Lalaine Vergara-Paras, also known as Lalaine, (born
3 June 1987 in Burbank, California) is a young American
actress. Born to Filipino parents originally from Batangas
and Pampanga, she grew up and currently lives in Los
Angeles, California.Proud of being both Filipino-American
and Hispanic, she is of Spanish-mestizo descent. "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."
According to a message board on her official website,
Lalaine is also of "a little Chinese" ancestry.
Career
Lalaine is normally credited by her first name only.
She is commonly known for playing "Miranda Isabella
Sanchez" on Disney Channel's highly-rated show,
Lizzie McGuire, alongside Hilary Duff.
Lalaine's road to stardom began when she was she was
hanging out with Nikki Alberto and she found a job at
the Broadway production of Les Miserables. In it, she
played Cosette.
When Lalaine returned to California,
she acted in several television commercials, including
some of those for Microsoft and Burger King. She also
participated in a theater play in her home state,
called Brundibar.
Lalaine's voice has been used for
many movies, including Inspector Gadget and Lolita.
She also played orphan "Kate" in the Disney
Channel version of the movie Annie. She starred alongside
AJ Trauth in the Disney Channel original movie You
Wish as "Abby." Lalaine also portrayed "Chloe,"
a young Slayer-In-Training who commits suicide, on
the hit TV-Series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.In addition
to her acting career, Lalaine is involved in many
charity events, such as the AIDS benefit concert and
*NSYNC's challenge for the youth.
In 2003, Lalaine released her independent
album, "Lalaine: Inside Story". Lalaine
wrote six songs on the album herself, including "Life
is good","Can't Stop", and "Save
Myself". She has been working with Radio Disney,
performing her songs all over Southern California,
and went to Hawaii with Disney's Imagineers. For six
months Lalaine's song "You Wish", written
for the movie of the same name, was in the Top 30
Radio Disney songs. She has signed a records deal
with Reprise records. Her new single is "I'm
Not Your Girl." The video can be watched at either
AOL Music or Yahoo! Launch.
In 2004, Lalaine went to Philippines
and made guestings in the GMA Network including the
SOP Gigsters and she was linked to Filipino celebrity
Richard Gutierrez of Mulawin. She also promoted GMA
Pinoy TV in San Francisco, California in 2005.
Discography
DisneyRemixMania - Cruella De Vil 27 September 2005
I'm Not Your Girl 2 August 2005
I'm Not Your Girl (Pre-Release) 16 March 2005
DisneyMania 3 - Cruella De Vil 15 February 2005
Haunted 2004
Pixel Perfect soundtrack - If You Wanna Rock 13 January
2004
Lalaine: Inside Story 8 July 2003
Lalaine: Inside Story (Pre-Release) June 2003
You Wish! 2003
Filmography
Princess (2005)
Her Best Move (2005)
SOP Gigsters (2005 in television in GMA Network{Philippines})
Flipside (2004) (TV)
Promised Land (2004/I)
You Wish! (2003) (TV)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (episode: "Get It Done"
# 7.15) - 18 February 2003) (TV)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (episode: "Showtime"
# 7.11) - 7 January 2003) (TV)
Lizzie McGuire (2001-2003) (TV)
Annie (1999) (TV)
Border Line (1999/I) (TV)
