Alanna González Ubach (born October 3, 1975) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in films such as Legally Blonde (2001), Meet the Fockers (2004), and Waiting... (2005), and in television series such as Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2015-2018), Euphoria (2019–2026), Ted (2024–2026), and The Last of Us (2025). She has also performed voices in numerous animated series such as El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, The Spectacular Spider-Man, and Pound Puppies and films such as Rango (2011) and Coco (2017).
Early life Ubach was born on October 3, 1975, in Downey, California, the daughter of Sidna ( González) and Rodolfo Ubach. Her father was from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and her mother was from Sinaloa, Mexico.Amy Rubio Exclusive: Alanna Ubach Talks 'Girlfriends' Guide To Divorce' & Her Latina Roots! Her paternal grandfather was Spanish from Málaga, Spain.
Career Film and television
In 1994, she received a positive review from The New York Times for her role as a Jewish girl in Kindertransport at the Manhattan Theatre Club. During this stage, she also landed a regular spot as Josie the assistant in the TV series Beakman's World. Her early film roles included Airborne (1993), Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993), Renaissance Man (1994), and The Brady Bunch Movie (1995). She later had roles in a series of indie films: Denise Calls Up (1995), in which she played the title character; Johns (1996), playing David Arquette's girlfriend, and Freeway (1996) with Reese Witherspoon and Kiefer Sutherland, playing a Latina gang girl. She also played roles in more mainstream films like Clockwatchers (1997) and alongside Witherspoon in the two Legally Blonde films.
In 2004, Ubach starred in the film Waiting..., alongside Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris, and landed the role of a Latina caterer in Meet the Fockers (2004). She also had recurring roles on Hung (2009) and Californication (2013).
Ubach starred with Lisa Edelstein as a regular cast member on Bravo's first scripted series, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce. Ubach portrayed Jo, who moved to Los Angeles to reinvent herself in the guest house of her newly divorced best friend from college, Abby. Ubach described the show as "fun and stylish, it's very relatable". The role of Jo was created following the exit of Janeane Garofalo.
Ubach's later television roles include Suze Howard on Euphoria, Tessa Flores on Guilty Party, and Carol Atkinson on The Flight Attendant.
In 2024, Ubach starred in the lead role of Susan Bennett on the Peacock series Ted, the television adaptation of the hit film.
In 2025, Ubach guest-starred as Hanrahan in the second season of the HBO series The Last of Us.
Theater In June 2008, Ubach starred in and narrated her ongoing one-woman show, Patriotic Bitch, which ran at the Clurman Theatre in Theater Row. Reviewing Patriotic Bitch, The New York Times described it as an "entertaining one-act series of character monologues" and noted that Ubach is "seriously talented".
Personal life Ubach married record producer Thom Russo in 2014. Their son was born on July 25, 2017. In 2024, Ubach was in the process of gaining Spanish citizenship through her grandfather.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1993 Airborne Gloria Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Maria 1994 Hits! Angie Renaissance Man Emily Rago 1995 The Brady Bunch Movie Noreen Denise Calls Up Denise Devaro Virtuosity Eila 1996 Layin' Low Manuela Freeway Mesquita Love Is All There Is Niccolina Just Your Luck Angela Direct-to-DVD Johns Nikki 1997 Pink as the Day She Was Born Cherry Clockwatchers Jane Trading Favors Christy 1998 Enough Already Val All of It Amy Holbeck 1999 The Sterling Chase Jenna Marino The Big Day Connie 2000 Slice & Dice Ginger Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th Ms. Grossberg Blue Moon Peggy 2001 Legally Blonde Serena McGuire 2002 The Perfect You Wendy 2003 Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde Serena McGuire Wasabi Tuna Emme Nobody Knows Anything! Sarah 2004 Meet the Fockers Isabel Villalobos2005 Herbie: Fully Loaded Reporter Uncredited Waiting... Naomi2006 Open Window Kim Hard Scrambled Crysta 2007 Equal Opportunity Peggy M. Smith Jekyll Michelle Utterson The Pre Nup Cindy Short film Shrinks Dr. Jameson 2008 Batman: Gotham Knight Dander (voice) Direct-to-DVD; segment: "Have I Got a Story for You" A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. 