Alana De La Garza's beauty has left an impression even on tiny screens. De La Garza born 1976 to her Irish mother as well as an Irish mother and a Mexican father, in Columbus Ohio. It wasn't long before she relocated to Texas. There, she started a new career in the field of physical therapy. De La Garza didn't stay for long in Texas before relocating to Florida, Orlando. In Orlando, she played a range of roles in local independent films as well as international commercials. Even though she had small roles, she soon realized that she was drawn to acting. After 2001, she relocated from the Midwest to New York where her first role was on All My Children's daytime soap as Rosa Santos. She had minor roles on JAG: Las Vegas as well as Two and a Half Men at the beginning of 2000. Her first major series appearance was in the 2004 short-lived drama The Mountain. De La Garza starred as Maria Serrano alongside top TV celebrities like Barbara Hershey Oliver Hudson Penn Badgley, M