Paola Lázaro (she/her) is an actress and playwright from San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is best known for her role as Princess on The Walking Dead, earning an Imagen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and is a Drama Desk Award nominee for To the Bone. She can most recently be seen on Netflix’s Obliterated. An award-winning playwright, she has received Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations, as well as the Steinberg Playwright Award. She was a Van Lier and Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence at The Public Theater and Atlantic Theater Company and a Sundance Institute Time Warner Storytelling Fellow. Additional film and television credits include Lethal Weapon, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, SMILF, Patty’s Auto, Black Bear, and Shelter.
(Paola Lázaro, photo courtesy of Polk & Co.)