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Maria Canals

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9/28/1966, Miami, Florida

Birth Name

Maria Pilar Canals

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Also Known As

Maria Pilars Canals-Barrera, Maria Canals-Barrera, Maria Barrera, Maria Canals, Maria Pilars Canals

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Maria Canals is a Hispanic actress, born in Miami, Florida, September 28, 1966. She received her Theatre degree from the University of Miami's drama school, and has worked extensively in theatre in both Miami and Los Angeles. She made her network television debut in the 1993 TV series…more

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Role
- Wizards of Waverly Place
  Teresa Russo
  - S 4: Ep 28 Who Will Be the Family Wizard? Part Two
    1/6/12
  - S 4: Ep 27 Who Will Be the Family Wizard? Part One
    1/6/12
  - S 4: Ep 26 Harperella
    11/18/11
  - S 4: Ep 21 Wizards of Apt. 13B (1)
    10/7/11
  - S 4: Ep 19 Alex the Puppetmaster
    9/16/11
  - + 6 More Credits
- Wizards of Waverly Place
  Theresa Russo
  - S 4: Ep 13 Meet the Werewolves
    6/17/11
  - S 4: Ep 9 Wizards Vs. Angels (3)
    2/18/11
  - S 4: Ep 8 Dancing with Angels (2)
    2/11/11
  - S 4: Ep 7 Everything's Rosie for Justin (1)
    2/4/11
  - S 4: Ep 6 Daddy's Little Girl
    1/21/11
  - + 76 More Credits
- Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
  Connie Torres
  2010
- Camp Rock
  Connie Torres
  2008
  - S 1: Ep 1
    6/20/08
- Danny Phantom
  Paulina
  - S 3: Ep 10 Claw of the Wild
    8/23/07
  - S 3: Ep 5 Forever Phantom
    7/12/07
  - S 3: Ep 6 Urban Jungle
    10/9/06
  - S 2: Ep 17 Reality Trip
    6/9/06
  - S 2: Ep 16 Double Cross My Heart
    5/5/06
  - + 21 More Credits
- Justice League Unlimited
  Hawkgirl/Shayera Hol
  - S 5: Ep 13 Destroyer (2)
    5/13/06
  - S 5: Ep 11 Ancient History
    4/29/06
  - S 5: Ep 9 Grudge Match
    3/11/06
  - S 5: Ep 2 Shadow of the Hawk
    9/17/05
  - S 5: Ep 1 I Am Legion
    9/17/05
  - + 48 More Credits
- The Proud Family
  Sunset Boulevardez
  - S 3: Ep 12 The Proud Family Movie (TV Movie)
    8/19/05
  - S 3: Ep 10 Who you Callin' a Sissy?
    8/12/05
  - S 3: Ep 9 She Drives Me Crazy
    8/5/05
  - S 3: Ep 8 Twins To Tweens
    4/24/04
  - S 3: Ep 7 Suga Mama's Believers
    2/16/04
  - + 31 More Credits
- Beggars and Choosers
  Yolanda
  - S 2: Ep 20 The Long Goodbye
    2/6/01
  - S 2: Ep 19 From Russia with Love
    1/30/01
  - S 2: Ep 18 We'll Always Have Burbank
    1/23/01
  - S 2: Ep 17 Golf War Syndrome
    1/16/01
  - S 2: Ep 16 Hitting the Bottle
    1/9/01
  - + 33 More Credits
- The Tony Danza Show (1997)
  Carmen Cruz
  - S 1: Ep 5 Marriage Made in Miami
    12/10/97
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Milk Run
    12/3/97
  - S 1: Ep 3 With Your Guest Host Tony DiMeo...
    10/15/97
  - S 1: Ep 2 Wired
    10/8/97
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    9/24/97
  - + 11 More Credits
- Key West
  Fig
  - S 1: Ep 13 Heavy Metal, Heavy Hearts
    6/29/93
  - S 1: Ep 12 The System
    6/22/93
  - S 1: Ep 11 Compadres
    6/8/93
  - S 1: Ep 10 We the People
    6/1/93
  - S 1: Ep 9 Crossroads
    3/16/93
  - + 8 More Credits
Recurring Role (4)

Role
- Static Shock
  Shelly Sandoval
  - S 3: Ep 15 Blast from the Past
    6/21/03
  - S 3: Ep 14 Flashback
    6/7/03
  - S 3: Ep 11 Trouble Squared
    4/26/03
  - S 3: Ep 9 Consequences
    4/5/03
  - S 3: Ep 5 The Usual Suspect
    2/22/03
  - + 8 More Credits
- The Proud Family
  Sunset
  - S 2: Ep 5 Behind Family Lines
    12/13/02
- American Family
  Christy
  - S 1: Ep 22 La Casa (The House)
    9/11/02
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Glass Ceiling
    7/24/02
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Korean War - The Forgotten War
    5/8/02
  - S 1: Ep 9 Mexican Revolution
    5/1/02
  - S 1: Ep 3 La Estrella (The Star)
    1/30/02
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Proud Family
  Sunset Boulevardez
  - S 1: Ep 1 Bring It On
    9/15/01
Guest Star (28)

