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Selenis Leyva

Actress, currently starring in Netflix's 'Orange Is The New Black'

Selenis Leyva is one of the breakout stars of NETFLIX's hit series "Orange Is The New Black," which recently won the coveted Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble Cast in a Comedy Series. Selenis will reprise her role as series regular (and fan favorite!) Gloria Mendoza when the hit series returns for a third season on June 12 and will also make history as the first Latina Governor on HBO's Emmy-winning series "Veep," starring opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus, later this
summer. Selenis Leyva recently joined the cast of the highly anticipated feature film Custody, starring opposite Catalina Sandino Moreno, Viola Davis, Raul Esparza and Hayden Panettiere and began
filming in May 2015 throughout NYC.

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