Alanna Ubach

Alanna Ubach
Ubach in 2013
Born	(1975-10-03) October 3, 1975 (age 49) Downey, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	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) and 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) and Still Waiting... (2009), Margarete in Being Us (2011), Jeanine Pirro in Bombshell (2019), and the voice of Mamá Imelda in Coco (2017), as well as Jo Hernandez-Frumpkis on Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, Suze Howard on Euphoria, Amy Hobbs on See Dad Run, 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 films, 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, Ansi Molina on Welcome to the Wayne, Skate Lad & Rope Girl on Teamo Supremo and four characters in the Oscar-winning animated film Rango (2011). She played the first female assistant/co-host, 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,^[1] the daughter of Sidna (née González) and Rodolfo Ubach. Her father was from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and her mother was from Sinaloa, Mexico.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Career

In 2004, Ubach starred in the film 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.^[5][6] Ubach portrayed Jo, who moved to Los Angeles to reinvent herself in the guest house of her newly divorced best friend from college, Abby.^[7] Ubach described the show as "fun and stylish, it's very relatable". The role of Jo was created following the exit of Janeane Garofalo.^[8]

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 film.^[9]

Theater

In June 2008, Ubach starred in and narrated her ongoing one-woman show, Patriotic Bitch, which ran at the Clurman Theatre in Theater Row.^[10] Reviewing Patriotic Bitch, The New York Times described it as an "entertaining one-act series of character monologues" and noted that Ubach is "seriously talented".^[11]

Personal life

Ubach married record producer Thom Russo in 2014. Their son was born on July 25, 2017.^[12][13]

