Is it possible to imagine that the beauty Nadine Velazquez, a famous actress and model, stood for several years at the box office at McDonald's and served those who wanted to eat? However, the fact remains: the actor’s path is not always strewn with rose petals, but difficulties harden the character.
And, as is known from the biographies of many actors, not everyone came to their profession from theater or acting schools - many worked on different jobs before taking their place in the starry sky of cinema.
Biography
Nadine Velazquez was born in 1978 in the troubled city of Chicago. Her parents came here from Puerto Rico to seek a better life. Despite the difficult life, the family lived amicably and merrily, and Nadine was among the relatives a freelance clown. She did various tricks to make her relatives laugh.
She was flexible and artistic, and everyone thought that she would certainly become a gymnast. However, at the age of thirteen, the future actress saw the series on TV and suddenly realized that she wanted to be where these beautiful girls and guys are on the set, and then on the screen.
Nadine graduated from school for girls. Luckily for her, there was a theater club, and a diligent student was able to play in the production of Twelve Angry Juries. Everyone said that she got the role.
After school, Nadine entered a local college and received a degree in marketing. At that time, she was already eyeing the modeling business, and to understand what it was, she began working in parallel with the training assistant in a modeling agency.
However, when she herself decided to try a modeling career, she was refused. Rather, they did not want to sign a long-term contract. And then Velazquez came up with a decadent idea: to give up her dreams and do what she knows how to do - marketing. And she decided to start from the bottom, with fast food.
However, as they say, "fate will find it everywhere, " and somehow an advertising agent looked into McDonald's. Seeing a beautiful cashier, he seized the moment and invited her to appear in commercials.
Since this all started. After several successful advertising campaigns, Nadine got into the acting troupe, which showed small performances. Having gained stage experience, Velazquez goes to Los Angeles to become an actress. Auditions, auditions, auditions began here, and only two years later she was able to get the role - these were episodes in the films "Bikers" and "In Pursuit of Papi".
Movie career
At the beginning of the new century, Velazquez had a lot of work: filming in the series alternated with filming in full-length tapes. The best series for this period are League, My Name is Earl, Clinic, Beauties and Las Vegas.
The actress received wide popularity among the public thanks to the film "Explosion!" (2004). This year was successful for her - she was also included in the list of the hundred most beautiful women according to the magazine "Maxim".
The following year 2005 was also successful: her name was named among the most promising actresses of our time by USA Today.
The second decade of the twenty-first century also brought Nadine a lot of work, the most famous of which is the role in the film "Crew". The picture was nominated for an Oscar.
Velasquez’s personal achievements include the nomination for the Actor Guild Award for Best Cast for the TV series “My Name is Earl”.
