Alanna Ubach
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Alanna Noel Ubach is an American actress and voice actress. She is known for her roles in Legally Blonde
as Serena and Meet the Fockers
as Isabel Villalobos. She has provided voices for several characters in a number of animated shows, such as Liz Allan in The Spectacular Spider-Man
, the title character in El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
and Lola Boa in Brandy & Mr. Whiskers. She has also written and performed a one-woman show. She played the first female assistant, Josie, in Beakman's World
.
Ubach was born in Downey, California
, the daughter of Sidna and Rodolfo Ubach. Her sister Athena Ubach is a therapist. Her father is of Puerto Rican
descent as well as Mexican.
Legally Blonde
Legally Blonde is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Robert Luketic, written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, and produced by Marc E. Platt...
as Serena and Meet the Fockers
Meet the Fockers
Meet the Fockers is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Jay Roach and the sequel to Meet the Parents. The film stars Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner and Teri Polo. It was followed up by a sequel, Little Fockers, in 2010.-Plot:Nurse Gaylord "Greg"...
as Isabel Villalobos. She has provided voices for several characters in a number of animated shows, such as Liz Allan in The Spectacular Spider-Man
The Spectacular Spider-Man
The Spectacular Spider-Man is the name of several comic books and one magazine series starring Marvel Comics' Spider-Man.The character's main series, The Amazing Spider-Man, was extremely successful, and Marvel felt the character could support more than one title. This led the company in 1968 to...
, the title character in El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera is Nickelodeon's first ever flash animation series produced for Nickelodeon and Nicktoons Network. The first screening of the show was on January 19, 2007 in the first ever Nickelodeon Creative Summit held in San Juan, Puerto Rico as a special treat for the...
and Lola Boa in Brandy & Mr. Whiskers. She has also written and performed a one-woman show. She played the first female assistant, Josie, in Beakman's World
Beakman's World
Beakman's World is an educational children's television show produced by ELP Communications, Columbia Pictures Television, Universal Belo Productions, and Columbia TriStar Television Distribution....
.
Ubach was born in Downey, California
Downey, California
Downey is a city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States, southeast of downtown Los Angeles. The city is best known as the birthplace of the Apollo space program, and is the city where folk singer Karen Carpenter lived and died...
, the daughter of Sidna and Rodolfo Ubach. Her sister Athena Ubach is a therapist. Her father is of Puerto Rican
Puerto Rican people
A Puerto Rican is a person who was born in Puerto Rico.Puerto Ricans born and raised in the continental United States are also sometimes referred to as Puerto Ricans, although they were not born in Puerto Rico...
descent as well as Mexican.
Filmography
| Year | Film/TV | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Bubbe's Boarding House | Zachary (voice) | Television series |
| The Blue Men | Edith | Film | |
| 1992 | Beakman's World Beakman's World Beakman's World is an educational children's television show produced by ELP Communications, Columbia Pictures Television, Universal Belo Productions, and Columbia TriStar Television Distribution.... |
Josie | Television series |
| 1993 | Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter? Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter? Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter? is a 1993 television film directed by Chuck Bowman.- Plot :Set in the 1980s, the story focuses on Diana Moffit, a likable 17-year-old teenager. Trouble starts when her parents decide to file for divorce. She takes the split very hard and begins a relationship with... |
April | Television series |
| Airborne | Gloria | Film | |
| Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit is a 1993 comedy film starring Whoopi Goldberg. Directed by Bill Duke, and released by Touchstone Pictures, it is the sequel to the successful 1992 film Sister Act... |
Maria | Film | |
| 1994 | Hits! Hits! -10 Great Songs:Erasure - 10 Great Songs was a budget compilation released on 2 November 2009, shortly after the Total Pop! The First 40 Hits range of releases. According to the official Erasure website, the album was "part of a series of budget titles put together by EMI specifically for sale... |
Angie | Film |
| Renaissance Man | Emily Rago | Film | |
| Boys Will Be Boys | Cindy | Television series | |
