Early life

Raisa was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her parents are Renan Almendarez Coello and Virginia Almendarez. She is of Honduran and Mexican descent and has two younger sisters, Italia and Irlanda. A few years after Raisa was born, her father started using his new Latin radio personality, "El Cucuy". She attended Bishop Alemany High School where she was a cheerleader.

Career

Raisa began to take acting jobs in her junior year of high school, modeling for print ads and appearing in commercials. She guest-starred in the sitcoms American Family: Journey of Dreams and Over There. Just a month into her senior year, she booked one of her first lead roles, starring opposite Hayden Panettiere in Bring It On: All or Nothing. She co-starred in the Nickelodeon movie Shredderman Rules, where she portrayed Isabel, and in The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream and The Cutting Edge: Fire and Ice as Alejandra Delgado. She played the role of Adrian Lee in the hit ABC Family drama, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, from its beginning in July 2008, until the series finale in early June 2013.

Raisa appeared in Lil' Romeo's music video "My Girlfriend" as Tamy in 2004 and in Iyaz's music video "So Big".

In 2009, Raisa guest-starred on the USA network's TV series In Plain Sight and co-starred in a short film directed by David Henrie called Boo, which aired on YouTube.

Raisa appeared in a music video for pop duo Savvy & Mandy and guest starred in the second season of Degrassi: The Next Generation.

In 2013, Raisa starred in the Christmas-themed movie Christmas Bounty alongside Mike "The Miz" Mizanin.

Raisa officially launched a Kickstarter project on October 8, 2015. Her product, Ellobella, is a wrinkle resistant dress folded into a custom made pouch small enough to fit in your purse. The estimated delivery date for her Kickstarter supporters is December 2015.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Bring It On: All or Nothing	Leti	Direct-to-video
2008	ASD. Alma sin dueño	Unknown role
2009	Fired Up!	Marly	Cameo
2010	Bulletface	Maria
2013	Chastity Bites	Katharine Garcia
2013	Strain	Lead Bully	Anti-bullying Silent Short Film
2015	Beyond Paradise	Shahrzad	Completed

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	American Family: Journey of Dreams	Karina
2005	Over There	Sawa	Episode: "The Prisoner" (season 1: episode 3)
2007	Shredderman Rules	Isabel	TV film
2008-13	The Secret Life of the American Teenager	Adrian Lee	Main role, 121 episodes
2008	The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream	Alejandra 'Alex' Delgado	TV film
2009	In Plain Sight	Olivia Morales	Episode: "Jailbait" (season 2: episode 11)
2010	The Cutting Edge: Fire and Ice	Alejandra 'Alex' Delgado	TV film
2012	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Erin Vickler	Episode: "Trends with Benefits" (season 12: episode 17)
2013	The Mindy Project	Katie	Episode: "Frat Party" (season 1: episode 23)
2013	WWE Raw	Herself
2013	Christmas Bounty	Tory	TV film
2013	A Snowglobe Christmas	Penny	TV film
2015	UnREAL	Inez	Unaired pilot
2016	The Wrong Car	Gretchen	TV film

Music Videos

Year	Video	Artist
2015	Gibberish (feat. Hoodie Allen)	MAX

Awards

Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category	Nominated Work
2011	Nominated	ALMA Awards	Favorite TV Actress: Leading Role in a Drama	The Secret Life of the American Teenager
	Won	Gracie Allen Awards	Outstanding Female Rising Star in a Drama Series or Special
2012	Nominated	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Scene Stealer: Female
	Nominated	Imagen Awards	Best Young Actress in a Television Series

[ Source: Wikipedia ]