Kamala Lopez

Lopez worked across screenwriter, film producer, television actor, film actor and film director and 1 further recorded occupations. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Name — Kamala Lopez • Birthplace — New York City • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1980–present • Education — Yale University

Kamala Lopez born in New York City to an Indian mother and a Venezuelan father, Lopez lived with her parents in Caracas until age 14 when the family returned to the United States. Attended Yale University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in philosophy and theater studies.

Lopez has worked as an actor in more than thirty feature films, including I Heart Huckabees (2004), Born in East L.A. (1987), Deep Cover (1992), and The Burning Season (1994); and more than seventy television shows, including 21 Jump Street, Lie To Me, Alias, Star Trek: Voyager, NYPD Blue, and It's Garry Shandling's Show. In 2007 Lopez hosted Wired Science on PBS, a production of KCET Los Angeles in association with Wired, along with comedian Chris Hardwick. Lopez directed the Spanish-language short film Ese Beso in Madrid, Spain, starring Daniel Freire and Lia Chapman. She directed A Single Woman (2008), about the life of the first US congresswoman, Jeannette Rankin. The film was adapted from the play of the same name, written by Jeanmarie Simpson, a relative of Lopez. Lopez produced the new media series Speechless Without Writers with director George Hickenlooper during the Writers Guild of America strike of 2007.

In 2009 Lopez created the ERA Education Project, a national media campaign to raise awareness about the Equal Rights Amendment in the United States. She interviewed women nationwide about how civil rights issues such as equal pay and domestic violence affect their daily lives. In October 2013, she launched a Kickstarter campaign for the documentary Equal Means Equal. This project about the status of women in America also meant to revive public support for the ERA. Gloria Steinem appears in the film, along with more than 100 interviewees. Lopez blogs for The Huffington Post.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1986 — Miami Vice — Maria Rojas — Episode: "Definitely Miami" • Spenser: For Hire — Episode: "In a Safe Place" • 1987 — It's Garry Shandling's Show — Maria Herrera — Episode: "Garry Met a Girl Named Maria" • Police Story: The Freeway Killings — Lydia Chacon — TV movie • Hill Street Blues — Lola Martinez — Episode: "A Pound of Flesh" • 1988 — Stones for Ibarra — Manuela Reyes — TV movie • CBS Schoolbreak Special — Alicia Rojas — Episode: "Gangs" • Break of Dawn — Linda — TV movie • 1989 — Protect and Surf — Ramona Diaz — TV movie • Hunter — Maria Gonsalves — Episode: "The Nightmare" • 1989-1990 — Tour of Duty — Susanna Lozada — 3 episodes • 1990 — Equal Justice — Brenda — Episode: "Cop's Story" • 1989-1990 — 21 Jump Street — Marta — 2 episodes • 1991 — Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance — TV movie • Crazy from the Heart — Alcira Zavala — TV movie • 1992 — Murder, She Wrote — Rosa García — Episode: "Day of the Dead" • Beverly Hills, 90210 — Beth Nielsen — Episode: "The Back Story" • Wild Card — TV movie • 1993 — Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman — Carmen Alvarado — Episode: "Pilot" • 1994 — Walker, Texas Ranger — Mary Wells — Episode: "The Legend of Running Bear" • Lifestories: Families in Crisis — Jeannie — Episode: "A Body to Die For: The Aaron Henry Story" • The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story — Ilzamar — TV movie • 1995 — NYPD Blue — Maria Galvan — Episode: "Vishy-Vashy-Vinny" • 1998 — Vengeance Unlimited — Elena Amayo — Episode: "Security" • 2000 — Star Trek: Voyager — Tincoo — Episode: "Virtuoso" • 1995-2000 — The Eddie Files — Aunt Rosa — 16 episodes • 2000 — JAG — Princess Fatima 'Fannie' al-Amatula — Episode: "The Princess and the Petty Officer" • 2000-2001 — Resurrection Blvd. — Sulinda Serrano — 5 episodes • 2001 — Ice — TV movie • 2002 — Alias — Dr. Lemon — Episode: "Rendezvous" • The Division — Connie — Episode: "Secrets, Lies and Weddings" • 2003 — The Handler — Carlita — Episode: "Hardcore" • 2004 — 24 — Theresa Ortega — Episode: "Day 3: 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m." • Judging Amy — Ms. Nunez — Episode: "Accountability" • 2005-2007 — Medium — Walter Paxton's Attorney / Paxton's Attorney / Miss Romney — 3 episodes • 2006 — Sideliners — TV movie; director • 2009 — Lie to Me — Inez — Episode: "Control Factor" • 2013 — The Mentalist — Woman in Chapel — Episode: "Red John" • 2014 — Perception — Kenny's Foster Mom — Episode: "Brotherhood" • 2019 — Black Jesus — Judge — Episode: "The Compton Carter"

Kamala Lopez is recorded as screenwriter, film producer, actress and film director. Established in Library of Congress under no99088690.