Liana Mendoza

Liana Mendoza

Born: November 19, 1984
in Spain
Liana Mendoza, NYU Tisch Graduate, was born on November 19, in Los Angeles, California. Acting and singing run through Liana's veins from blood relative, who is a national treasure and left behind a legacy with his passing, Vicente Fernandez. Liana Mendoza is now named "Top 5 successful Spanish speaking women" by Cosmopolitan Magazine. Mendoza is listed, alongside Penélope Cruz and Paz Vega. Soon after, was honored as a "Trailblazer Performer" by SAG-AFTRA and received congressional recognition for their contributions to society.

Beginning as a dancer at the tender age of 3 years old, joining a ballet company at 10. By age 12, Liana was 1 of 15 students invited to attend Hamilton High School Academy of Music and Performing Arts. At 18, her calling was clear. Liana booked the lead role of Disney's Princess Jasmine in an onstage play in Anaheim, Ca. Attended Pace University for acting but also had strong desires to write, produce and direct. Mendoza was subsequently accepted into NYU Tisch School of the Arts on scholarship to complete the education needed to achieve such heights. Learning from great professors and academic directors; some of which include David K. Irving, Thomas J. Mangan, Sam Pollard, and Janet Grillo. A real treat was learning from speaker and Directors Judd Apatow and Ang Lee and Producer Tom Lassally. Liana's education now equips them for a career in Production as well as Acting since graduating.

Mendoza's acting career began onstage and has retained their association with the theater. Continuing to refine actor skills at Ivana Chubbuck Studio working directly with world renowned teacher Ivana Chubbuck. Mendoza began a television career in the Latin Market and soon after obtained prominent roles in the American Market as well, first starring in the romantic comedy 'Internet Dating' opposite Katt Williams. Mendoza also joined the cast of many hit television shows like Bones, Scandal and Better Call Saul. Since working on the FX, Emmy-Award winning show, American Horror Story (2015), Liana has gained more notoriety and it continues to build. The show and cast were nominated for a Golden Globe (2016) and then went on to guest star on shows Ray Donovan, Baskets, Unsolved, Disney's Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (2021) and eventually the Starring role in feature film Social Disturbance which Mendoza plays an obsessed psychopath which Liana also Executive Produced and Produced. Currently, Liana Mendoza is a well known actor and full time producer helping others find their own stardom as well.

Believing in the philosophy that we all pass the elevator back down--in the words of Jack Lemmon--she involves herself in youth programs, charity organizations; Every Monday Matters, Stand up in the Halls and Students Run LA (SRLA) where she mentors at-risk youth and has trained them to run alongside her in the Los Angeles Marathon. She also fosters and rescues animals in her spare time.

Movies for Liana Mendoza...