| The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth is a direct to video musical puppet series made in the early 1990s. It was about the adventures of a talking tooth named Timmy and all his friends. The 10 videos feature the gang of Flossmore Valley as they go on adventures using their imaginations... |
Sidney Cyclops (voice) | Television series | |
| The Puzzle Place The Puzzle Place The Puzzle Place is an American children's television series produced by KCET in Los Angeles, California and Lancit Media in New York City, New York... |
Leon MacNeal (voice) | Television series | |
| 1995 | The Brady Bunch Movie The Brady Bunch Movie The Brady Bunch Movie is a 1995 American comedy film based on the 1969–1974 television series The Brady Bunch.The film features all the original regular characters, all played by new actors... |
Noreen | Film |
| Denise Calls Up Denise Calls Up Denise Calls Up is an American Independent film released by Sony Pictures Classics in 1996. Written and directed by Hal Salwen, it is a comedy.-Synopsis:... |
Denise Devaro | Film | |
| 1996 | Layin' Low | Manuela | Film |
| Freeway | Mesquita | Film | |
| Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story Seduced By Madness Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story is an American television film based roughly on real-life events. It recounts the story of a Jefferson, Wisconsin teacher's aide convicted of hiring teen students first to spy on her cheating husband and later to kill him... |
Shannon Johnson | Television series | |
| Love Is All There Is Love Is All There Is Love Is All There Is is a 1996 romantic comedy film directed by Joseph Bologna and Renee Taylor, who also both star in the movie.- Plot :... |
Niccolina | Film | |
| Just Your Luck Just Your Luck Just Your Luck is a television drama written by Peter McDougall for the BBC's Play For Today. The programm aired on 4 December 1972.After a fight with her boyfriend Duncan , Alison Hawkins embarks on a one night stand with a seaman called Alec Johnson which results in an unexpected pregnancy... |
Angela | Television series | |
| Johns Johns (film) Johns is a 1996 American drama film starring David Arquette and Lukas Haas, who portray hustlers who work Santa Monica Boulevard. The title refers both to the slang term for a sex client and to several characters in the film named John .Johns was one of several films dealing with this subject... |
Nikki | Film | |
| The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss is an American live-action/puppet television series based on characters created by Dr. Seuss, produced by Jim Henson Productions. It aired for two seasons on the Nick Jr. Block on Nickelodeon... |
Julian Jeremy Jaroo Jalloo (voice) | Television series | |
| 1997 | Pink as the Day She Was Born | Cherry | Film |
| Clockwatchers Clockwatchers Clockwatchers is an American comedy-drama film released in 1997. Directed by Jill Sprecher, it stars Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, Toni Collette and Alanna Ubach as temporary office staffers in an office complex.... |
Jane | Film | |
| Dead End: Do Me a Favor | Christy | Film | |
| Johnny Bravo Johnny Bravo Johnny Bravo is an American animated television series created by Van Partible for Cartoon Network. The series stars a muscular beefcake young man named Johnny Bravo who dons a pompadour hairstyle and an Elvis Presley-like voice and has a forward, woman-chasing personality... |
Lonnie Dash (voice) | Television series | |
| 1998 | Enough Already | Val | Film |
| All of It | Amy Holbeck | Film | |
| 1999 | Les Joies du mariage | Connie | Television series |
| SpongeBob SquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series, created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. Much of the series centers on the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of "Bikini Bottom"... |
Sidney Poseidon (voice) | Television series | |
| Little Bill Little Bill Little Bill is a television show for children on Nick Jr. The stories are based on Bill Cosby's Little Bill book series, set in Philadelphia and feature Bill Jr. learning a lesson or moral. It was developed through research and in consultation with a panel of educational consultants.The show also... |
Juan Hidalgo (voice) | Television series | |
| The Sterling Chase The Sterling Chase The Sterling Chase, also known as Graduation Week, is a drama film starring Nicholle Tom, Jack Noseworthy, Devon Odessa, Sean Patrick Thomas, Alanna Ubach and John Livingston. The independent film was written and directed by Tanya Fenmore, and was screened at the Mill Valley Film Festival on... |
Jenna Marino | Film | |
| 2000 | Slice & Dice | Ginger | Film |
| Blue Moon | Peggy | Film | |
| Clifford the Big Red Dog Clifford the Big Red Dog Clifford the Big Red Dog is an American children's book series first published in 1963. Written by Norman Bridwell, the series helped establish Scholastic Books as a premier publishing company.... |
Charley (voice) | Television series | |
