Lina Esco

Lina Esco
File:Linaesco1.jpeg Esco at the premiere of London on February 2006.
Born	Lina Esco (1985-05-14) May 14, 1985 Template:City-state, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2003–present

Lina Esco (born May 14, 1985) is an American actress, producer and activist. She gained recognition in 2007 for portraying Jimmy Smits daughter in the CBS drama show "Cane", about a powerful and wealthy Cuban-American family running an successful rum and sugar cane business in South Florida. Esco has also enjoyed a successful film career, having appeared in several Hollywood productions, London (2005), Kingshighway (2010) and her most recent in LOL: Laughing Out Loud (2010) which is scheduled for a 2011 release.

Early life

Lina Esco was born in Miami, Florida in 1985 and lived there for 14 years. From there she moved to France where she did some modeling, and then moved to London where she worked in theater. She then moved to New York to pursue acting and her career brought her to Los Angeles where she currently resides.

Career

Television

Esco moved to Hollywood, California and was casted in her first television guest star role in 2006, as Angie Watson in series CSI: NYwhere she plays a convicted murderer. In March, 2007 Esco joined the cast of the CBS drama “Cane” along side with Jimmy Smits, Nestor Carbonell, Hector Elizondo and Rita Moreno. In 2009, Esco also guest starred in an episode of Drop Dead Diva series with Paula Abdul, where she played a lingerie model who'd been fired for going public about her breast cancer surviving story.

Film

Esco’s first film debut was in 2005 with London, starting alongside Jessica Biel, Jason Statham, Chris Evans and Isla Fisher. In June 2010, it was reported that Esco will be starting on the buzz worthy comedy LOL: Laughing Out Loud, who stars along side Miley Cyrus, Demi Moore and Ashley Greene.

Producer

On April 2010, Esco produced a PSA for the documentary The Cove Titled: "My Friend is..." along side with Oscar winning producer Fisher Stevens joined forces with celebrities: Jennifer Aniston, Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rudd, Naomi Watts, Courteney Cox, Mariska Hargitay, Woody Harrelson, Jason Mraz, James Gandolfini, John Leguizamo, Evan Handler, Rob Morrow, Tamlyn Tomita, Carrie Ann Inaba, Chris Tashima, Russell Simmons, James Kyson Lee and Richard Kind for a web release production to bring awareness of the annual killing of dolphins in Taiji, Japan.

Other work

Very little is known about her commercial work but Esco has been showcase in various commercial, music videos, magazines and publications over the past years. In 2001, she was feature in the Sinead O’ Connor music video for "Jealous". She later appear briefly in Moby's music video for "Southside" featuring Gwen Stephani in 2000's. She was also an extra in a couple of Axe commercials one including with Nick Lachey in the “Clix” ad campaign in 2007.

Philanthropy

On September 9, 2009 Esco held a private screening of The Cove in New York along side with Russell Simmons and Fisher Stevens hosting the event to bring awareness on the film. Esco has supports many foundations and organizations through her careers, but has mainly focused on whales and dolphins.

Filmography

Actress

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	London	Kelly
2008	The Evening Journey	Marla	Short
2010	Kingshighway	Lena Capriolini
2010	Where the Road Meets the Sun	Natasha	(post-production)
2011	LOL: Laughing Out Loud	Janice	(post-production)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Cane	Katie Vega	(13 Episodes)
2008	Heroes: Destiny	Elisa	(4 Episodes)

Television guest appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	CSI:NY	Angie Watson	"Live or Let Die" (Season 2, Episode 18)
2009	Drop Dead Diva	Lina Martinez	"Grayson Anatomy" (Season 1, Episode 13)
2009	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Angela Paulson	"Death and Maiden" (Season 10, Episode 6)

Producer

Year	Title	Notes
2010	The Cove PSA – “My Friend Is...	Producer

External links

• Lina Esco at IMDb
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