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Stephanie Beatriz
Beatriz at the 2014 ALMA Awards
Born
Stephanie Beatriz Bischoff Alvizuri

(1981-02-10) 10 February 1981 (age 43)
Neuquén, Neuquén, Argentina
Alma materStephens College
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present
Spouse
Brad Hoss
​
(m. 2018)​

Stephanie Beatriz Bischoff Alvizuri (born 10 February 1981)[1] is a Colombian and Bolivian actress with Argentine-American nationality. She is best known for playing Detective Rosa Diaz in the NBC comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine and played Jessica in the independent drama Short Term 12 (2013).[2][3][4]

Early life and education

Stephanie Beatriz Bischoff Alvizuri was born in Neuquén, Argentina, the daughter of a Colombian father and a Bolivian mother.[5] She also has German ancestry.[6] She arrived in the United States at the age of three with her parents and a younger sister. She grew up in Webster, Texas, outside Houston, and attended Clear Brook High School.[7][6] The family was "pretty poor", which informed Beatriz's choice in choosing choir in school, as it was an elective that didn't cost money, unlike art class or band. The first day, however, the teacher discouraged Beatriz from continuing, so Beatriz signed up for speech and debate.[8] It was there that she had the opportunity to appear in plays. Her first role was that of the show's villain, and after a classmate mistook her for someone else for the entirety of the show, she realized that she had the ability to transform into someone else through acting. This set her on the path of the dramatic arts.[8]

Beatriz attended the all-women's Stephens College in Missouri. She graduated in 2002. She then moved to New York City to pursue acting.[6] She has lived in Los Angeles since 2010.

Career

Beatriz had minor roles in the police procedural television series The Closer and Southland, as well as a recurring role as Gloria's sister Sonia in the ABC comedy series Modern Family. She has had numerous stage appearances at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Theatreworks USA, The Old Globe Theatre, and Yale Repertory Theatre. Beatriz had her first feature film role as Jessica in the 2013 acclaimed independent drama Short Term 12.

Since 2013, she has portrayed Detective Rosa Diaz in the Fox and NBC series Brooklyn Nine-Nine, an action comedy series based around the members of a Brooklyn police precinct. In 2019, she directed the season 6 episode "He Said, She Said".

Beatriz starred as Bonnie in the independent feature film The Light of the Moon, written and directed by Jessica M. Thompson. The film premiered at the 2017 South by Southwest Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Narrative Feature Competition.[9] She received highly positive reviews for her performance, with The Hollywood Reporter stating that "Beatriz offers a powerful... unflinching, authentic performance", while Variety noted that the film was "harrowingly effective" and Beatriz's performance was "expertly balanced and judged."[10] As of 2018 she voices the character Gina Cazador on season 5 of BoJack Horseman.

It was announced in 2019 she will be appearing in the 2020 film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights.[11]

Personal life

Beatriz at 2016 SXSW

Sexuality and marriage

Beatriz first had inklings that she was romantically inclined toward women as well as men around age 12 or 13.[8]

Though she had essentially been out to friends and family for a long time, it was in July 2016, in a casual affirmation of someone else's bisexuality on Twitter, that Beatriz essentially "came out" to the general public as bisexual.[12][13]

In October 2017, Beatriz announced her engagement to fellow actor Brad Hoss.[14] Beatriz and Hoss married on 6 October 2018.[15]

