Patricia de Leon

Patricia Michelle de León (, born in Panama City, Panama) is a Panamanian actress, TV host, model and beauty pageant title holder. She started working as a model at an early age. After being crowned Miss Panama, she hosted La Corte de Familia and La Corte del Pueblo on Telemundo. She was also featured on Juez Franco on TV Azteca, and the Billboard Latino. From her work on Univision, de Leon obtained roles on American TV, including Lincoln Heights, Cold Case, and Crossing Jordan. Her movie role include The Pool Boys (where she plays the Latina Julia).

Early life and education De Leon was a contestant in Miss Panama (now Señorita Panamá), she finished in third place and was crowned Miss Hispanidad 1995 at 19 years of age. Her debut on TV was doing the weather for a local station in Panama TVN-Channel 2, followed by featuring as an anchor and a reporter for a news program on the same network. She also created, produced and hosted a tourism show for RPC TV/MEDCOM.

She became an actress in Hollywood by accepting the role of "La Llorona del Río". She has been able to pursue both the Hispanic and American market. She has been featured on shows like Cold Case, Crossing Jordan, Lincoln Heights for ABC Family, La Corte del Pueblo for Telemundo, Perro Amor for the same network, and The Chicago Code for Fox Network, and in films like "How the Garcia Girls spent their summer", "All in", "Love Orchard" and "Pool Boys".

In February 2009, she became the first female winner of the Scripps Howard Super Sage Award thanks to her Super Bowl XLIII prediction of Pittsburgh beating Arizona, 27-24. The final score was actually 27-23. Her prediction was the closest out of more than 100 celebrities who participated in Scripps Howard's Celebrity Super Bowl Poll.

Activism Patricia de Leon is the spokesperson for "One Love Foundation", which defends the rights and fights against the discrimination of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Community. De Leon is a vegetarian and supports animal rights, she has campaigned against bullfighting.

Filmography

La llorona del río (short) (2001) as Esperanza A Design for a Life (short) (2001) as The Wife La Corte de Familia (TV series) (2001) as Interviewer The Master of Disguise (2002) as Waitress La Corte del Pueblo (TV series) (2003) as Interviewer All of Us (2004, episode: "Wedding Dance") as an Actress How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer (2005) as soap opera actress Drowned Lives (2006) as Policewoman All In (2006) as Maria Cloud 9 (2006) as Corazon Cold Case (2006, episode: "Baby Blues") as Marta Chavez Ghost Whisperer (2006, episode: "Drowned Lives") as Policewoman Perro amor (23 episodes) as Jennifer Lopez Crossing Jordan (2007, episode: "Isolation") as Magda Garcia Blue Lake Massacre (2007) Lincoln Heights (2007–2009, 4 episodes) as Sofia/Sophia Muñoz Juez Franco (TV series) (2008) as Interviewer Mr. Sadman (2009) as Maria Men of a Certain Age (2009–2011, 6 episodes) as Fantasy woman The Pool Boys (2011) as Julia The Chicago Code (2011, episode: "Black Hand and the Shotgun Man") as Beatrice Romero Fighting for Freedom (2013) as Maria Confessions of a Womanizer (2014) as Patricia A Christmas Reunion (2015) as Janette Crowder NCIS (2015, episode: "The Artful Dodger") as Gloria Hernandez Notorious (2016, episode "Kept and Broken") as Silvia Baez Rica, Famosa, Latina (2017, 4 episodes) as herself Scorpion (2017) as Lucinda A.X.L. (2018) as Joanna Reyes Causa Justa (2019) The Terminal List (2022) as Paola Centurion: The Dancing Stallion (2023) as Isabella Hall