Beautiful Latina Nadine Velazquez was beginning to make a habit of playing sexy supporting role on the big and small screen that emphasized little more than her sultry good looks. But in a turn of good fortune that every actor anticipates, she was given the chance to show off her comedic skills as well as her obvious assets when she won the coveted role of Catalina, the lazy, sweet hotel maid, on the hit NBC comedy, “My Name is Earl” (2005- ).

A first generation Puerto Rican America, born Nov. 20, 1978, she grew up in a multi-ethnic neighborhood in Chicago, the middle child of three daughters.