2009 Stuntmen Tovah Frieberg Still Waiting... Naomi Direct-to-DVD 2010 A Reuben by Any Other Name Elizabeth Short film Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend Grace Slick Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story Kristy Kittens 2011 Bad Teacher Angela Rango Boo, Cletus, Fresca, Miss Daisy (voice) Losing Control Alora Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury Karen 2012 Envelope Tanya Petrovna Short film Garbage Casey Siegel Should've Been Romeo Pilar 2013 A Haunted House Jenny Being Us Margaret I Know That Voice Herself Documentary 2015 Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves Anne Sullivan2016QuackerzMs. Knout (voice) 2017 To the Bone Karen Coco Mamá Imelda (voice) The Last Word Gynecologist August Falls Detective Down 2018 Gloria Bell Veronica 2019 Bombshell Jeanine Pirro Wyrm Penelope 2023 Fool's Paradise Pornography Actress 2024 In Our Blood Sam Wyland Venom: The Last Dance Nova Moon
Television Year Title Role Notes 1992 The Torkelsons Willie Episode: "It's My Party" 1992–93 Beakman's World Josie Main role (season 1) 1993 Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter? April Television film L.A. Law Christine Rowan Episode: "Bourbon Cowboy"1994 ABC Afterschool Specials Cindy Episode: "Boys Will Be Boys" Diagnosis: Murder Melissa Ridgeway Episode: "Guardian Angel" 1995 ER Terry's friend Episode: "Long Day's Journey" 1995; 1998 Touched by an Angel Lydia Evans, Cookie 2 episodes 1996 Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story Shannon Johnson Miniseries Party of Five Gina 2 episodes 1997 Apt. 2F Alanna 2 episodes 1998 Tracey Takes On... Actress Episode: "Smoking" 1999 Providence Darla Owens Episode: "Sisters" Chicago Hope Natalie Kramer Episode: "Big Hand for the Little Lady" 2000 Sports Night Catherine BrennerEpisode: "Bells and a Siren" 2000–01 The Huntress Robin Ripley 3 episodes 2001 Tikiville Herself Television film Gary & Mike Ensemble (voice) 4 episodes Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place 'Chivalry' Nurse Episode: "A Few Good Firemen" The Division Rita Episode: "The First Hit's Free, Baby" 2002 The West Wing Celia Walton Episode: "Night Five" John Doe Dionne Walker Episode: "Mind Games" 2002–03 Teamo Supremo Hector Felipé Corrio, Skate Lad, Brenda / Rope Girl (voice) Main role 2002–04 Ozzy & Drix Mayor Paul Spryman, Hector's Mom (voice) Recurring role2004 30 Days Until I'm Famous Daisy Fresh Television film Karroll's Christmas Jodie McDougall Monk Jennie Silverman Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Employee of the Month" 2004–06 Brandy & Mr. Whiskers Lola Boa (voice) Recurring role 2004; 2006 Higglytown Heroes Plunkie (voice) 2 episodes 2005 The Closer Sandy DeCourtEpisode: "Standards and Practices" House Dr. Louise Harper Episode: "Spin" Uncommon Sense Brenda Television film CSI: NY Constance Briell 2 episodes 2007 Playing Chicken Colette Television film Friday Night Lights Roberta "Bobbie" Roberts 2 episodes All Grown Up! Java Lava Boy (voice) Episode: "Petition This" Random! Cartoons Roger Jones, Computer, Mrs. Abbott, Samantha (voice) Episode: "The Infinite Goliath" 2007–08 El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera Manny Rivera / El Tigre, additional voices Main role 2008; 2009 Eli Stone Cathy Bonilla 3 episodes 2008–09 The Spectacular Spider-Man Liz Allan, Trina (voice) Recurring role 2009–11 Hung Yael Koontz Recurring role (season 1–3) Men of a Certain Age Michelle Recurring role 2010 NUMB3RS Paula Watson Episode: "And the Winner Is..." 2010–13 Pound