| How I Loved A Macho Boy | Teodoro Rodriguez (voice) | Television series | |
| Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday The 13th | Girl Student in Labor | Film | |
| 2001 | Tikiville | Herself | Television series |
| Gary & Mike Gary & Mike Gary & Mike was a television show that aired on UPN in 2001. The show was produced in stop motion and lasted only one season. A total of thirteen episodes were produced.-Plot summary:... |
Television series | ||
| Osmosis Jones Osmosis Jones Osmosis Jones is a 2001 live-action/animated comedy film directed by Tom Sito and Piet Kroon for the animated segments and the Farrelly brothers for the live-action segments... |
Thrax, Jr. (voice) | Film | |
| What They Wanted, What They Got | Berkely | Film | |
| Legally Blonde Legally Blonde Legally Blonde is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Robert Luketic, written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, and produced by Marc E. Platt... |
Serena McGuire | Film | |
| 2002 | Teamo Supremo Teamo Supremo Teamo Supremo is an animated television series created by Disney. Animated in the limited animation style pioneered by Jay Ward, predecessors which inspired its style, it tells of three superhero kids: Captain Crandall, Skate Lad, and Rope Girl... |
Brenda/Rope Girl, Hector/Skate Lad (voice) | Television series |
| The Perfect You | Wendy | Film | |
| Ozzy & Drix Ozzy & Drix Ozzy & Drix, also known as The Fantastic Voyage Adventures of Osmosis Jones & Drixenol and Osmosis Jones: The Animated Series, is an American animated television series based on the Warner Bros. film Osmosis Jones and it was produced by Warner Bros. Animation... |
Mayor Paul Spryman (voice) | Television series | |
| 2003 | Wasabi Tuna Wasabi Tuna Wasabi Tuna is a 2003 independent Cafe Entertainment Studios action comedy motion picture starring Jason London, Barney Cheng, Tim Meadows, Antonio Sabàto, Jr., Alanna Ubach, Guillermo Díaz, Alexis Arquette, and Arturo Gil... |
Emme | Film |
| Nobody Knows Anything (film) | Sarah | ||
| Los Lunnis | Lublu (voice) | English dub | |
| 2004 | 30 Days Until I'm Famous | Daisy Fresh | Television movie |
| Karroll's Christmas Karroll's Christmas Karroll's Christmas is a Christmas movie from Hallmark Channel.-Plot:Allen Karroll hates Christmas ever since his ex-girlfriend humiliated him in front of thousands of people one Christmas. As a man who writes greeting cards for a living, this proves to be a hinderance... |
Jodie | Television movie | |
| Maya & Miguel Maya & Miguel Maya & Miguel is a children's television animated series for children aged 6-12 produced by Scholastic Studios. It appears on PBS as part of the PBS Kids GO! lineup and on the CBBC channel in the UK... |
Theo McEwen (voice) | Television series | |
| Fatherhood | Michael Blackson (voice) | Television series | |
| Meet the Fockers Meet the Fockers Meet the Fockers is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Jay Roach and the sequel to Meet the Parents. The film stars Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner and Teri Polo. It was followed up by a sequel, Little Fockers, in 2010.-Plot:Nurse Gaylord "Greg"... |
Isabel Villalobos | Film | |
| Higglytown Heroes Higglytown Heroes Higglytown Heroes is a children's television series currently airing on the Disney Junior portion of the Disney Channel, or, on some cable networks, the Playhouse Disney channel... |
Plunkie (voice) | Television series | |
| Brandy & Mr. Whiskers | Lola Boa (voice) | Television series | |
| 2005 | Uncommon Sense Uncommon Sense "Uncommon Sense" is a 1945 science fiction short story by Hal Clement. In 1996, it was retrospectively awarded the 1946 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.-Publication history:... |
Brenda | Television series |
| Waiting... | Naomi | Film | |
| Little Einsteins Little Einsteins Little Einsteins is an animated television series on Disney Junior. The educational preschool series was developed for television by Douglas Wood who created the concept and characters, and a subsequent team headed by Emmy Award-winning director Olexa Hewryk and Dora the Explorer co-creator Eric... |
Quincy (voice) | Television series | |
| La Coccinelle Revient | Reporter | Film | |
| Herbie Fully Loaded | Spanish dub | ||
| Sesame Street Sesame Street Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The... |
Additional voices (2005–present) | Television series | |
| 2006 | Open Window Open Window Open Window is an album by the American ambient musician Robert Rich. This is an album of improvised piano solos. Rich’s piano solos have been a part of his live concerts for over 20 years but this is the first time that a recording has been released in a recorded form.The material on this album... |
Kim | Film |
| Hard Scrambled | Crysta | Film | |
