Alana de la Garza

Alana De La Garza born June 18 1976 is an American actress She was born in Columbus Ohio and later relocated to Texas ultimately attending the University of Texas After college she moved to Orlando Florida landing roles in a number of independent films as well as commercials Her work took her to New York where she studied extensively under renowned acting instructor JoAnna Beckson After getting her break as Rosa Santos on the daytime drama All My Children 1970 Alana moved to Los Angeles a slew of guest spots followed One of the most recognizable was her role as a con artist on the hit show Las Vegas 2003 followed by a series lead on the WBs The Mountain 2004 She starred in the romantic comedy Mr Fix It 2006 opposite David Boreanaz and appeared on several episodes of CSI Miami 2002 She joined the cast of Law Order 1990 in June 2006 for several seasons and the moved to Law Order LA She went on to star in the TV series Do No Harm 2013 Forever 2014 and Criminal Minds Beyond Borders 2016 In 2019 she landed a major role on the TV series FBI and has appeared in several crossover episodes of its spinoff series FBI Most Wanted and FBI International She also narrated the truecrime series The FBI Declassified 2020