Marisa Ramírez Biography

Fast Facts

• Her performance on "General Hospital" earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination
• Has volunteered her time to such causes as HIV and AIDS awareness, education and eradication and animal rescue
• Was nominated for an ALMA Award for "Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series" for her work on "General Hospital․"
• Started modeling when she was thirteen, traveling as an international fashion model after a top modeling agency was impressed with a Polaroid snapshot of her
• Her breakout role was on "General Hospital" as the supermodel Gia Campbell, but she also had roles on several other soap operas
• Known for her roles in the police dramas "Blue Bloods" and "Against the Wall․"
• As a child, she attended the Ramona Convent Secondary School, an all-girls school in Alhambra, Calif
• Appeared in commercials advertising Coca-Cola and Special K
• Traveled to Singapore, Australia, South Africa, Hong Kong, Italy and New Zealand
• Starred in such music videos as "Wild, Wild West" by Will Smith, "American Woman" by Lenny Kravitz, "As Long As You Love Me" by the Backstreet Boys and "Give It to You" by Jordan Knight