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name: "Selenis Leyva"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/selenis-leyva"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 May 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T22:38:36.057479+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Selenis Leyva

Actor. Born 26 May 1972 in Baracoa, Cuba.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 May 1972, Baracoa, Cuba
- **Active:** 2013–present

## Biography

Selenis Leyva is an American actress. Born on 26 May 1972 in Baracoa, Cuba, she was raised in the Bronx and is of Cuban and Dominican descent. She began her career in Off-Broadway productions, making her professional debut in the 1995 Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre production of *Simpson Street*.

Leyva had supporting roles on television before her breakthrough as Gloria Mendoza in the Netflix series *Orange Is the New Black* (2013–19). She later starred in the Disney+ series *Diary of a Future President* (2020–21) and the NBC sitcom *Lopez vs Lopez* (2022–25). Her film credits include *Spider-Man: Homecoming* (2017) and *Creed III* (2023), in which she played Laura Chavez.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Creed III* (2023), Fi1m 72, as Laura Chavez — [page](https://film.one/film/creed-iii.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Orange Is the New Black* (2013), Actor

## Also known for

- *Spider-Man: Homecoming* (2017), Ms. Warren
- *Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs* (2009), Additional Voice (voice)
- *Ice Age: Continental Drift* (2012), Additional Voices (voice)
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Lorinda Gutierrez, Samantha Morgan
- *Epic* (2013), Additional Voices (voice)
- *Person of Interest* (2011), Hosking
- *Elementary* (2012), Sara Castillo
- *Sex and the City 2* (2010), Teacher

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