Lalaine

Lalaine Ann Vergara-Paras (born June 3, 1987),^[1][2] also known as Lalaine, is an American actress, singer and spokesperson.^[3]

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

Born in Burbank, California to Filipino parents originally from Batangas and 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".^[4]

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

Lalaine was arrested in July 2007 and charged with felony possession of methamphetamine. She has pled guilty to the crystal meth charge, but her record will be expunged when she completes a drug-treatment program.^[5]

Acting career

Lalaine has recently finished acting as the lead in the new movie Royal Kill, also starring Academy Award nominees Eric Roberts and Pat Morita.

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 AJ Trauth in the Disney Channel movie You Wish! as "Abby." Lalaine portrayed "Chloe", a young Slayer-In-Training who commits suicide, on the TV-Series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. When the First Evil assumes her form, Lalaine plays the malevolent force.

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 2005.

In 2010 Lalaine will have a small role in the film Easy A along side Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Alyson Michalka, & Lisa Kudrow.

Filmography

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 2005, 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.

Discography

Albums

EP's

MySpace Music

Unreleased / Leaked Music

Singles

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Lalaine at the Internet Movie Database
• Lalaine at MySpace