Nadine Velazquez Nude Scene From “Flight”
Sixteen years after earning a marketing degree from Columbia College, actress Nadine Velazquez returned to her alma mater Saturday to address prospective students at Columbia’s open house.
“I gave a long speech about where I came from and what brought me to Columbia and how it added value to my life and where I am today. So I was very moved by being able to share that story and to share it there at Columbia, where it started for me,” Velazquez said in a phone interview with the Tribune.
Velazquez, who grew up in the Chicago area, said she is the first in her family to graduate from college. After graduating from Columbia in 2001, she moved west and starred on “My Name is Earl,” “The League” and “Major Crimes” and in the Denzel Washington movie “Flight,” among other projects.
She plays Jackie Ortiz, a no-nonsense wife of a Navy SEAL, on the History Channel military drama “Six,” which was renewed for a second season. The series is produced by A+E Studios in association with Weinstein Television, a division of the Weinstein Co. co-founded by Bob and Harvey Weinstein. Deadline.com reported last month that Harvey Weinstein’s name is being removed from TV shows since he was fired from the company amid a sexual abuse scandal.
Velazquez, 38, said she is also developing a television series based on an incident that happened while she was growing up here.
“It has to do with sexual abuse, so the content is very timely with everything that’s happening in the industry right now with certain producers and directors, following the whole #MeToo campaign,” Velazquez said.
“I feel like people ask me, they’re like, ‘What’s your experience with ‘Me Too’? And I haven’t really spoken about that. I know that one of our lead actresses, (‘Six’ co-star) Olivia Munn, just finished a piece for the LA Times on (director) Brett Ratner (with) other actresses as well. And I don’t have an entertainment industry story that is as severe as some of these ladies have had, but I’ve had my share of run-ins or potential situations that would make me incredibly uncomfortable.”
Meanwhile, Nadine Velazquez has landed a starring role in the Chicago-bound NBC pilot, “Love is a Four Letter Word,” according to her agent.
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