Marisol
Title: Marisol
Character: Carmen
Released: September 1, 2023
Type: Movie
For Marisol Rivera, a first generation Mexican-American, college is everything she's worked toward. She spent mornings cleaning horse stalls and evenings studying. Now, with a scholarship in hand, she's ready to leave Southwest Texas and begin her new life. However, when Marisol is falsely accused of a crime, she learns a heartbreaking truth: she's undocumented. Forced to go on the run, Marisol discovers a kind America amidst a harsh bureaucratic system. A coming of age film through the lens of immigration, Marisol critically examines systemic oppression and the causality of racism.
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The Doctor's Monster
Title: The Doctor's Monster
Released: February 1, 2020
Type: Movie
A reclusive doctor, desperate to help his dying daughter, attempts the ultimate experiment, bring a dead body back to life! His experiment seems to be a success but when the monster gets loose the doctor has no idea what destruction his creation will bring. Before it's all over people run, people cry, people lie and people die because nothing can prepare them for the monster, The Doctor's Monster!
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Hey, Mr. Postman!
Title: Hey, Mr. Postman!
Character: Jovanne Mendoza
Released: July 1, 2018
Type: Movie
An easily frustrated and wise-cracking charter bus driver from the mid-west loses everything after being fired. Desperately, he moves in with his crazy cousin to become a mailman in the rough urban area of Cleveland, Ohio.
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Navy SEALS v Demons
Title: Navy SEALS v Demons
Character: Juana Cortez
Released: June 9, 2017
Type: Movie
Deep in the Bible Belt, Navy Seals go undercover to save a town from the Demons from Hell who are stealing souls.
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Mothers and Daughters
Title: Mothers and Daughters
Character: Grace
Released: May 6, 2016
Type: Movie
Interwoven stories of what it is to be a mom seen through the lens of photographer Rigby Gray.
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Serial Dater
Title: Serial Dater
Character: Roxanna Maldonado
Released: February 13, 2016
Type: Movie
Allora is a 30 year old successful Public Relations Agent who is increasingly becoming disenfranchised with her fledgling love-life. Encouraged by her very liberated friends Roxanna and Justin, she contemplates looking for love online. Sparks fly and the adventure begins as she embarks on a series of speed dates that lead her to very peculiar encounters.
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Title: Better Call Saul
Character: Tricia
Released: February 8, 2015
Type: TV
Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut. The series tracks Jimmy’s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer".
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School Dance
Title: School Dance
Character: Anastacia's Friend
Released: July 2, 2014
Type: Movie
High schooler Jason has found his dream girl—the gorgeous Anastacia. There’s just one problem: she doesn’t know he exists. If he can win a spot on the school’s hottest dance crew, Jason might have a shot. But before he does, he’ll have to overcome his battle-ax of a mother, survive Anastacia’s gangsta brother, and pass the crew’s initiation—in this fresh, sexy, and outrageously funny comedy.
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Cruisin'
Title: Cruisin'
Character: Carmen
Released: May 19, 2014
Type: Movie
Four groups of friends from opposite sides of town hit the boulevard for an evening of cruising. Loyalties will be tested, lives threatened, friendships broken, love lost... all in the name of a good time.
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Behaving Badly
Title: Behaving Badly
Character: Kristen's Friend
Released: April 14, 2014
Type: Movie
Teenager Rick Stevens is willing to do whatever it takes to win the heart of Nina Pennington. He'll have to deal with his best friend's horny mom, a drug abusing boss and even the mob if he ever hopes to land the girl of his dreams. Love is never easy!
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Kill Kapone
Title: Kill Kapone
Character: Bonita
Released: January 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Kill Kapone follows a gang member through the gritty alleys of East L.A. while getting chased all day by his own vicious gang.
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Reality Terror Night
Title: Reality Terror Night
Character: Matilda
Released: September 10, 2013
Type: Movie
5 beautiful girls win a contest to star in a new reality show. Spend a night in a haunted house, and the first one to make contact with a ghost will win. But the house is really haunted by a killer who intends that none of them will win.
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Holla 2
Title: Holla 2
Character: Lela (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 2013
Type: Movie
On the eve of her wedding, Monica invites her friends to spend the night at Douglas Plantation, unaware that the estate is rumored to be haunted by the spirits of thirteen murdered slaves. Now, someone or something is stalking Monica and her guests, and terror awaits them at every turn...
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A Haunted House
Title: A Haunted House
Character: Carmita
Released: January 11, 2013
Type: Movie
Malcolm and Kisha move into their dream home, but soon learn a demon also resides there. When Kisha becomes possessed, Malcolm - determined to keep his sex life on track - turns to a priest, a psychic, and a team of ghost-busters for help in this spoof of all the "found-footage/documentary style" films released in recent years.
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Title: Scandal
Character: Secret Service Agent
Released: April 5, 2012
Type: TV
Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for their clients, but it becomes apparent that these "gladiators in suits," who specialize in fixing the lives of other people, have trouble fixing those closest at hand -- their own.
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Title: American Horror Story
Character: Cop
Released: October 5, 2011
Type: TV
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.
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Porn Shoot Massacre
Title: Porn Shoot Massacre
Character: Tina
Released: February 8, 2009
Type: Movie
7 unlucky girls are about to experience a film shoot where they will play real-life victims in a real-life horror film.
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The Love Guru
Title: The Love Guru
Character: Dancer
Released: June 20, 2008
Type: Movie
Born in America and raised in an Indian ashram, Pitka returns to his native land to seek his fortune as a spiritualist and self-help expert. His skills are put to the test when he must get a brokenhearted hockey player's marriage back on track in time for the man to help his team win the Stanley Cup.
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Title: Bones
Character: Marie Galasso
Released: September 13, 2005
Type: TV
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
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Title: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Character: Model
Released: August 4, 2005
Type: TV
Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgments often lead them to trouble, creating a myriad of uncomfortable situations that usually only get worse before they get better.