Ara Celi (born May 31, 1974) is an American actress active in American film and television. She had a starring role in the minor 1997 dance movie Looking for Lola, but she is probably best known for her role as Ampata Gutierrez aka "Inca Mummy Girl" from season two of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She is now most often seen in television advertisements alongside an Austin Powers impersonator for a car dealership in Austin, Texas.
Texas Hill Country, Texas near San Antonio. Ara Celi is a spokesperson for a local automotive dealership she and her husband own a barbering franchise in San Antonio. [2006]
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She has a son and a daughter.
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In 2006 Ara and her husband moved to the Texas Hill Country near San Antonio to start a family.
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She moved to Mexico at age 18, then after three months moved to LA.
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She later attended the University of Texas at El Paso.
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She attended J. M. Hanks High School, graduating in 1992.
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Is Mexican-American.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Queen of the South
2016
TV Series
Ana
My Rosie Life
2014
TV Movie
Rose Davis
Machete
2010
Reporter
Law & Order: Justice Is Served
2004
Video Game
Elizabeth Hernandez / Paola Navaro (voice)
Forgotten Realms: Baldur's Gate - Dark Alliance II
2004
Video Game voice
Te amaré en silencio
2003
TV Series
Clara
Nip/Tuck
2003
TV Series
Celia
Bruce Almighty
2003
Woman at Party
Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat
2002
Video Game
Katarina DeLeon (voice)
Go Fish
2000
Karman
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
1999
Video
Esmeralda
All My Children
1999
TV Series
Raquel Dion Santos
Raquel Dion Santos (#2)
American Beauty
1999
Sale House Woman #1
Looking for Lola
1997
Lola
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997
TV Series
Ampata Gutierrez
The Inca Mummy Girl
Renegade
1995
TV Series
Maria
Silk Stalkings
1994
TV Series
Bertica Santos
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
1993
TV Series
Theresa Alvarez
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
My Rosie Life
2014
TV Movie
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
My Rosie Life
2014
TV Movie executive producer
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Daytime's Greatest Weddings
2004
Video documentary
Raquel Dion Santos
Known for movies
American Beauty (1999) as Sale House Woman #1
Machete (2010) as Reporter
Bruce Almighty (2003) as Woman at Party
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (1999) as Esmeralda
$3 Million
