Priscilla Quintana
{{short description|American actor, model}}
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Priscilla Quintana is an American actress and model. Quintana starred in The CW science fiction series Pandora{{Cite web|url=https://www.cwtv.com/shows/pandora/shelter-from-the-storm/?play=bcf9e001-fbff-4e51-bad6-0930a07b7164|title=Pandora Video - Shelter From The Storm | Stream Free|via=www.cwtv.com}} as Jacqueline "Jax" Zhou. She appears as Ruby Gale in the Peacock comedy thriller Based on a True Story, and has the recurring role of Isabella on Freeform's Good Trouble.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/good-trouble-priscilla-quintana-recur-freeform-series-1202839778/|title='Good Trouble': Priscilla Quintana To Recur In Freeform Series|first1=Denise|last1=Petski|date=January 24, 2020}}
Early life
Quintana is from Downey, California.{{cite web |last1=Michael |first1=Roud |title=MRP Spotlight: Priscilla Quintana |url=https://michaelroud.com/mrp-spotlight-priscilla-quintana/ |website=michaelroud.com |date=September 9, 2015 |accessdate=2 October 2020}} Her mother found time to help out pregnant teen girls that had been thrown out of their homes.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.yourtango.com/2019326238/who-priscilla-quintana-new-details-star-cws-pandora-and-her-altruistic-streak|title=Meet Priscilla Quintana — New Star Of CW's 'Pandora' Who Wants To Save All The Stray Dogs|date=July 15, 2019|website=YourTango}} This, combined with her maternal grandparents' work rehabilitating female drug addicts, formed Quintana's core values of community service. She remembers a Christmas tradition of her family volunteering at soup kitchens, helping feed the homeless.
After spending her early years around the entertainment industry in Southern California, Quintana decided to study the business side of movie making. She won a scholarship to film school,{{cite web |last1=Jason |first1=Price |title=UNSTOPPABLE: PRISCILLA QUINTANA ON HER CAREER, NEW PROJECTS, AND GIVING BACK! |url=https://www.iconvsicon.com/2017/11/01/unstoppable-priscilla-quintana-on-her-career-new-projects-and-giving-back/ |website=Icon vs. Icon |date=November 2017 |accessdate=2 October 2020}} helping support herself by waitressing. It was during this period she was approached by a modeling agency,{{cite web |title=PRISCILLA QUINTANA |url=https://www.viacomcbspressexpress.com/the-cw/shows/pandora/bios?id=priscilla-quintana |website=ViacomCBS Press Express |accessdate=2 October 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011233743/https://www.viacomcbspressexpress.com/the-cw/shows/pandora/bios?id=priscilla-quintana }} and Quintana decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue this new opportunity.
Career
While booking modelling jobs, Quintana also started getting offers for acting roles in commercials. This quickly led to small acting roles in television and films. Among these were a couple of uncredited parts as a Casino Hostess in The Gambler (2014) and as a Foam Girl in Fast & Furious 7 (2015). Bigger parts followed, and in 2017 Quintana landed a major supporting role in Polaroid (2019), where she met and starting dating her on-screen boyfriend, Keenan Tracey.{{cite web |last1=Gabrielle |first1=Bernardini |title=Meet the CW's Next Biggest Star Priscilla Quintana — Plus, Details on Her Role in the New Series 'Pandora' |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/priscilla-quintana-pandora |website=Distractify |date=July 8, 2019 |accessdate=2 October 2020}}
In 2018, Quintana was cast as lead Jacqueline "Jax" Zhou, in The CW science fiction series Pandora. In January 2020, it was announced that Quintana would also have a recurring role as Isabella, in Freeform's Good Trouble.
Charity work
Quintana has expressed a strong affinity for animals, and has fostered homeless dogs that were otherwise at risk of being euthanized. While filming Pandora in Bulgaria, she decided to bring many of the stray dogs she met back to the United States.{{cite web |first=Rebecca Jane |last=Stokes |title=Meet Priscilla Quintana — New Star Of CW's 'Pandora' Who Wants To Save All The Stray Dogs |url=https://www.yourtango.com/2019326238/who-priscilla-quintana-new-details-star-cws-pandora-and-her-altruistic-streak |website=Your Tango |date=July 15, 2019 |accessdate=2 October 2020}} Quintana now continues this work by volunteering with the LA-based rescue organization Wag and Walks.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.wagsandwalks.org/|title=Wags and Walks|website=Wags and Walks}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.iconvsicon.com/2017/11/01/unstoppable-priscilla-quintana-on-her-career-new-projects-and-giving-back/|title=UNSTOPPABLE: Priscilla Quintana On Her Career, New Projects and Giving Back!|first=Jason|last=Price|date=November 1, 2017}}
She often volunteers with Feeding America and rescues dogs with Tobie's small dog rescue.
Personal life
Quintana dated New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton.{{Citation needed |date=September 2024}}
Filmography
=Film=
=Television=
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| 2015
| Dana / Olivia | Web series; 3 episodes |
| 2016
| Jenny | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2016
| Fabiana (uncredited) | Episode: "The Pleasure Protocol" |
| 2017
| Girl (uncredited) | Episode: "Sunset" |
| 2018
| Phoebe Clarke | Episode: "Jesse's Girl" |
| 2019–2020
| Pandora | Jacqueline "Jax" Zhou | Lead role |
| 2020–2024
| Isabella Tavez | Main (season 4); recurring (seasons 2–3, 5) |
| 2023–2024
| Ruby Gale | Main (season 1); guest (season 2) |
=Commercials=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
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| 2014
| Scion FR-S TV Commercial{{Cite web|url=https://www.ispot.tv/ad/7Si_/2014-scion-fr-s-makes-everything-epic|title=2014 Scion FR-S TV Commercial, 'Makes Everything Epic'|website=iSpot.tv}} | Woman walking from car | 'Makes Everything Epic' |
References
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External links
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- [https://ottomodels.com/portfolio/priscilla-quintana-model/ Priscilla Quintana] at Otto Models
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Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Actresses from California
Category:American actresses of Mexican descent
Category:Female models from California
Category:Hispanic and Latino American actresses