Patricia Michelle De León (born January 2 in Panama City

Panama City

Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the...

, Panama

Panama

Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

) is an actress, model and television host. She started working as a model at a very early age. After being crowned Miss Panama

Miss Panamá

Señorita Panamá or Miss Panamá is the common name or sash used to identify a Panamanian representative in an international pageant. Panama selects representatives to different contests including Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth and Miss International. The first national pageant was Miss Panamá...

 (1995), her career started blossoming, getting major breaks hosting Corte del Juez Franco on TV Azteca

TV Azteca

Azteca, is the second largest Mexican television entertainment. It was established in 1983 as the state-owned Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión , a holding of the national TV networks channel 13 and 7 and was privatized under its current name in 1993 and now is part of Grupo Salinas...

, and the Billboard Latino. From her work on Univision

Univision

Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...

, de Leon obtained roles on American TV, including Lincoln Heights

Lincoln Heights

Lincoln Heights may refer to:* Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, California* Lincoln Heights, Ohio* Lincoln Heights , Ontario, a neighbourhood* Lincoln Heights, Washington, D.C., a neighbourhood...

, Cold Case

Cold Case

Cold Case is an American police procedural television series which ran on CBS from September 28, 2003 to May 2, 2010. The series revolved around a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department division that specializes in investigating cold cases. On May 18, 2010, CBS announced that the series had...

, and Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that aired on NBC from September 24, 2001 to May 16, 2007. It stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Medical Examiner's Office...

. Her movie role comes in The Pool Boys, where she plays the sexy Latina Julia.

Early life and education

Was crowned Miss Panama (now Señorita Panamá) when she was just turning 19. Her debut on TV was doing the weather for a local station in Panama TVN-Channel 2. After that she was able to developed what she had passion for, the news for the same network, being an anchor and a reporter. Right after accomplishing her dream, she created, produced and hosted a turism show for RPC TV/MEDCOM.

She became an actor in Hollywood  by accepting the role of "La Llorona del Río". She has been able to pursue both the Hispanic and American market. She has been featured on shows like Cold Case, Crossing Jordan, Lincoln Heights for ABC Family, La Corte del Pueblo for Telemundo

Telemundo

Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....

, Perro Amor for the same network, and The chicago Code for Fox Network. And in films like "How the Garcia Girls spent their summer", "All in", "Love Orchard" and "Pool Boys".

Philanthropy

Patricia de Leon is a big supporter for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is an American animal rights organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president. A non-profit corporation with 300 employees and two million members and supporters, it claims to be the largest animal rights...

 (PETA) in the Hispanic community and believes in spreading the word about the benefits of being a vegetarian.
She currently plays an active role in stopping bullfights around the world and was recently the image for PETA's campaign against bullfights portrayed by photographer Kike San Martín

Kike San Martín

Kike San Martín is a celebrity photographer. He has developed most of his photographic career in Miami, Florida, where he currently resides since 1995. He started his professional career in the early 90s in Argentina.-Professional career:Kike began his career studying marketing and advertising...

.

She is also the spokes person for "One Love Foundation", which defends the rights and fights against of the discrimination of the LGBT

LGBT

LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...

 (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Community.

Filmography

• Calligraphy (pre-production)
• Love Orchard (filming) Maria (2011)
• Bad Ass (post-production) (2011) as Marissa
• The Chicago Code (1 episode)
  • Black Hand and the Shotgun Man (21 March 2011) - as Beatrice Romero
• Men of a Certain Age (6 episodes )
  • Father's Fraternity (1 January 2009) - as Fantasy woman
  • Pilot (7 December 2009) - as Fantasy woman
  • Let It Go (14 December 2009) - as Fantasy woman
  • Back in the Sh*t (23 February 2010) - as Fantasy woman
  • Same as the Old Boss (13 December 2010) - as Fantasy woman
  • Whatever Gets You Through the Night (29 June 2011) - as Fantasy Woman
• Lincoln Heights (4 episodes )
  • No Way Back (16 October 2007) - as Sofia
  • Eye for an Eye (23 October 2007) - as Sophia Munoz
  • The Vision (6 November 2007) - as Sophia Munoz
  • Home Again (14 September 2009) - as Sophia Munoz
• Crossing Jordan (1 episode)
  • Isolation (14 March 2007) - as Magda Garcia
• Cold Case (1 episode)
  • Baby Blues (15 October 2006) - as Marta Chavez - 1982
• Ghost Whisperer (1 episode)
  • Drowned Lives (6 October 2006) - as Policewoman
• All of Us (1 episode)
  • Wedding Dance (30 March 2004) - as an Actress
• Perro amor (23 episodes)
  • Promesa Final (2011) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Capitulo 53 (1 January 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Episode #1.1 (11 January 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Capitulo 62 (9 April 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Capitulo 65 (13 April 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Capitulo 72 (22 April 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Episode dated 27 April 2010 (27 April 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Capitulo 80 (5 May 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Capitulo 79 (5 May 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Episode dated 12 May 2010 (12 May 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Episode dated 14 May 2010 (14 May 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Episode dated 17 May 2010 (17 May 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Episode dated 18 May 2010 (18 May 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Episode dated 19 May 2010 (19 May 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Episode dated 24 May 2010 (24 May 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Episode dated 25 May 2010 (25 May 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Episode dated 28 May 2010 (28 May 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Capitulo 104 (14 June 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Aliado de trampas (17 June 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Venganza mortal (18 June 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Capitulo 112 (24 June 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Episode dated 28 June 2010 (28 June 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
  • Episode dated 29 June 2010 (29 June 2010) - as Jennifer Lopez
• The Pool Boys (2010) as Julia
• Mr. Sadman (2009) as Maria
• Crossing Jordan (TV series) (2007) as Magda Garcia
• Blue Lake Massacre (2007)
• Cold Case (TV series) (2007) as Marta Chavez - "1982"
• Ghost Whisperer (TV series) (2006) as Policewoman
• Drowned Lives (2006) as Policewoman
• All In (2006) as Maria
• Cloud 9 (2006) as Corazon
• How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer (2005) as soap opera actress
• All of Us (TV series) (2004)
• The Master of Disguise (2002) as Waitress
• La llorona del río (short) (2001) as Esperanza
• A Design for a Life (short) (2001) as The Wife
• La corte del pueblo (TV series)(2000) Interviewer

External links

• Official website
• Picture Gallery Patricia de Leon