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Quick facts for kids Alanna Ubach
Ubach in 2013
Born	(1975-10-03) October 3, 1975 (age 48) Downey, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1990–present
Spouse(s)	Thom Russo ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	1

Alanna Ubach (born October 3, 1975) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Serena McGuire in Legally Blonde (2001) & Legally Blonde 2 (2003), Isabel Villalobos in Meet the Fockers (2004), Maria in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993), Noreen in The Brady Bunch Movie (1995), Jane in Clockwatchers (1997), Naomi in Waiting... (2005) & Still Waiting... (2009), Margarete in Being Us (2011), and the voice of Mamá Imelda in Coco (2017), as well as Jo Hernandez-Frumpkis on Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, Suze Howard on Euphoria, Tessa Flores on Guilty Party, Carol Atkinson on The Flight Attendant, and Susan Bennett on Ted.

She has provided voices for several characters in a number of animated television shows and movies, such as Liz Allan on The Spectacular Spider-Man, the title character on El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Lola Boa on Brandy & Mr. Whiskers, Strudel on Pound Puppies, and four characters in the Oscar-winning animated film Rango (2011). She played the first female assistant, Josie, on the television show Beakman's World, for which she was nominated for a Young Artist Award in 1992.

Early life

Ubach was born on October 3, 1975, in Downey, California, the daughter of Sidna (née González) and Rodolfo Ubach. Her father was from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and her mother was from Sinaloa, Mexico.

In 1994, she received a positive review from The New York Times for her role as a Jewish girl in Kindertransport at the Manhattan Theatre Club. During this stage, she also landed a regular spot as Josie the assistant in the TV series Beakman's World. Her early film roles included Airborne (1993), Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993), Renaissance Man (1994), and The Brady Bunch Movie (1995). She later had roles in a series of indie films: Denise Calls Up (1995), in which she played the title character; Johns (1996), playing David Arquette's girlfriend, and Freeway (1996) with Reese Witherspoon and Kiefer Sutherland, playing a Latina gang girl. She also played roles in more mainstream films like Clockwatchers (1997) and alongside Reese Witherspoon again in the two Legally Blonde films.

Career

In 2004, Ubach starred in the movie Waiting..., alongside Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris, and landed the role of a Latina caterer in Meet The Fockers (2004). She also had recurring roles on Hung (2009) and Californication (2013).

Ubach starred with Lisa Edelstein as a regular cast member on Bravo's first scripted series, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce. Ubach portrayed Jo, who moved to Los Angeles to reinvent herself in the guest house of her newly divorced best friend from college, Abby. Ubach described the show as "fun and stylish, it's very relatable". The role of Jo was created following the exit of Janeane Garofalo.

Recent television roles include Suze Howard on Euphoria, Tessa Flores on Guilty Party, and Carol Atkinson on The Flight Attendant.

In 2022, it was announced that Ubach was cast in the lead role of Susan Bennett on the Peacock series Ted, the television adaptation of the hit movie.

Personal life

Ubach is married to record producer Thom Russo. They have a son.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Airborne	Gloria
	Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit	Maria
1994	Hits!	Angie
	Renaissance Man	Emily Rago
1995	The Brady Bunch Movie	Noreen
	Denise Calls Up	Denise Devaro
1996	Layin' Low	Manuela
	Freeway	Mesquita
	Love Is All There Is	Niccolina
	Just Your Luck	Angela	Direct-to-video film
	Johns	Nikki
1997	Pink as the Day She Was Born	Cherry
	Clockwatchers	Jane
	Dead End: Do Me a Favor	Christy
1998	Enough Already	Val
	All of It	Amy Holbeck
1999	The Sterling Chase	Jenna Marino
2000	Slice & Dice	Ginger
	Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th	Girl Student in Labor
2001	Legally Blonde	Serena McGuire
2002	The Perfect You	Wendy
2003	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	Serena McGuire
	Wasabi Tuna	Emme
	Nobody Knows Anything	Sarah
2004	Meet the Fockers	Isabel Villalobos
2005	Herbie: Fully Loaded	Reporter
	Waiting...	Naomi
2006	Open Window	Kim
	Hard Scrambled	Crysta
2007	Equal Opportunity	Peggy M. Smith
	Jekyll	Michelle Utterson
2008	Batman: Gotham Knight	Dander	Voice, direct-to-video
2009	Stuntmen	Tovah Frieberg
	Still Waiting...	Naomi	Direct-to-video film
2011	Bad Teacher	Angela
	Rango	Boo, Cletus, Fresca, Miss Daisy	Voice
2012	Envelope	Tanya	Short film
2013	A Haunted House	Jenny
	Garbage	Casey Siegel
	Being Us	Margaret
	I Know That Voice	Herself	Documentary
2014	Stan Lee's Mighty 7	Reporter	Voice
2017	To the Bone	Karen
	Coco	Mamá Imelda	Voice
2018	Gloria Bell	Veronica
2023	Fool's Paradise		Completed
TBA	Should've Been Romeo	Pilar	Post-production

