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Lalaine in 2004, photo by prphotos
Birth Name: Lalaine Vergara-Paras
Place of Birth: Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: June 3, 1987
Ethnicity: Filipino [Kapampangan, Tagalog], some Spanish
Lalaine is an American actress, singer, songwriter, and bassist. She is known for playing Miranda Sanchez on the series Lizzie McGuire , and for her roles in the films Her Best Move and Royal Kill , and the made-for-tv movies Annie (1999) and You Wish!
Her parents are Filipino, from Batangas and Pampanga, respectively. She was raised in Burbank and Sherman Oaks, California.
She has said :
People ask me, ‘Are you Spanish?’… I say I have Spanish in me but I’m not just Spanish. I’m proud of my ethnicities and I will always be proud of being a Filipino.
People ask me, ‘Are you Spanish?’… I say I have Spanish in me but I’m not just Spanish. I’m proud of my ethnicities and I will always be proud of being a Filipino.