Dania is a Latin American actress born in the Dominican Republic. She
grew up, living with her grandmother, in a poor household. Her parents
left for the United States, when she was 6-months old, and she finally
joined them in New York when she was age 10.
She knew from a young age that she wanted to act. She was discovered by
a model scout and cast in a soda commercial. She attended the Actor's
workshop in New York City and moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting
career.
Her first job was
Jay-Z's girlfriend in his music
video,
Streets Is Watching (1998).
She went on to appear in high profile TV shows
The Sopranos (1999),
Entourage (2004) and
Heroes (2006). She has also
appeared in films and, in 2012, she was cast in
American Reunion (2012). She is
currently starring on Lifetime's
Devious Maids (2013) as 'Rosie
Falta'.