Cristina Pérez (judge)

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Cristina Pérez on Cristina's Court
Cristina Pérez on Cristina's Court

Cristina Pérez is a Colombian judge who had a television show in Telemundo USA. Her show, "Corte de Familia" ("Family Court"), was part of a daily, one hour and a half court shows block of Telemundo that also includes Ana Maria Polo's show.

She currently hosts the daytime syndicated English-language court show "Cristina's Court." This makes Perez one of three Latina judges and one Latino judge presiding over an English-language American TV judge show, along with Judge Maria Lopez,The People's Court's Marilyn Milian and Judge Alex Ferrer. Ms Perez is the first Hispanic judge to cross over from Spanish-language to English-language television.

Since she has lived in Los Angeles, California for the majority of her life, many of her show viewers actually thought she was Mexican, but she revealed being from Colombia in a 2004 magazine interview.