Juani Feliz

Juani Feliz (born January 3, 1989) is a Dominican-American actress. She is best known for her roles as Isabela Benitez-Santiago in the Amazon series Harlem, Carmen in the HBO Max series DMZ, and Alejandra Lopez in FX's Fleishman Is In Trouble. She stars as Roxie Alba in Ryan Murphy's ABC drama 9-1-1 Nashville. Despite a promising career in bioengineering, Feliz made her return to acting in 2016.

Career Upon her return to acting, Feliz made her big-screen debut in The Purge: Election Year and went on to appear in several television series, including Power, Shades of Blue, One Dollar, Blue Bloods, The Good Doctor.

In 2021, she played Isabela Benitez-Santiago in Amazon's comedy series Harlem, from Tracy Oliver and Amy Poehler.

In 2022, Feliz played Carmen in the HBO Max limited series DMZ, from Ava DuVernay and Roberto Patino. Later that year, she played Alejandra Lopez in the FX limited series Fleishman Is In Trouble, Taffy Brodesser-Akner's screen adaptation of her 2019 NYT best-selling novel.

In 2022, Feliz was included in People en Español 's list of "50 Más Bellos" ("50 Most Beautiful").

In 2023, she reprised her role as Isabela Benitez-Santiago in the second season of Harlem and guest starred in episodes of The Rookie: Feds and NCIS: Hawaiʻi .

In 2024, Feliz starred in Alex Garland's dystopian film Civil War for A24.

In early 2025, it was announced that Feliz and Titus Welliver would headline a potential spinoff of The Equalizer for CBS. The two portrayed a father-daughter duo introduced in a backdoor pilot episode of the original series. In a wave of cancellations, CBS opted to not move forward with the spinoff and cancelled the mothership series shortly after.

Feliz was later cast as a series regular in Ryan Murphy's new ABC drama 9-1-1 Nashville, where she stars as Roxie Alba, a former trauma surgeon turned firefighter paramedic.

Personal life Feliz married her wife, Claribel Jimenez-Feliz, a Disney account executive, in September 2021 in New York City. They welcomed their daughter in 2024.

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