Bianca Santos

Bianca Santos
Santos at the 2014 Imagen Awards
Born Bianca Alexa Santos
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 2013–present

Bianca Alexa Santos is an American actress, known for her roles as Lexi Rivera in the Freeform drama series The Fosters, and as Lucy Velez in the MTV comedy series Happyland. She also starred in the films Ouija (2014), The DUFF (2015), and Priceless (2016).

Biography

Santos was born in Santa Monica, California.[1] Her father, Carlos Santos, is a Brazilian from Rio de Janeiro. And her mother, Carmen Carnot, is a Cuban from Havana.[2] Santos is also fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.[3][4] She attended California Lutheran University, majoring in psychology and minoring in sociology.

Career

In May 2013, it was announced that Santos would join the cast of the Freeform drama series The Fosters, portraying the recurring role of Lexi Rivera.[5] Santos subsequently co-starred as Isabelle in the 2014 horror film Ouija.[6]

Santos was also cast in the lead role of Lucy Velez in MTV's comedy series Happyland. In 2015, she portrayed the best friend of Mae Whitman's character in the teen comedy film The DUFF.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Happily Never After Cinderella Direct To Video
2013 Brodowski & Company Anna TV film
2013 Bitter Strippers Nellie Short film
2013 Channing Cindy TV film
2014 Ouija Isabelle
2015 The DUFF Casey Cordero
2015 Wild for the Night Olivia
2016 Little Dead Rotting Hood Samantha
2016 Priceless Antonia
2017 SPF-18 Camilla Barnes

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2013–2016 The Fosters Lexi Rivera Recurring role, 15 episodes
2014 Happyland Lucy Velez 8 episodes

References

  1. ↑ "No Ties Management -- Talent: Bianca Santos". Notiesmanagement.com. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Explore Talent: Bianca Santos". Archived from the original on August 1, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Talent: Bianca Santos". Notiesmanagement.com. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Celebrities Who Are Fluent in Spanish". Latina. July 10, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  5. ↑ "ABC Family's 'The Fosters' Casts Key Recurring Role (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Bianca Santos, Erin Moriarty, Ana Coto and Vivis Colombetti Join Universal's OIUJA". Broadway World. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Bianca Santos Joins Mae Whitman in 'The DUFF' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved October 9, 2014.



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