Early life and education

Klaveno grew up with three siblings on a family-owned-and-operated farm in Endicott, Washington. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Washington in Seattle with a B.A. in Theater, studying there with Jon Jory.

Career

Klaveno was cast in HBO's True Blood in the role of Lorena, the vampire "maker" of the main character Bill Compton. She first appeared in the fifth episode of season one and became a regular with starring credits in the second half of season two. Klaveno was nominated with the starring cast for the "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series" at the 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards in January 2010. She and her costar Stephen Moyer were awarded the "Holy Shit Scene of the Year" award at the Spike 2010 Scream Awards for their scene in season three where Bill turns Lorena's head around 180 degrees while having sex.

Klaveno starred in the Lifetime movie While the Children Sleep in the role of Abby Reed, opposite Gail O'Grady. She guest starred in the television series Standoff, ER, and two episodes of the sixth season of Dexter.

In 2012, Klaveno was cast in the series regular role of Peri Westmore in the Lifetime comedy-drama series Devious Maids. When ABC originally passed on the pilot for Devious Maids, Klaveno was cast as Lily Munster in Mockingbird Lane (NBC's 2012 remake of The Munsters). However, she was not granted release from her contract on Devious Maids as it was still in contention for series order on Lifetime. Klaveno was then replaced by Portia de Rossi. Devious Maids was later ordered to series by Lifetime and premiered on June 23, 2013. Klaveno was a regular cast member for the first season and made guest appearances in the second season. In 2014 she was cast as detective Janice Lawrence in the CBS crime drama series, Stalker, alongside Maggie Q and Dylan McDermott.

Personal life

In February 2012, Klaveno married longtime boyfriend, Luis A. Patiño, a graduate of UCLA School of Law.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Gamebox 1.0	Michelle	Direct-to-video; as Mariana Kleweno
2006	The Lifestyle	Trixie	Short film
2007	First Period	Ms. Hendricks	Short film
2008	Sidewalk Situations	Rose	Short film
2013	No God, No Master	Loise Berger
2014	The All-Nighters	Grace	Short film
2015	West of Redemption	Becky
2016	478	Eve Sanders	Filming

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Good Girls Don't	Mercedes	Episode: "The Big O"
2005	Alias	Young Woman	Episode: "A Clear Conscience"
2006	Laws of Chance	Allison Mayner	Episode: "Original"
2006	In Justice	Carolyn Hunter	Episode: "Golden Boy"
2006	Though None Go with Me	Carrie	TV movie (Hallmark Channel)
2006	Standoff	Kari Nichols	Episode: "Partners in Crime"
2007	While the Children Sleep	Abigail Reed	TV movie (Lifetime) aka "The Sitter"
2007	Final Approach	FBI Agent Harris	TV movie (Hallmark Channel)
2007	K-Ville	Kelly Vert	Episode: "Cobb's Webb"
2008	ER	Rebecca	Episode: "Under Pressure"
2008-10, 2012	True Blood	Lorena Krasiki	Series regular: 13 episodes Satellite Award for Best Cast - Television Series Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2011	Hawaii Five-0	Julie Adelman	Episode: "E Malama"
2011	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior	Veronica Day	Episode: "The Time is Now"
2011	Dexter	Carissa Porter	Episodes: "The Angel of Death", "Just Let Go"
2011	Innocent	Anna Vostick	TV movie (TNT)
2013-present	Devious Maids	Peri Westmore	Series regular (season 1); guest star (season 2 & 3): 13 episodes
2014-15	Stalker	Detective Janice Lawrence	Series regular: 20 episodes

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