This sultry Puerto Rican beauty queen traded pageants for parts in 1996 with a yearlong stint on the daytime soap
As the World Turns. Sanchez alternated between the small and big screens, but her prime-time TV shows were short-lived (
Fame L.A.,
Dragnet) and her movie parts strictly decorative (
Rush Hour 2,
Basic). In 2005 a turn as an assistant district attorney on the short-lived remake of
Kojak boosted her career and she went on to join the cast of the veteran hit
Without a Trace.
Roselyn Sanchez Fast Facts:
- Named Miss Puerto Rico Petite in 1993, and Miss America Petite the following year.
- After starring on a popular sitcom in Puerto Rico, she moved to New York in the mid-90s hoping to be an instant success but ended up struggling for a number of years.
- Wrote and starred in Out Here on My Own, a one-woman show about her life in the Big Apple that lasted one night.
- "I don't want to be just the sexy Latina," she told TV GUIDE Online in 2003.
- Released a CD, Borinqueña, in 2003 but it failed to become a hit.
- Roselyn Sanchez Relationships:
- Eric Winter - Husband
- Gary Stretch - Ex-husband
- College:
- Attended University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
