Biography
Kamala Lopez is an American actress, filmmaker and activist. Born on 15 April 1964 in New York City, she was raised partly in Caracas, Venezuela, and trained at the Herbert Berghof Studio before attending Yale University, where she studied theatre and philosophy.
Her film credits include Born in East L.A. (1987), Deep Cover (1992) as Belinda Chacon, Clear and Present Danger (1994) and I ♥ Huckabees (2004). Television appearances encompass 24 (2001), Star Trek: Voyager (1995), The Mentalist (2008) and This Is Us (2016). She has also directed and produced features such as A Single Woman (2008) and the documentary Equal Means Equal (2016), and founded the production company Heroica Films.
