Raquel Almazan was born in Madrid, Spain and is also of Costa Rican descent, raised in the U.S. Both of her parents were farmers and big dreamers, inspiring her eclectic career as (actor, writer, director, activist) and educator for social change. Awarded the Latinidad Award from the Kennedy Center, she is shaking up Latinx representation for a new generation with her performances and original content. She is currently developing the comedy pilot CHUTUP! based on her life and work in NYC. Some noted roles include: Alicia Alicia Watkins on Limitless opposite Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Maricela on Law & Order: SVU, as Rosa Heredia opposite James Spader on The Black List, Rita Campos on White Collar, a Cuban exile opposite Cristina Ricci in PAN AM. Additional roles on Blue Bloods and The Michael J. Fox Show. Her first love was theatre, noted roles include: La Negra at Lincoln Center workshop, performance at BRIC Arts and the title role in La Paloma Prisoner upcoming at New York Theatre Workshop, Lady MacBeth in MacBeth, and Mrs. Papov in Chekov's The Bear. At El Museo del Barrio, she played the lead in Escaping Juarez, Deviant Borders as the male Chamuco, (New World Theatre Mass.) Reading of leading role with Labyrinth Theatre in The Mother f**ker with the Hat directed by Stephen Adly Guirgis. Collaborating with Bill T. Jones on Marc Bamuthi Joseph's libretto workshop for MOVE; playing the role of Glenda in development with Opera Philadelphia. She has performed in over 100 venues, including The Kennedy Center, The Actors Studio, City Center, La Mama, Repertorio Espanol, INTAR, Pregones, Dixon Place and in independent films that screened at Cannes, HBO NYLIFF, Canada International, Honolulu, Mexico, and Philadelphia International Festivals. Film: Her feature film directorial debut with the mockumentary White Alligator- (International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival, Art of Brooklyn Film Festival, International Bled Film Festival Slovenia *Winner Best Actress) Writer's Lab with National Association of Latin Independent Producers for her feature screenplay Death of the Doll, the short screened at Boyle Heights Latina Independent Film Extravaganza in L.A. and Naked Angels Theatre Reading Series. Raquel is also a seasoned writer, holds an M.F.A. in Playwriting from Columbia University. Recipient of the Kate Neal Kinley Playwriting Fellowship. She holds a B.F.A. in Theatre from University of Florida/New World School of the Arts Conservatory. Her original work has participated in New York City- including Off-Broadway, throughout the United States and internationally in Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Colombia, Guatemala and Sweden. She has several plays completed, in the largest play cycle attempted in the US, The Latin is America Play Cycle, a play written in dedication for each Latin American country.
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Raquel has been in the "biz" since her early years. At age 8, she wrote, produced, cast, starred in, and directed her first play in her home backyard. Her career consists of film, theater, TV, commercials, singing, modeling, and producing. Raquel studies with Larry Moss and her music mentor is George Clinton, who is producing her solo album. Raquel's song "I Can Dance" made it in George's new album "How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent?" She wrote and sang the background lyrics, co-produced the track, and played the keyboard. Raquel co-produced and starred in the award winning musical "The Night of the Black Cat" which ran for almost a year. Currently, Raquel is one of the leads in the upcoming feature film "Horrorween 3D." A UC Berkeley graduate, Raquel is also involved in the fitness and wellness industry.
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Raquel's path in the world of entertainment, was nurtured and encouraged from an early age. By age four, she was regularly appearing on Sesame Street and Nick Jr. However at age 7, Raquel became a break-out star playing the lead role in the feature film Jersey Girl alongside mega-stars Jennifer Lopez and Ben Afleck. Raquel charmed the talk-show circuit appearing as a guest on "The Tonight Show " with Jay Leno and "Ellen." She co-hosted with Ryan Seacrest on his show "On Air with Ryan Seacrest." At age 10, Raquel was appointed the youngest correspondent ever for Entertainment Tonight's Kid's Choice Awards, where she had the opportunity to interview high-profile celebrities including Jim Carey, Cameron Diaz, Queen Latifah and Adam Sandler. Raquel's acting career continued to flourish as she appeared/guest starred in Law & Order SVU, and the world premiere of Broadway's "White Christmas" as Susan Waverly. She also made her first music video debut as "Little Nicole" in Ludacris/ Mary J. Blidge video "Runaway Love." Her first grown-up role was playing the love interest in Rosie O'Donnell's Lifetime movie America. She co-starred in the Canadian TV show "Winging It" where she debut one of her original songs. After competing on "The Voice" Raquel's YouTube channel raquelcx3 has garnished over a million views and a contribution to that popularity is her cover of Christina' Aguilera's "Ain't No Other Man" as well as Selena's "Amor Prohibido" showing her versatility as a bilingual/Spanish singer. She had a recurring role on Fox's hit show Empire as Marisol in Hakeem's & Cookie's girl group Mirage' A Trois, a role she could sing/dance/act shedding a light on the triple threat Raquel is. With 3 songs on Sony's Empire soundtrack, and a collaboration with Becky G on the single "Do It", Raquel is putting one front in front of the other on her musical journey. Having just landed the theme song for the new Netflix animated series Carmen SanDiego, a hit song on BPM radio & another #1 on Billboard's dance chart with the Zack Martino/Disco Fries remix of "U Make Me", Raquel's is headed in the right direction. Whether it be acting, singing, dancing or songwriting, Raquel has had many moments of great success. Although her first professional platform into the music industry was at the age of 16, as a finalist on Christina Aguilera's team on Season 1 of NBC's "The Voice." she had a full circle moment when she recently returned to NBC on Season 2 of "Songland" and had the incredible opportunity to pitch a song she wrote in front of the Grammy award winning producers, Ryan Tedder, Shane McAnally & Ester Dean, as well as the R&B artist "H.E.R." Raquel worked one on one with Ryan Tedder and her song "Wrong Places" was chosen by "H.E.R" which landed Raquel her first placement with a major artist. "Wrong Places" currently has 5.2 million streams and counting. Signing with a top Entertainment music attorney Jason Boyarski, at Boyarski Fritz, has #2020 looking very positive for Raquel...