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Lalaine Ann Vergara-Paras (born June 3, 1987), also known as Lalaine, is an American actress, singer-songwriter and spokesperson.

Lalaine is best known for her role as Miranda Sanchez in the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire which aired from 2001 to 2004. As of 2009, she is pursuing a music career.

Personal life

Lalaine was born in Burbank, California to Filipino parents; her mother, Lilia Paras, is originally from Batangas, and her father from Pampanga. She grew up and currently lives in Los Angeles. She is the youngest of four siblings, Marian, Francisco and Cristina.

She is of Filipino and Spanish descent. In an interview, she stated, "People ask me, 'Are you Spanish?' … "I say I have Spanish in me but I'm not just Spanish. I'm proud of my ethnicities and I will always be proud of being a Filipino".

Lalaine is also involved in many charity events, such as the AIDS benefit concert and *NSYNC's challenge for the children.

Acting career

Lalaine is normally credited by her first name only. She is commonly known for playing the best friend, Miranda Sanchez on Disney Channel's Lizzie McGuire, alongside Hilary Duff. She reprised this role on the pilot of a spin-off series What's Stevie Thinking? about Miranda's younger sister, but this did not air in 2005 as originally expected and was scrapped. Lalaine's acting career began when she was cast in the Broadway production of Les Misérables in the roles of Young Cosette and Eponine.

When Lalaine returned to California, she acted in several television commercials, including some for Microsoft and Burger King. She also worked in the play Brundibar.

She also played orphan "Kate" in the Wonderful World of Disney ABC-TV version of the movie Annie. She starred alongside A.J. Trauth and Spencer Breslin in the Disney Channel original film You Wish! as Abby. Lalaine portrayed "Chloe", a young Slayer-In-Training who commits suicide, on the TV-Series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

In 2004, Lalaine went to Philippines and made guest appearances on the GMA Network including the SOP Gigsters. She also promoted GMA Pinoy TV in San Francisco, California in 2004. In 2009, she appeared in the movie Royal Kill along with Eric Roberts and Pat Morita.

Filmography

Films

Series

Guest parts

• 2003: Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Chloe/The First Evil (2 Episodes)
• 2005: Disney 411 as Lalaine (1 Episode)

Music career

In 2003, Lalaine released her independent album, Inside Story. Lalaine wrote six songs on the album, including "Life Is Good", "Can't Stop", and "Save Myself". She worked with Radio Disney, performing her songs in Southern California, and went to Hawaii with Disney's Imagineers.

She signed a record deal with Warner Bros. Records and performed on the last episode of All That. In 2004, she released a single, "I'm Not Your Girl" and remade the song "Cruella DeVil" for the album DisneyMania 3.

Songs from her unreleased album Haunted are publicly available—"I'm Not Your Girl" and "Did You Hear About Us?" were included on a physical single, and "Real Life", "No More", "Doing Just Fine",and "More Than Words Can Say" leaked onto the internet by a member of her message board.

As of April 2010, she has joined a band Vanity Theft in which she plays bass guitar.

Discography

Albums

EP's

MySpace Music

Unreleased / Leaked Music

Singles

Awards and nominations

References

1. ^ "Lalaine Biography (1987-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2010-10-03. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
2. "IMDB Details". IMDB. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
3. "Biography". Official Lalaine Website. Archived from the original on 2007-05-03. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
4. "Superstar Lalaine is VO5's new Spokesmodel". Archived from the original on 2007-12-02. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
5. "Fil-Am star helps change the world". Asian Journal. 2004-08-27. Archived from the original on 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
6. "Easy A production credits". NYTimes.com. 2010-10-11. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
7. Welcome Lalaine!! - Vanitytheft.com - 30 April 2010

External links

• Lalaine at IMDb
• Template:Myspace
• Lalaine's band Vanity Theft official website

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• 1987 births
• Actors from California
• American child actors
• American child singers
• American female singers
• American film actors
• American musicians of Filipino descent
• American people of Filipino descent
• American people of Spanish descent
• American pop singers
• American rock bass guitarists
• American singer-songwriters
• American television actors
• Living people
• Musicians from California
• People from the San Fernando Valley