Francia Raisa Almendárez (born July 26, 1988) is an American actress. She is sometimes credited as Francia Almendárez. Raisa is most notable for her roles in Bring It On: All or Nothing, where she plays a tough Latina cheerleader named Leti, The Secret Life of the American Teenager as Adrian Lee, or The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream as Alejandra "Alex" Delgado and reprising her role in The Cutting Edge: Fire & Ice.
Raisa began to book acting jobs in her junior year of high school, modeling for print ads and appearing in commercials. She guest-starred in the sitcoms American Family: Journey of Dreams and Over There. Just a month into her senior year, she booked one of her first lead roles, starring opposite Hayden Panettiere in Bring It On: All or Nothing. She co-starred in the Nickelodeon movie Shredderman Rules, where she portrayed Isabel and in The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream, as Alejandra Delgado. She currently plays the role of Adrian Lee in the hit ABC Family drama, The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
Raisa appeared in Lil' Romeo's music video "My Girlfriend" in 2004.
In 2009, Raisa guest-starred on the USA network's TV series "In Plain Sight" and she reprised her role as the lead for the sequel to MGM's The Cutting Edge: Fire and Ice in spring 2010.
She has also co-starred in a short film directed by David Henrie called Boo, which aired recently on YouTube.
Francia recently appeared in a music video for pop duo Savvy & Mandy, and also appeared in Iyaz's music video "So Big".
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Francia Raisa : Teen Choice Awards held at Gibson Amphitheatre |
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