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
	Virtuosity	Eila
1996	Layin' Low	Manuela
	Freeway	Mesquita
	Love Is All There Is	Niccolina
	Just Your Luck	Angela	Direct-to-DVD
	Johns	Nikki
1997	Pink as the Day She Was Born	Cherry
	Clockwatchers	Jane
	Trading Favors	Christy
1998	Enough Already	Val
	All of It	Amy Holbeck
1999	The Sterling Chase	Jenna Marino
	The Big Day	Connie
2000	Slice & Dice	Ginger
	Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th	Ms. Grossberg
	Blue Moon	Peggy
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	Uncredited
	Waiting...	Naomi
2006	Open Window	Kim
	Hard Scrambled	Crysta
2007	Equal Opportunity	Peggy M. Smith
	Jekyll	Michelle Utterson
	The Pre Nup	Cindy	Short film
	Shrinks	Dr. Jameson
2008	Batman: Gotham Knight	Dander (voice)	Direct-to-DVD; segment: "Have I Got a Story for You"[14]
2009	Stuntmen	Tovah Frieberg
	Still Waiting...	Naomi	Direct-to-DVD
2010	A Reuben by Any Other Name	Elizabeth	Short film
	Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend	Grace Slick
	Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story	Kristy Kittens
2011	Bad Teacher	Angela
	Rango	Boo / Cletus / Fresca / Miss Daisy (voice)	[14]
	Losing Control	Alora
	Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury	Karen
2012	Envelope	Tanya Petrovna	Short film
	Garbage	Casey Siegel
	Should've Been Romeo	Pilar
2013	A Haunted House	Jenny
	Being Us	Margaret
	I Know That Voice	Herself	Documentary[15][16]
2015	Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves	Anne Sullivan
2016	Quackerz	Ms. Knout (voice)	[14]
2017	To the Bone	Karen
	Coco	Mamá Imelda (voice)	[14]
	The Last Word	Gynecologist
	August Falls	Detective Down
2018	Gloria Bell	Veronica
2019	Bombshell	Jeanine Pirro
	Wyrm	Penelope
2023	Fool's Paradise	Pornography Actress
2024	In Our Blood	Sam Wyland	[17]
	Venom: The Last Dance	Nova Moon	[18]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	The Torkelsons	Willie	Episode: "It's My Party"
1992–93	Beakman's World	Josie	Main role (season 1)
1993	Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter?	April	Television film
	L.A. Law	Christine Rowan	Episode: "Bourbon Cowboy"
1994	ABC Afterschool Specials	Cindy	Episode: "Boys Will Be Boys"
	Diagnosis: Murder	Melissa Ridgeway	Episode: "Guardian Angel"
1995	ER	Terry's friend	Episode: "Long Day's Journey"
1995; 1998	Touched by an Angel	Lydia Evans / Cookie	2 episodes
1996	Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story	Shannon Johnson	Miniseries
	Party of Five	Gina	2 episodes
1997	Apt. 2F	Alanna	2 episodes
1998	Tracey Takes On...	Actress	Episode: "Smoking"
1999	Providence	Darla Owens	Episode: "Sisters"
	Chicago Hope	Natalie Kramer	Episode: "Big Hand for the Little Lady"
2000	Sports Night	Catherine Brenner	Episode: "Bells and a Siren"
2000–01	The Huntress	Robin Ripley	3 episodes
2001	Tikiville	Herself	Television film
	Gary & Mike	Ensemble (voice)	4 episodes
	Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place	'Chivalry' Nurse	Episode: "A Few Good Firemen"
	The Division	Rita	Episode: "The First Hit's Free, Baby"
2002	The West Wing	Celia Walton	Episode: "Night Five"
	John Doe	Dionne Walker	Episode: "Mind Games"
2002–03	Teamo Supremo	Hector Felipé Corrio / Skate Lad & Brenda / Rope Girl (voice)	Main role
2002-04	Ozzy & Drix	Mayor Paul Spryman / Hector's Mom (voice)	Recurring role[14]
2004	30 Days Until I'm Famous	Daisy Fresh	Television film
	Karroll's Christmas	Jodie McDougall
	Monk	Jennie Silverman	Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Employee of the Month"
2004–06	Brandy & Mr. Whiskers	Lola Boa (voice)	Recurring role[14]
2004; 2006	Higglytown Heroes	Plunkie (voice)	2 episodes
2005	The Closer	Sandy DeCourt	Episode: "Standards and Practices"
	House	Dr. Louise Harper	Episode: "Spin"
	Uncommon Sense	Brenda	Television film
	CSI: NY	Constance Briell	2 episodes
2007	Playing Chicken	Colette	Television film
	Friday Night Lights	Roberta "Bobbie" Roberts	2 episodes
	All Grown Up!	Java Lava Boy (voice)	Episode: "Petition This"
	Random! Cartoons	Roger Jones, Computer, Mrs. Abbott, Samantha (voice)	Episode: "The Infinite Goliath"[14]
2007–08	El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera	Manny Rivera / El Tigre, additional voices	Main role[14]
2008; 2009	Eli Stone	Cathy Bonilla	3 episodes
2008–09	The Spectacular Spider-Man	Liz Allan, Trina (voice)	Recurring role[14]
2009–11	Hung	Yael Koontz	Recurring role (season 1–3)
	Men of a Certain Age	Michelle	Recurring role
2010	NUMB3RS	Paula Watson	Episode: "And the Winner Is..."
2010–13	Pound Puppies	Strudel, various voices	Main role[14]
2011	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Roxy	Episode: "Frank's Pretty Woman"
	The Mentalist	Dr. Gidry	Episode: "Bloodstream"
	Little in Common	Maya Pacheco	Television film
2012	Ringer	Ms. Deluca	Episode: "It's Easy to Cry When This Much Cash is Involved"
	Fairly Legal	Bonnie	Episode: "Ripple of Hope"
2012–13	Kaijudo	Master Tiera / Lucy / Portia (voice)	Recurring role[14]
2012–15	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	Stan Lee's Mighty 7	Reporter (voice)	Television film[14]
	Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight	Grace	6 episodes
2014; 2015	NCIS	NSA Senior Intelligence Analyst Sofia Martinez	2 episodes
2014; 2017	Sheriff Callie's Wild West	Polly Mae Porcupine / Tia Tortuga / Grimy Grace (voice)	3 episodes
2015	Wallykazam!	Mrs. Trollman (voice)	Episode: "Mission for Mom"[14]
2015–18	Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce	Jo Hernandez-Frumpkis	Main role
2016	American Horror Story	Jo	Episode: "Be Our Guest"
	TripTank	Tommy / Justin (voice)	2 episodes[14]
2017	Hand of God	Tammy Murphy	4 episodes
2017–19	Welcome to the Wayne	Ansi Molina (voice)	Main role[14]
2017–23	Puppy Dog Pals	Various voices (voice)	Recurring role[14]
2018	Snowfall	Gabrielle Elias	3 episodes
	Dietland	Marlowe Buchanan	3 episodes
	The Good Cop	Debbi Paddock	Episode: "Will Big Tony Roll Over?"
2019	Veronica Mars	Silvia	Episode: "Spring Break Forever"
	A Million Little Things	Dawn	Episode: "Coming Home"
2019–present	Euphoria	Suze Howard	Recurring role
2020	Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts	Wheels / Boom-Boom (voice)	4 episodes[14]
	Gentefied	Vivian	Episode: "Delfina"
	Filthy Rich	Yopi Candalaria	9 episodes
2020–21	Crossing Swords	Queen Tulip (voice)	Main role
2020; 2022	Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet	Shannon	2 episodes
2021	Guilty Party	Tessa Flores	Main role
	Maya and the Three	Skull (voice)	2 episodes[14]
2021–23	Harriet the Spy	Various voices (voice)	Recurring role
2021–present	Monsters at Work	Katherine "Cutter" Sterns/various characters (voice)	Main role[14]
2022	The Ghost and Molly McGee	Sonia Davis, additional voices	3 episodes[14]
	The Flight Attendant	Carol Atkinson	3 episodes
2023	The Legend of Vox Machina	Osysa (voice)	2 episodes[14]
	Family Guy	Old Woman (voice)	Episode: "Old World Harm"
	American Dad!	Wraith / Janice / Tony Vengeance (voice)	3 episodes
2023; 2024	Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur	Clueless Girl (voice)	4 episodes[14]
2023–present	Princess Power	Miss Fussywiggles (voice)	Main role
2024	Lego Pixar: BrickToons	Mamá Imelda (voice)	Miniseries; Episode: "Family Bands Together"[14]
2024–present	Ted	Susan Bennett	Main role
	Ariel	Cristina Cuttles (voice)[19]	Recurring role[14]
	Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Dr. Josefina Bishop (voice)[20]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots	El Tigre / Manny Rivera	Nintendo DS version only
2008	El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera	El Tigre / Manny Rivera
2011	Rango	Cletus / Cletus's Mom	Credited as Alana Ubach[14]
2012	Madagascar 3: The Video Game	Captain DuBois, Italian Citizens, New York Citizens	[14]
2013	Marvel Heroes	Lady Deadpool	Uncredited
	Grand Theft Auto V	The Local Population
2023	Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2	El Tigre / Manny Rivera	[14]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1992	Young Artist Awards	Performer in a Children's Program	Beakman's World	Nominated

