105 Stars You Never Knew Were Latino!

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Alex Meneses, 46

The gorgeous Alex Meneses tends to play Italian women on television. She was Cookie, Joey Tribiani’s (Matt LeBlanc) sister on the hit comedy, Friends, and she's best known for her role as Robert Barone's (Brad Garrett) sexy Italian lover, Stefania Fogagnolo on the CBS sitcom, Everybody Loves Raymond. Still, Meneses isn't Italian—she is of Ukrainian American descent on her mother’s side and of Mexican American descent on her father’s side. The talented actress has said that she was inspired to pursue a career in acting after seeing a fellow Latina (Rita Moreno) in West Side Story (1961).

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