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Francia Almendárez
Almendárez at the premiere of Step Up 2 The Streets, February 2008
Born	Francia Raisa Almendárez July 26, 1988 (1988-07-26) (age 21) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other name(s)	Francia Raisa
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2005 – present

Francia Raisa Almendárez (born July 26, 1988) is a Latina actress. She is also credited as Francia Raisa. Francia is most notable for her role in Bring It On: All or Nothing, where she plays a tough Latina cheerleader named Leti, and on The Secret Life of the American Teenager as the majorette Adrian Lee.

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[edit] Personal life

Has two sisters: Irlanda and Italia. She is the daughter of L.A. radio announcer, Renán Almendárez Coello, known as El Cucuy. She is of Mexican and Honduran descent.

[edit] Career

She has made an appearance in Lil'Romeo's music video "Girlfriend"

[edit] Acting

She has made television appearances, guest-starring in sitcoms such as American Family: Journey of Dreams and Over There. She has also starred in films such as Bring It On: All or Nothing; she co-starred in the Nickelodeon movie Shredderman Rules, where she plays a girl in school named Isabel and in the The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream, where she plays a girl named Alejandra Delgado. She currently plays the role of Adrian Lee in The Secret Life of the American Teenager. She has also starred in a short film directed by David Henrie called "Boo" which aired recently on YouTube.

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[edit] External links

• Francia Almendárez at the Internet Movie Database
• Francia Almendárez at Allmovie
• Francia on Dr. Blogstein's Radio Happy Hour