莫妮克·坎德拉里亚 Monique Candelaria

Monique Candelaria is an ambitious entertainer ready for any opportunity that can entrance the mind and stimulate the senses. You may recognize her as Lucy, the Denny's waitress from "Breaking Bad" {Live Free or Die (#501} (2012-2013) (TV)_ but you may never forget the blood-curdling scream she delivers as Patient 14 in the Banshee Chapter (2013)_, her ridiculous skills with a sawzall as Heather in The Control Group (2014)_ or the character Angela Baca who struggles with being a single mother raising a mathematical genius in the film Cents (2016)_.

Monique Kathleen Candelaria was born February 11th in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Carla Bernadette Castillo and David Robert Candelaria. Soon after she was born her father joined the army and they moved to Bremerhaven, Germany where her brother, David A. Candelaria, was born. Monique also has 2 half brothers (twins), Ivan and Nathan Del Curto, which are a year younger than her.

After her father suffered from a brain aneurysm, making him a 100% disabled veteran, her family returned to New Mexico and her love for the arts began to flourish. As a child around the age of 7 she unintentionally started singing in weddings and funerals by request. Realizing that singing is her security blanket she never pursued music as a career but kept it in her life as a passionate hobby. At 15 years old she became a dancer for a local television show in Albuquerque called, "Dance, Dance, Dance it's a Teen Thing" and began acting. In 2009 she graduated from the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Theatre emphasis in Acting. Ultimately this is where she found the foundation to knowledgeably do anything her heart desires.

The first film she was officially cast in and seen was a 1940's New Mexican period piece called Bless me, Ultima (2013)_ directed by 'Carl Franklin'_ in 2010. This was the beginning of a journey that would sweep her off her feet.

When she is not diving into the bodies of a wide range of characters she models, sings her