Early life

Henao was born in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia, to Colombian parents. She and her family emigrated to New Jersey. After high school she served three years with the U.S. Army. Henao enrolled at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts to study acting.

Career

Henao appeared in the two small films, and in 2007 made her television debut in an episode of Lifetime drama series, Army Wives. In same year she also guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Also in 2007, Henao had supporting roles in films Illegal Tender and Feel the Noise. In 2008 she starred in the horror film Grizzly Park, and appeared opposite Charles S. Dutton in a Lifetime Original Movie Racing for Time.

In 2009, Henao had the female lead role in the sports film Fighting alongside Channing Tatum, and also appeared in the science fiction film S. Darko. In 2011 she starred in the independent psychological-thriller film, Boy Wonder. Henao also has appeared in Takers (2010) and Hostel: Part III (2011).

In 2013, Henao began starring as regular on the Oprah Winfrey Network sitcom, Love Thy Neighbor. She left from show after single season. Henao starred opposite Nia Long, Wendi McLendon-Covey, and Amy Smart in the 2014 film The Single Moms Club, directed by Tyler Perry. She later was cast in same role of television adaptation of film, called If Loving You Is Wrong. Also in 2014, Henao was cast as adult film legend Vanessa del Rio, in an untitled biopic directed by Thomas Mignone.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Film 101	Unknown Role
2005	Clearview	Gloria Rojas
2007	Illegal Tender	Mora
2007	Feel the Noise	Carol "CC" Reyes
2007	Saturday Morning	Unknown Role
2008	The Heart Is a Hidden Camera	Natasha	Short film
2008	Grizzly Park	Lola
2008	Racing for Time	Carmen	Television film
2009	Fighting	Zulay Velez
2009	S. Darko	Baelyn	Direct-to-video
2009	The Magnificent Cooly-T	Angie
2010	Takers	Monica Hatcher
2011	Boy Wonder	Teresa Ames
2011	Havana Heat	Agent Brianna Evans
2011	Hostel: Part III	Nikki
2014	White Space	Lynn Navarro
2014	The Single Moms Club	Esperanza
2015	Destined	Giselle Porter
2015	Grow House	Madison
2015	Meet the Blacks	Lorena
2015	The Vanessa del Rio Story	Vanessa del Rio
2016	The True Memoirs of an International Assassin		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Army Wives	Delores Marino	Episode: "Only the Lonely"
2007	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Forensics Tech Casanueva	Episode: "Svengali"
2008	Fear Itself	Christie	Episode: "New Year's Day"
2009	The Unusuals	Rosa Trumble	Episode: "Crime Slut"
2013	Love Thy Neighbor	Marianna Perez	Series regular, 26 episodes
2014-present	If Loving You Is Wrong	Esperanza	Series regular

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