Omahyra Mota
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 Mota as the mutant Arclight in the movie X-Men: The Last Stand |
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| Birth name | Omahyra Mota Garcia |
| Date of birth | November 30, 1984 (age 22) |
| Place of birth | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Height | 5'8 1/2 |
| Hair color | Black |
| Measurements | 33-25-35 |
| Shoe size | 9 |
Omahyra Mota born Omahyra Mota Garcia on November 30, 1984 is a Dominican model and actress. She made a name for herself in the fashion industry as a chic punk model.
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[edit] Biography
Mota was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic but moved to New York at the age of 10 with her mother, grandmother, two sisters and brother, as her mother wanted her to have a better life and study at better schools. Her mother also believed she would one day become a model and constantly urged her to send photos of herself to modelling agencies and told her every day that someday she'd be famous. She was first discovered by Boss Models at the age of 16 and has since made quite an impact on the world of modelling.
She attended John Bowne High School for at least one year. She had also formed a punk band called O.M.I. along with fellow models Mayana Moura and Isabel Ibsen which was subsequently broken up when Mayana went to Brazil to study. Her sister Patricia Mota is an actress who starred in G.I.Jesus, a Carl Colpaert film which took the Grand Jury Award at Cinevegas 06.
[edit] As a model
Mota has modeled for designers such as Bill Blass, Cynthia Steffe, Fendi, Nina Ricci, Sean John, Baby Phat, Heatherette, Jean Paul Gaultier, Roca Wear and Jay McCarroll. Also, she was flown in especially by Gwen Stefani for L.A.M.B.'s show during New York's 2005 Fashion Week. She has also worked with Terry Richardson. Is infamously known for modeling mens and womens clothing.
[edit] As an actress
Mota has had small acting roles in a few films, making her acting debut in Brett Ratner's After the Sunset and then appearing in State Property 2 in 2004. Recently Mota has attracted some attention by landing the role of Arclight in the X-Men movie, X-Men: The Last Stand. Mota has also been in Jay-Z's video for "Change Clothes."
[edit] Filmography
- X-Men: The Last Stand ... as Arclight
- State Property 2 ... as Loco's Mother
- After the Sunset ... as Moore's Girl
[edit] Trivia
- Voted one of Paper magazine's 50 most beautiful people by the age of 16 (2001).
- Appeared in Jay-Z's "Change Clothes" music video.
- Wears a size 4 dress.
- Has a hip size of 89cm and a waist size of 62cm.
- In X-Men: The Last Stand, it was originally believed that Mota would play mutant prostitute Stacy X, but this was disproved by both official cast listing and the trailer for the film.
- She shares the same birthday as her fellow X-Men: The Last Stand co-star Dania Ramirez, who is also of Dominican heritage. They were both born in Santo Domingo, however Omahyra is four years younger than Dania (Dania was born in 1980)
