Personal life

Born to a Colombian mother and Native American father, DeLaRosa began studying theater at the age of five. After graduating from the Performing Arts School at Hollywood High, she studied film at UCLA while continuing to flourish under legendary acting coach Jeff Corey. Yvonne dedicates her time to environmental causes and animal rights activism. She currently lives in Malibu with her husband, award winning film maker Sam Boyer, and their entourage of rescued animals.

Career

DeLaRosa first came to attention after comedy director Betty Thomas discovered her and cast her as the series lead in the 2003 FOX series, Senor White. DeLaRosa then appeared in hit TV shows such as NYPD Blue, Judging Amy, The King of Queens, The Closer, Weeds, Eli Stone and How I Met Your Mother. DeLaRosa appears in the 2010 film, Oscar Night. She accepted the Imagen Award in 2009 for the play 8 Ways to Say I Love My Life & Mean It. Most recently, Yvonne is the lead actress opposite Latin Icon Esai Morales in the Imagen nominated series Los Americans. The series, written by Dennis Leoni and produced by Robert Townsend, is the story of a modern, affluent, suburban Mexican-American family living in the United States.

Cannabis Entrepreneurship

Along with her husband Boyer, DeLaRosa started the 99 High Art Collective, a combination visionary art gallery and medical cannabis dispensary in Venice, CA's Abbot Kinney district. It garnered a LA Weekly Best of 2010 designation and press in Rolling Stone and High Times before closing in 2011. They later reopened in 2015 as 99 High Tide Collective on 27755 Pacitic Coast Highway in Malibu on 420, landing Tommy Chong as the first official patient.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Strong Medicine	Emily Encerrado
	Navy: NCIS	Exchange Clerk	The Immortals
2005	Judging Amy	Secretary Nancy Fitzgerald
	The King of Queens	Carmen	Episode "Ice Cubed"
	The Closer	Carmen Alvarez
	Weeds	Serena
2006	Crossing Jordan	Noemi Alvarez
	Shark
	CSI: Miami	Clarisa
2008	Eli Stone	Blanca Ramirez
	How I Met Your Mother	Charna	Episode "The Bracket"
2011	Los americans	Alma Valenzuela/Alma
	Law & Order: LA	Maria Alcazar

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1998	Truly	Actress
2003	Senor White		TV Movie
2004	Helter Skelter	Katheryn "Gypsy" Share	TV Movie
	Scrambled Eggs	Sasha
2005	Junior Pilot	Maria
	Blue Sombrero	Priquita
2006	Desolation Canyon	Alejandra Kendrick	TV Movie
2007	Memoirs	Delia Reyes	TV Movie
2008	Circulation	Ana
2009	Benny Bliss and the Disciples of Greatness	Maria
2012	The Sorrow	Maria Hazzard

[ Source: Wikipedia ]