Role
- Pound Puppies
  Dr. Trudy
  - S 2: Ep 13 Pound Preemies
    12/1/12
- Generator Rex
  Valentina
  - S 2: Ep 8 Outpost
    4/1/11
- The Loop
  Agent Denise
  - S 2: Ep 3 Yeah, Presents
    6/17/07
- Danny Phantom
  Stuffed Animal #2
  - S 2: Ep 17 Reality Trip
    6/9/06
- Robotboy
  Brittney Spears
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Boy Who Cried Kamikazi / Christmas Evil
    3/11/06
- George Lopez
  Claudia
  - S 5: Ep 15 A Funeral Brings George to His Niece
    2/15/06
- The Boondocks
  Spanish reporter
  - S 1: Ep 4 Granddad's Fight
    11/27/05
- Danny Phantom
  Hot Girl/Walla
  - S 2: Ep 2 Doctor's Disorders
    7/15/05
- Danny Phantom
  Sayonara Pussycat
  - S 1: Ep 6 What You Want
    4/30/04
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
  Hygienist
  - S 4: Ep 4 The Weatherman
    1/25/04
- Miss Match
  Store Manager
  - S 1: Ep 10 Santa, Baby
    12/12/03
- What's New Scooby-Doo?
  Sofia Otero, Old Woman #2
  - S 2: Ep 18 Scooby Doo and the Monster of Mexico
    9/30/03
- Static Shock
  Hawkgirl
  - S 3: Ep 7 A League of Their Own (2)
    3/8/03
  - S 3: Ep 6 A League of Their Own (1)
    3/1/03
- Clifford the Big Red Dog
  Tonya
  - S 2: Ep 3 Fan Mail / Hooray for Cleo
    5/22/02
- Justice League Unlimited
  Alien Old Woman (uncredited)
  - S 1: Ep 11 War World (2)
    3/3/02
  - S 1: Ep 10 War World (1)
    2/24/02
- Clifford the Big Red Dog
  Teresa
  - S 1: Ep 40 Blanket Blues / Dino Clifford
    12/5/01
- The Proud Family
  Sunset Boulevardez
  - S 1: Ep 8 Forbidden Date
    11/2/01
- The Proud Family
  Sunset
- The Proud Family
  <font color=purple>Sunset
- The Brothers Garcia
  Ms. Azteca
  - S 2: Ep 1 Love is Very...Confusing
    4/21/01
  - S 1: Ep 2 Love Me Tender
    7/30/00
- Popular
  Candybox
  - S 2: Ep 11 Fire in the Hole
    1/19/01
- That's Life
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 5 Bad Hair Week
    10/28/00
- Veronica's Closet
  Dani
  - S 2: Ep 2 Veronica's a Partner Now
    10/1/98
- Caroline in the City
  Maria
  - S 3: Ep 17 Caroline and the Toothbrush
    2/2/98
- Goode Behavior
  Denise
  - S 1: Ep 6 Goode Feelings
    9/30/96
- Almost Perfect
  Carmen
  - S 1: Ep 6 You Like Me, You Really Like Me
    10/22/95
- Murder, She Wrote
  Carmen
  - S 10: Ep 21 Wheel of Death
    5/22/94
- Viper
  Carla
  - S 1: Ep 8 Wheels of Fire
    2/25/94

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- She provided the voice of the Brazillian super-heroine Fire on Justice League Unlimited for her Hispanic accent.
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- She says that Selena Gomez (who plays her daughter on Wizard's of Waverly Place) and Demi Lovato (who plays her daughter on Camp Rock) jokingly bicker of her saying things like: "She's my mom!" "No she's my mom!".
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- Maria was nominated for an ALMA award for Oustanding Actress in a Comedy Series for The Tony Danza Show in 1998.
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- Maria is 5'6" (1.68 m) tall.
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- Maria Canals won the "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Series
  for": "The Brothers Garcia" in 2000.
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- Maria Canals was chosen for the Hawkgirl character on Justice League because she has a Hispanic accent.
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- Maria is married to actor David Barrera.
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- Maria Canals: (about Justice League) The stories are very much for everyone. You can be a 12- or 13-year-old kid or you can be an adult and still thoroughly enjoy these stories. They tell interesting stories that are beautifully animated. There are mysteries, there is humor, there is depth. There is romance, even. And I love the way they get the best of everything and put it together in an animated show.
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- Maria Canals: (about Hawkgirl) She is fearless, she is mysterious, which I love about her. When you see it, you'll see how beautifully they animate her when she flies. She lifts up in the air and she flies and spins and somersaults. She's very graceful, and yet the next minute she's kicking a space alien's butt. She's very tough. She has this weapon - my mace - and I have this war cry that I love when I get to do. It relieves a lot of stress when I do it.
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I think that she does not recive enough credit for her talent.

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By swim_star, Nov 08, 2009

Maria Canals is a very talented actress. She has played voice acting roles on several shows: Sunset on The Proud Family, Palena on Danny Phantom, and most noteworthy Halkgirl (my favroit Justice League character) on Justice League. She has also stared in Camp Rock and Wizards of Waverly Place (both the movie and the show). Honestly when I watch these shows it makes me mad to see how little she is credited. For one thing whenever you here about Wizards of Waverly place the names Selena, David, and Jake come to mind but never Maria. The honest truth about WOWP is that she is the best actress on the show and if the movie did not prove it to people then I don't know what to say. It is my opinion that her acting carried the movie (I mean the whole show was basicaly about her relationship with Alex) and the same goes for Camp Rock. I really love her work and hope to she her be reconized more for her talents in the future.moreless
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Maria Canals Barrera is a current regular as "Theresa Russo" on "Wizards of Waverly Place" and had a supporting role in the Disney Channel Movie "Camp Rock."

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By budde22, Jul 16, 2008

What to say, what to say? First ill start with that Barrera has done a fantastic job on Wizards, and even though not having a particularly huge role within the show, and having to deal with special effects, which has proved difficult for a variety of actors and actresses, Barrera has proved that she knows what she is doing. She has handed out fantastic performance after fantastic performance. Now i will move to Camp Rock. Camp Rock was a bad movie. But the songs and outstanding vocals made it a mediocre movie, but the amazing performance, and i mean, amazing performance by Barrera pushed the movie up to being fair. She was supporting and i really dont think that she got credit for her fantastic portrayal. Congrats!moreless
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