Kamala Lopez

After a ten-year hiatus to get the Equal Rights Amendment ratified to the U.S. Constitution legendary Latinx artist, Kamala Lopez is back in the business with new episodes of "This is Us," "Hacks" and "Mayans MC" filmed this past season. Over her long career, the award-winning bilingual actress has starred in over thirty-five feature films and seventy+ TV shows, across all genres (comedy/drama; film/TV). Born in New York City to a mother from Madras, India and a Venezuelan father, Lopez lived with her parents in Caracas until the age of fourteen, studying in British and American schools. While still in high school, and studying acting at Herbert Berghof Studio in Manhattan, Ms. Lopez was cast in CTW's "Sesame Street" as Mercedes, Maria's cousin, a role she portrayed for two seasons before she was accepted to Yale University where she majored in Theatre Studies and Philosophy. After graduation, Ms. Lopez continued training with some of the world's most progressive and renowned acting