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Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter?	April	Television film
1992–1993	Beakman's World	Josie	Main role (season 1)
1994	ABC Afterschool Special	Cindy	Episode: "Boys Will Be Boys"
	Diagnosis: Murder	Melissa	Episode: "Guardian Angel"
1995	ER	Terry's friend	Episode: "Long Day's Journey"
1995, 1998	Touched by an Angel	Lydia, Cookie	2 episodes
1996	Party of Five	Gina	2 episodes
1998	Tracey Takes On...	Actress	1 episode
2000	Sports Night	Catherine	Episode: "Bells and a Siren"
2001	Tikiville	Herself	Television film
	Gary & Mike	Various voices	Episode: "Washington D.C."
2002–2003	Teamo Supremo	Brenda and Hector Felipé Corrio	Voice, recurring role
2002	Ozzy & Drix	Mayor Paul Spryman	Voice, recurring role
	The West Wing	Celia Walton	Episode: "Night Five"
2004	30 Days Until I'm Famous	Daisy Fresh	Television film
	Karroll's Christmas	Jodie	Television film
	Monk	Jennie Silverman	Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Employee of the Month"
	Brandy & Mr. Whiskers	Lola Boa	Voice, recurring role
2004–2008	Higglytown Heroes	Plunkie, Mrs. Whiskers, additional characters	Voice, recurring role
2005	The Closer	Mrs. Pruitt	Episode: "Standards and Practices"
	House	Dr. Louise Harper	Episode: "Spin"
	Uncommon Sense	Brenda	Television film
2007–2008	El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera	Manny Rivera / El Tigre, additional characters	Voice, main role
2007	Playing Chicken	Herself	Television film
	Friday Night Lights	Roberta "Bobbie" Roberts	2 episodes
	All Grown Up!	Kid #2 (3)/Java Lava Boy	Episode: "Petition This!"
	Random! Cartoons	Roger, Mrs. Abbott, Samantha, Computer Voice	Voice, episode: "The Infinite Goliath"
2008	Eli Stone	Cathy Borilla	3 episodes
2008–2009	The Spectacular Spider-Man	Liz Allan, Trina	Voice, recurring role
2009–2011	Hung	Yael Kuntz	Recurring role (season 1–3)
	Men of a Certain Age	Michelle	Recurring role
2010–2013	Pound Puppies	Strudel, Kugel, additional characters	Voice, main role
2011	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Roxy	Episode: "Frank's Pretty Woman"
	The Mentalist	Dr. Guidry	Episode: "Bloodstream"
2012	Ringer	Attorney	Episode: "It's Easy to Cry When This Much Cash is Involved"
2012–2013	Kaijudo	Master Tiera, Lucy, Portia, Queen Kalima	Voice, recurring role
2012–2015	See Dad Run	Amy Hobbs	Main role
2013	Californication	Trudy	3 episodes
	Mad	Annabel, Cat, Museum Daughter	Voice, episode: "Papa/1600 Finn"
	Revolution	Bonnie Webster	Episode: "Dead Man Walking"
2013–2014	Ben 10: Omniverse	Rook Shar, Rook Ben	Voice, 3 episodes
2014–2015	NCIS	NSA Senior Intelligence Analyst Sofia Martinez	2 episodes
2014	Sheriff Callie's Wild West	Polly May Porcupine	Voice, episode: "The Prickly Pair"
	Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight	Grace	6 episodes
2015	Wallykazam!	Mrs. Trollman	Voice, episode: "Mission for Mom"
2015–2018	Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce	Jo Hernandez-Frumpkis	Main role
2016	American Horror Story: Hotel	Jo	Episode: "Be Our Guest"
	TripTank	Justin, Tommy	Voice, 2 episodes
2017–2019	Welcome to the Wayne	Ansi Molina, Ballerina	Voice, main role
2017–present	Puppy Dog Pals	Various voices	Voice, 23 episodes
2018	Snowfall	Gabrielle Elias	3 episodes
2019–present	Euphoria	Suze Howard	Recurring role
2020	Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts	Wheels, Boom-Boom	Voice, 4 episodes
	Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet	Shannon	Episode: "Brendan"
	Filthy Rich	Yopi Candalaria	9 episodes
2020–2021	Crossing Swords	Queen Tulip	Voice, main role
2021	Monsters at Work	Various voices	10 episodes
	Guilty Party	Tessa Flores	10 episodes
	Maya and the Three	Skull	Voice, 2 episodes
2022	The Ghost and Molly McGee	Sonia Davis	Voice, 3 episodes
	The Flight Attendant	Carol Atkinson	Recurring role (season 2)
2023	The Legend of Vox Machina	Osysa	Voice, 2 episodes
2023	Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur	Clueless Girl	Voice, episode: "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow"
TBA	Ted	Susan Bennett	Main role, upcoming series

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See also

In Spanish: Alanna Ubach para niños