Samantha Esteban

Samantha Esteban

Born: October 25, 1979
in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Born in North Carolina, Samantha found her way to Hollywood via San Diego, California, via Bangor, Maine. At an early age, she found discipline in martial arts, and the love of performing in dance and theatre. Acting on television and in movies came to follow. She played the role of 'Stacy' in the '92 Polygram Film "Summer Camp", then booked a bit part in "The Brady Bunch" movie. In '95, she landed her first big television gig as a 4 year series regular on _"Saved By The Bell: The New Class"(1993)_ playing the feisty 'Maria Lopez'. Several other appearances on sitcoms and TV dramas kept her working. In 2001 she was privileged to work opposite Oscar award-winning Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, and Cliff Curtis, in the feature film Training Day (2001), playing the pivotal role of 'Letty'. Also in 2004 she worked with Christian Bale in the film "Harsh Times", which was directed and written by David Ayer, who wrote "Training Day".

Movies for Samantha Esteban...

Kings of L.A.
Title: Kings of L.A.
Character: YaYa
Released: June 13, 2023
Type: Movie
A young man reaches a critical point in his life as he struggles to navigate the changing gentrification of his neighborhood. Pressured by gangs, the temptations of easy money and the culture shifts around him in South Central he tries to figure out how to survive when everyone wants a piece of him and his neighborhood.
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Selling Isobel
Title: Selling Isobel
Character: Maria
Released: October 26, 2019
Type: Movie
Based on a true story ~ Isobel goes for a job interview, gets locked in and sex trafficked for 3 consecutive days.
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Title: Jane the Virgin
Character: Captain Garcia
Released: October 13, 2014
Type: TV
A comedy-drama following a chaste young woman who is accidentally impregnated via artificial insemination as she struggles to inform her devoutly religious family and make the right choices concerning the child. Based on the telenovela "Juana la virgen."
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An American in Hollywood
Title: An American in Hollywood
Character: Priscila
Released: July 18, 2014
Type: Movie
A talented young filmmaker from New York sets off to Los Angeles in pursuit of the Hollywood dream, only to discover through his relationship with a beautiful feisty young actress, that Hollywood is not all that it seems.
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The Other Side
Title: The Other Side
Character: Evelyn Rios
Released: July 7, 2014
Type: Movie
In 1989 Dustin Carter produced the most talked about movie thriller of the 80’s. His past comes to haunt him when a serial killer is on the loose, plotting murders inspired by his movie. His recovering drug addict son, Jacob, moves back home to copy in his fathers footsteps. Jacob is faced with fighting the one battle he has yet to conquer in his life…the battle between Good and Evil…but within himself.
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Title: From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
Character: Mónica Garza
Released: March 11, 2014
Type: TV
The horror and crime thriller genres collide in this new original series from Robert Rodriguez, based on his cult grindhouse classic about bank-robbing brothers on the run, a lawman bent on bringing them to justice, the devout family caught in the cross-fire, and an ancient evil eager to feast on them all.
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Pendejo (Idiot)
Title: Pendejo (Idiot)
Character: Cecilla
Released: August 28, 2013
Type: Movie
The story of J, a rich, party boy thrust into the workaday world by his father as the lowest man on the totem pole in a company he technically owns.
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Title: The Mentalist
Character: Monica Suarez
Released: September 23, 2008
Type: TV
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
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Harsh Times
Title: Harsh Times
Character: Letty
Released: September 11, 2005
Type: Movie
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying to get a law enforcement job so he can marry his Mexican girlfriend.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Character: Carla Arroyo
Released: September 18, 2002
Type: TV
A 2002 revival of Rod Serling's 1950/60s television series, The Twilight Zone, with actor Forest Whitaker assuming Serling's role as narrator and on-screen host.
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Training Day
Title: Training Day
Character: Letty
Released: October 5, 2001
Type: Movie
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
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A Pig's Tale
Title: A Pig's Tale
Character: Stacy (as Samantha Becker)
Released: June 7, 1996
Type: Movie
Kids' comedy with all the clichés. Six boys (hero, pudgy, dumb, romeo, etc), reluctantly sent to summer camp, are grouped together in a ramshackle hut, and instantly identified as losers and outcasts by the overconfident camp bullies, who target gorgeous Tiffany (Jakub) as their Lothario's girlfriend. They set out to make everyone's life miserable as they impose their authority on the other kids and ineffective counselors alike. Andy, the good-guy hero, of course has a crush on Tiffany, but hasn't a clue how to approach her. Gradually, the nice guys gain the edge over the bullies, by honest endeavor and standing up for themselves - and in doing so, win over the other kids, even Tiffany. Until the bullies frame them and have them expelled.
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Title: Unhappily Ever After
Character: Cute Girl
Released: January 11, 1995
Type: TV
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Title: Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Character: Maria Lopez
Released: September 11, 1993
Type: TV
Saved by the Bell: The New Class is a spin-off of the Saved by the Bell series which ran from September 11, 1993 to January 8, 2000. The series lasted for seven seasons on NBC as a part of the network's TNBC Saturday morning line-up. It was the fourth incarnation of the franchise. The show had the same concept as the original series but featured a new group of students now roaming the halls of the fictional Bayside High School. Mr. Belding, played by Dennis Haskins, remained as the school's principal. Many of the stories were recycled plots of its parent series. The first season cast included Robert Sutherland Telfer, Jonathan Angel, Isaac Lidsky, Natalia Cigliuti, Bianca Lawson, and Bonnie Russavage. Unlike the original series, which featured very few major cast changes throughout its run, The New Class regularly changed its core cast with Mr. Belding being the only constant factor. The series was universally panned by critics and most fans of the original series and is one of the worst reviewed teen shows, but had a positive reception to new fans of the franchise.