Eating disorder

Beatriz has described herself as suffering from disordered eating.[16] She developed the problem while in college at an all-women's university, which she said was an environment that helped "create really gnarly behavior that became normalized within that group of women."[8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Short Term 12 Jessica
2014 You're Not You Jill
2016 Pee-wee's Big Holiday Freckles
2016 Closure Isabelle Davis Short film
2016 Ice Age: Collision Course Gertie (voice)
2017 The Light of the Moon Bonnie Also executive producer
2018 Half Magic Candy
2019 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part General Sweet Mayhem (voice)
2021 In the Heights Carla Post-production[17]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009 The Closer Camila Santiago Episode: "The Life"
2012 The Smart One Natalee Television film
2013–2019 Modern Family Sonia 4 episodes
2013 Southland Belinda Cargrove Episode: "Under the Big Top"
2013 Jessie Salma Espinosa Episode: "Toy Con"
2013 Hello Ladies Gatekeeper Episode: "The Limo"
2013–present Brooklyn Nine-Nine Rosa Diaz Main role, directed the episode "He Said, She Said" in season 6
2014 Top Chef Duels Herself Episode: "Jen Carroll vs. Nyesha Arrington"
2015 Axe Cop Hasta Mia (voice) Episode: "The Center of the Ocean"
2017 The New V.I.P.'s Elena (voice) Television film
2017–2019 Bob's Burgers Chloe Barbash/Julia (voice) 4 episodes
2017 @midnight Herself Episode: "541"
2018–2019 BoJack Horseman Gina Cazador (voice) 9 episodes
2018 Hell's Kitchen Herself Guest diner; Episode: "Fish Out of Water"
2019 One Day at a Time Pilar Episode: "The Funeral"
2019 Into the Dark Elena Episode: "Treehouse"
2019 The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience Val Gal Variety special
2020 Family Guy Hostess (voice) Episode: "Holly Bibble"
2020 DuckTales TBA

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2016 WIZARD Elizabeth (voice) 3 episodes
2017 Danger & Eggs Sheriff Luke/Captain Banjo (voice) 4 episodes
2019 Twelve Forever Conelly (voice)

References

  1. ^ "UPI Almanac for Monday, Feb. 10, 2020". United Press International. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020. …actor Stephanie Beatriz in 1981 (age 39)
  2. ^ https://bi.org/en/articles/the-unicorn-scale-schitts-creek
  3. ^ https://divamag.co.uk/2019/08/30/meet-the-people-behind-the-uks-first-bi-pride/
  4. ^ https://biresource.org/why-we-should-all-live-in-the-feels-brave-house/
  5. ^ Moreno, Carolina (12 December 2014). "'Brooklyn Nine-Nine's' Stephanie Beatriz On How A Badass Latina Breaks Stereotypes". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 8 August 2017. The lack of focus on nationality is something Beatriz can relate to after being born in Argentina to a Colombian father and a Bolivian mother, with whom she moved at a young age to Texas, where she fostered a love of Mexican culture.
  6. ^ a b c Bland, Pete (3 October 2013). "Stephens alumna Beatriz cutting it up alongside Samberg on 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine'". Columbia Daily Tribune. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  7. ^ Davila, Julia (10 August 2013). "A sexy funny lady: Houston actress lands a major Fox sitcom role, sets a gut-busting mission". CultureMap Houston. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  8. ^ a b c d Cameron Esposito (28 August 2017). "Stephanie Beatriz, episode #7 of Queery with Cameron Esposito on Earwolf". Earwolf. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  9. ^ Kelley, Seth (18 March 2017). "SXSW Announces 2017 Audience Award Winners". Variety. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  10. ^ Barker, Andrew (13 March 2017). "SXSW Film Review: 'The Light of the Moon'". Variety. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  11. ^ https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/stephanie-beatriz-in-the-heights-cast-lin-film_48906.html
  12. ^ Rook, Erin (17 July 2016). "Actress Stephanie Beatriz comes out as bisexual on Twitter". LGBTQ Nation. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017.
  13. ^ "The representation of bisexuality on TV is improving but show producers still seem scared of the word". The Independent. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  14. ^ Chiu, Melody. "Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Stephanie Beatriz Is Engaged! See Her Unique Ring". PEOPLE.com.
  15. ^ "Brooklyn Nine-Nine Star Stephanie Beatriz Marries Brad Hoss in L.A.-Inspired Wedding". PEOPLE.com.
  16. ^ Beatriz, Stephanie (7 July 2017). "Brooklyn Nine-Nine Actress Stephanie Beatriz on Battling Disordered Eating". InStyle. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. You see, I have an eating disorder. But like a lot of us, mine is a bit hard to define. I don't purge, so I'm not a bulimic. I do eat, so I'm not anorexic. I'm what I like to call "a disordered eater."
  17. ^ Kinane, Ruth (16 April 2019). "Stephanie Beatriz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Dascha Polanco join 'In The Heights' cast". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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