References

1. Theatre World: Volume 50. Crown. 1996. p. 234. ISBN 9781557832368. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
2. Amy Rubio Exclusive: Alanna Ubach Talks 'Girlfriends' Guide To Divorce' & Her Latina Roots! Archived 2018-09-04 at the Wayback Machine
3. Richards, David (May 18, 1994). "Kindertransport; Another Perspective On the Holocaust". The New York Times Company. Archived from the original on July 3, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
4. Brice Sander (December 1, 2015). "'Girlfriends' Guide' Star Alanna Ubach Is Ready for 'Legally Blonde 3' -- Find Out Her Plan for Serena!". Entertainment Tonight. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
5. Ed Stockley (February 14, 2016). "Monday's TV Highlights: 'The X-Files' on Fox". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
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9. "'Ted': Alanna Ubach Joins Seth MacFarlane's Peacock Series Based On Films". May 20, 2022. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
10. Raymundo Monell (June 10, 2008). "Actress Alanna Ubach makes her N.Y. debut in 'Patriotic Bitch'". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
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12. Quinn, Dave (August 2, 2017). "Alanna Ubach and Thomas Russo Jr. Welcome Son Thomas Rodolfo". People. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
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14. "Alanna Ubach (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 20, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
15. I Know That Voice (film). 2013. Event occurs at Closing credits.
16. Blazenhoff, Rusty (October 3, 2013). "I Know That Voice, A Documentary About the World of Voice Acting". Laughing Squid. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
17. Wiseman, Andreas (July 3, 2024). "Brittany O'Grady & E.J. Bonilla Lead Genre Pic In Our Blood With Duncan Jones & Morgan Freeman Among Backers; Watch First Footage". Deadline. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
18. Evans, Greg (June 3, 2024). "Venom: The Last Dance Trailer: Tom Hardy Brings The Alien One Last Time". Deadline. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
19. "Breaking News - Disney Jr.'s Ariel to Make a Splash Thursday, June 27". The Futon Critic. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
20. "Video: Paramount+ Reveals the Official Trailer and Key Art for the All-New Original Animated Series Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Premiering on Friday, August 9". The Futon Critic. Retrieved September 20, 2024.

External links

• Alanna Ubach at IMDb