Nadine Velazquez is an American actress and model, born on November 20, 1978, in Chicago, Illinois. She is of Puerto Rican descent and earned a Bachelor of Arts in marketing from Columbia College Chicago. Velazquez is best known for her roles as Catalina Aruca on the TV series My Name Is Earl and Sofia Ruxin on The League. She has also appeared in films like Flight (2012) alongside Denzel Washington, Snitch (2013), and Ride Along 2 (2016). Additionally, she was a cast member on the TV series Major Crimes and starred in the music-themed series Queens in 2021.