Puppies Strudel, various voices Main role 2011 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Roxy Episode: "Frank's Pretty Woman" The Mentalist Dr. Gidry Episode: "Bloodstream" Little in Common Maya Pacheco Television film 2012 Ringer Ms. Deluca Episode: "It's Easy to Cry When This Much Cash is Involved" Fairly Legal Bonnie Episode: "Ripple of Hope" 2012–13 Kaijudo Master Tiera, Lucy, Portia (voice) Recurring role 2012–14 See Dad Run Amy Hobbs Main role2013 Californication Trudy 3 episodes Mad Annabel, Cat, Museum Daughter (voice) Episode: "Papa/1600 Finn" Revolution Bonnie Webster Episode: "Dead Man Walking" 2013; 2014 Ben 10: Omniverse Rook Shar, Rook Ben (voice) 3 episodes 2014 Stan Lee's Mighty 7 Reporter (voice) Television film Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight Grace 6 episodes 2014; 2015 NCIS NSA Senior Intelligence Analyst Sofia Martinez 2 episodes 2014; 2017 Sheriff Callie's Wild West Polly Mae Porcupine, Tia Tortuga, Grimy Grace (voice) 3 episodes 2015 Wallykazam! Mrs. Trollman (voice) Episode: "Mission for Mom" 2015–18 Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce Jo Hernandez-Frumpkis Main role 2016 American Horror Story Jo Episode: "Be Our Guest" TripTank Tommy, Justin (voice) 2 episodes 2017 Hand of God Tammy Murphy 4 episodes 2017–19 Welcome to the Wayne Ansi Molina (voice) Main role 2017–23 Puppy Dog Pals Various voices (voice) Recurring role 2018 Snowfall Gabrielle Elias 3 episodes Dietland Marlowe Buchanan 3 episodes The Good Cop Debbi Paddock Episode: "Will Big Tony Roll Over?" 2019 Veronica Mars Silvia Episode: "Spring Break Forever" A Million Little Things Dawn Episode: "Coming Home" 2019–2026 Euphoria Suze Howard Recurring role 2020 Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Wheels, Boom-Boom (voice) 4 episodes Gentefied Vivian Episode: "Delfina" Filthy Rich Yopi Candalaria 9 episodes 2020–21 Crossing Swords Queen Tulip (voice) Main role 2020–25 Mythic Quest Shannon 4 episodes 2021 Guilty Party Tessa Flores Main role Maya and the Three Skull (voice) 2 episodes 2021–23 Harriet the Spy Various voices (voice) Recurring role 2021–24 Monsters at Work Katherine "Cutter" Sterns, various characters (voice) Main role 2022 The Ghost and Molly McGee Sonia Davis, additional voices 3 episodes The Flight Attendant Carol Atkinson 3 episodes 2023 The Legend of Vox Machina Osysa (voice) 2 episodes Family Guy Old Woman (voice) Episode: "Old World Harm" American Dad! Wraith, Janice, Tony Vengeance (voice) 3 episodes 2023–24 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Clueless Girl (voice) 4 episodes Princess Power Miss Fussywiggles (voice) Main role 2024 Lego Pixar: BrickToons Mamá Imelda (voice) Miniseries; Episode: "Family Bands Together" 2024–26 Ted Susan Bennett Main role 2024–25 Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Dr. Josefina Bishop (voice) Recurring role 2024–present Ariel Cristina Cuttles (voice) 2025 The Last of Us Hanrahan 2 episodes (season 2)2026 Family Guy Mrs. Perez (voice) Episode: "Phony Montana" Hacks Amanda Weinberg Episode: Number One Fan Law & Order Defense Attorney Abigail Donahue Episode: "Ride or Die" Lucky Sylvia Episode: "Make 'em Dance" President Curtis Janice, Additional voices Recurring role
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2007 Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots El Tigre / Manny Rivera Nintendo DS version only2008El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny RiveraEl Tigre / Manny Rivera2011RangoCletus, Cletus's MomCredited as Alana Ubach2012Madagascar 3: The Video GameCaptain DuBois, Italian Citizens, New York Citizens2013Marvel HeroesLady DeadpoolUncreditedGrand Theft Auto VThe Local Population2023Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2El Tigre / Manny Rivera
Accolades
Year Award Category Work Result 1992 Young Artist Awards Performer in a Children's Program Beakman's World 2025 The Astra Awards Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series The Last of Us
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