Portrait of Crystal Mantecon

Crystal Mantecon

Acting

Biography

She acted in classic Iraqi Arabic and in English with an Iraqi accent in The Waiter (2010). She is a National Merit Scholar and received a Bachelor of Business Administration with a focus in International Business and Marketing from the University of Oklahoma on a full scholarship. She was treasurer of the OU Film Society and liaison for the Women's Outreach Center, and is also an alumnus of the Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity and Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity. She attended Booker T. Washington High School for Performing and Visual Arts (Dallas Arts Magnet) majoring in music majoring in vocal performance. She is of Cuban and Mexican descent and is fluent in English and Spanish.

Born: December 29, 1981

Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, USA

Filmography

2020
2014
Jane the Virgin

as Telenovela Female Star

2012
Dragon Eyes

as Rosanna

2011
The Tree of Life

as Elisa (uncredited)

2010
The Waiter

as Saree

2005
Prison Break

as Suor Mary Francis

2003
Saving Jessica Lynch

as Iraqi Woman