Edy Ganem

Ganem was born in Modesto, California and raised in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico[https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/edy-ganem/bio/375423 Edy Ganem], TV Guide. along with her two younger brothers.{{cite web|title=Profile |work=movients.com |url=https://movients.com/people/49980-Edy%20Ganem.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713125228/https://movients.com/people/49980-Edy%20Ganem.html |archive-date=July 13, 2015 |df=mdy }} Her parents are both of Mexican and Lebanese descent, Ghanem being Arabic (غانم) for "victorious".{{cite tweet |last=Ganem |first=Edy |author-link=Edy Ganem |user=EdyGanem |number=465686588404428800 |date=May 11, 2014 |title=Both my parents have Lebanese descent but I don't speak Arabic. I want to! "@Jehan_Jay4: @EdyGanem @kunaljshah87 your really half Arab??" |language=en |access-date=June 14, 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://aftertheweddingmiami.com/castandcrew|title=Cast & Crew|access-date=June 28, 2013|publisher=AfterTheWeddingMiami.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815183454/http://aftertheweddingmiami.com/castandcrew|archive-date=August 15, 2013|df=mdy-all}} She is a graduate of the University of San Diego. In 2008, she had various small roles in three episodes of HBO's comedy-drama series Entourage. Ganem had guest roles on several television shows, including It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Cleveland Show and Rob.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Devious-Maids-Lifetime-Marc-Cherry-1067019.aspx|title=Meet the Domestic Divas of Lifetime's Devious Maids|access-date=June 28, 2013|date=June 21, 2013|work=TV Guide|author=Keck, William}}

On Lifetime's Devious Maids, Ganem played Valentina Diaz, the positive, open-minded nineteen-year-old daughter and co-worker of Zoila Diaz (Judy Reyes) and love interest of Genevieve Delatour's (Susan Lucci's) son, Remi Delatour (Drew Van Acker).{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/05/21/nine-new-shows-ordered-from-abc-studios-for-the-2013-14-season/183635/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609233257/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/05/21/nine-new-shows-ordered-from-abc-studios-for-the-2013-14-season/183635/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 9, 2013|title=Nine New Shows Ordered from ABC Studios for the 2013-14 Season|access-date=June 14, 2013|date=May 21, 2013|publisher=TVbytheNumbers.com|author=Bibel, Sara}} The Diazes both serve as maids to Delatours and the romance between Valentina and Remi is something that Zoila discourages.{{cite web|url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/tv/article/Devious-Maids-review-Help-is-on-the-way-4603994.php|title='Devious Maids' review: Help is on the way|access-date=July 15, 2013|date=June 17, 2013|work=San Francisco Chronicle|author=Wiegand, David}}

On September 24, 2015, Ganem announced via Instagram that she was pregnant.{{cite web|url=https://instagram.com/p/8BeNPLI6An/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/edyganem/1081278236587171879 |archive-date=December 25, 2021 |url-access=registration|title=So this is what's going on!!|access-date=October 1, 2015|date=September 24, 2015|publisher=Instagram|author=Ganem, Edy}}{{cbignore}}

An Instagram photo posted in February 2016 revealed that she gave birth to a son.{{cite web|url=http://varietylatino.com/2016/gente/noticias/edy-ganem-devious-maids-hijo-220498/|title=Edy Ganem, del elenco de 'Devious Maids', le da la bienvenida a su bebé|access-date=February 26, 2016|date=February 24, 2016|work=Variety Latino|author=Figueroa, Karla|language=Spanish}} On September 24, 2017, Ganem announced via Instagram that she was expecting her second child.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BZbPm9rFN9g/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/edyganem/1610949939973906272 |archive-date=December 25, 2021 |url-access=registration|title=@edyganem status update|access-date=October 10, 2017|date=September 24, 2017|publisher=Instagram|author=Ganem, Edy}}{{cbignore}} An Instagram photo posted in February 2018 revealed that she gave birth to a daughter.{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BfgCvOglX2h/ | title=Edy Ganem on Instagram: "Just yesterday she was still in the belly. #newbaby #sheshere #babygirl #happy #mommy" }}

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