| Ruby Gloom Ruby Gloom Ruby Gloom is an animated television show based on an apparel franchise. The show is produced by Nelvana and began airing on October 13, 2006 in Canada on the network YTV... |
Len (voice) | Television series | |
| 2007 | Playing Chicken | Herself | Television series |
| Jekyll Jekyll (2007 film) Jekyll is an American horror film starring Matt Keeslar, Jonathan Silverman, Desmond Askew, Alanna Ubach, Siena Goines, Abigail Spencer, John Rubinstein, Josh Stewart and written and directed by Scott Zakarin.-Plot:... |
Michelle Utterson | Film | |
| The Pre Nup | Cindy | Television series | |
| Equal Opportunity Equal opportunity Equal opportunity, or equality of opportunity, is a controversial political concept; and an important informal decision-making standard without a precise definition involving fair choices within the public sphere... |
Peggy M. Smith | Television series | |
| El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera is Nickelodeon's first ever flash animation series produced for Nickelodeon and Nicktoons Network. The first screening of the show was on January 19, 2007 in the first ever Nickelodeon Creative Summit held in San Juan, Puerto Rico as a special treat for the... |
Manny Rivera/El Tigre, additional voices (voice) | Television series | |
| Shrinks | Dr. Jameson | Television series | |
| Friday Night Lights Friday Night Lights (TV series) Friday Night Lights is an American sports drama television series adapted by Peter Berg, Brian Grazer and David Nevins from a book and film of the same name. The series details events surrounding a high school football team based in fictional Dillon, Texas, with particular focus given to team... |
Roberta "Bobbie" Roberts | Television series | |
| 2008 | Eli Stone Eli Stone Eli Stone is an American TV series, and also the name of the title character.San Francisco lawyer Eli Stone begins to see things, which leads him to discover a brain aneurysm... |
Cathy Borilla | Television series |
| Batman: Gotham Knight Batman: Gotham Knight is a 2008 direct-to-DVD animated superhero anthology film of six animated short films set in-between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. It depicts Batman battling against the mob of Gotham City, as well as other villains... |
Dander (voice) | Film | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man | Liz Allan (voice) | Television series | |
| Stuntmen | Tovah Frieberg | Film | |
| Random! Cartoons | Mrs. Abbott, Samantha (voice) | Television series | |
| 2009 | Pilar the Black Bandita | Tito Fernandez (voice) | Television series |
| Still Waiting... Still Waiting... Still Waiting... is an American independent film starring John Michael Higgins, and Luis Guzman, and the sequel to Waiting.... Some of the cast of the original film appear in the sequel. Adam Carolla and Justin Long appear in cameo roles... |
Naomi | Film | |
| Hung Hung (TV series) Hung is a comedy-drama series, which premiered on HBO on June 28, 2009. The series was created by Dmitry Lipkin and Colette Burson and stars Thomas Jane as Ray Drecker, a struggling suburban Detroit high school baseball coach who resorts to male prostitution. The second season premiered on June 27,... |
Yael Kuntz | TV Series | |
| Wiffler: The Ted Whitfield Story | Kristy Kittens | Post-production | |
| Men of a Certain Age Men of a Certain Age Men of a Certain Age is an American comedy-drama television series, which premiered on TNT on December 7, 2009. The hour-long program stars Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula as three best friends in their late forties dealing with the realities of middle age. The show ran for two years,... |
Michelle | Television series | |
| 2011 | Rango Rango Rango was a Western situation comedy starring comedian Tim Conway which was broadcast in the United States on the ABC television network in 1967.... |
Fresca (voice) | Film |
| It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is an American television sitcom that premiered on FX on August 4, 2005. New episodes continue to air on FX, with reruns playing on Comedy Central, general broadcast syndication, and WGN America—the first-ever cable-to-cable syndication deal for a sitcom... |
Roxy | Television series |
Awards and nominations
| Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Young Artist Award Young Artist Award The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist... |
Beakman's World Beakman's World Beakman's World is an educational children's television show produced by ELP Communications, Columbia Pictures Television, Universal Belo Productions, and Columbia TriStar Television Distribution.... |
Nominated |
External links
- Alanna Ubach at TV.comTV.comTV.com is a website owned by CBS Interactive. The site covers television and focuses on English-language shows made or broadcast in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Japan...
- "BroadwayWorld.com" interview with Alanna Ubach, May 31, 2008