter Shelly Sandoval, and in Danny Phantom as Paulina, the title character's high school crush.
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Maria Canals-Barrera performed the voice of Mercedes "Meche" Colomar in the 1998 video game Grim Fandango.
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Maria Canals-Barrera played incidental characters in two episodes on the TV series The Boondocks.
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From 2007 to 2012, Maria Canals-Barrera co-starred as Theresa Russo, the mother of lead character Alex Russo, in the Disney Channel family sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place.
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Maria Canals-Barrera co-starred in Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, a 2009 Disney Channel Original film based on the series.
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Maria Canals-Barrera appeared in the Disney Channel Original Movies Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam as Connie Torres, the mother of Demi Lovato's character.
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In 2014, Maria Canals-Barrera was cast as Hilda in the ABC soap opera Members Only, created by Susannah Grant.