PAZ, Jennifer

PERSONAL

Full name, Jennifer C. Paz; born in Manila, Philippines; daughter of Tony Paz and Auring Cube. Education: Attended University of Washington, Seattle; studied at Northwest Actors Studio, Seattle; also studied violin and vocal music.

Career: Actress. Performer with the stage group Sining KilUSAn (Art Movement); dancer with Folklorico Filipino Dance Troupe, Seattle, WA. Appeared in commercials for Coca–Cola soft drinks, 1996, and Disneyland theme park, 1998.

Member: Actors' Equity Association.

Awards, Honors: Received Carbonnell Award and Helen Hayes Award nomination, Washington Theatre Awards Society.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Isabel, Across Oceans of Dreams, Sining KilUSAn, 1993.

Kim, Miss Saigon (musical), Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre and Doolittle Theatre, Los Angeles, 1994–1995.

Mei–Li, Flower Drum Song (musical; workshop production), Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 2002.

Appeared as a woman worker in Les Miserables (musical), Imperial Theatre, New York City; also appeared in productions of Ballad of Yachiyo, Los Angeles Theatre Works, Los Angeles; Cabaret (musical), East– West Players; and The Fantasticks (musical), Singapore Repertory Company.

Major Tours:

Member of chorus and understudy for Kim, Miss Saigon (musical), Canadian cities, 1992–1993.

Kim, Miss Saigon (musical), U.S. cities, 1993–1994.

Film Appearances:

Helen Chu, Santa with Muscles, Legacy Releasing, 1996.

Girl, Can't Hardly Wait, Columbia, 1998.

First barn girl, Girl, Kushner–Locke, 1998.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Toni Green, "Mission Improbable," High Tide, syndicated, 1996.

Voices of beach bunny and singer, "Beach Beaver–A– Go–Go," Angry Beavers (animated), Nickelodeon, 1998.

Am–Nhac Nguyen, "Made in the U.S.A.," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1999.

Voice of Tracy, "Sleep on It," As Told by Ginger, Nickelodeon, 2000.

Voice of Tracy, "Of Lice and Friends," As Told by Ginger, Nickelodeon, 2000.