Kamala Lopez is an actress, director, and political activist. Lopez has appeared in movies including I Heart Huckabees and Born in East L.A., and in television shows such as Lie To Me, Alias, and others.[1]
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Lopez is a native of New York, NY who was raised in Caracas, Venezuela.[2]
Lopez has worked as an actor in over thirty feature films including "I Heart Huckabees", Born in East L.A., Deep Cover, and The Burning Season. [3]
In 2007 Lopez hosted Wired Science on PBS, a production of KCET Los Angeles in association with Wired Magazine along with comedian Chris Hardwicke.[4][5] [6][7]
Lopez directed the film A Single Woman, about the life of first US Congresswoman, Jeannette Rankin. The film was adapted from the play of the same name, written by Jeanmarie Simpson, a grand daughter of Lopez's paternal aunt.[8]
Though the subject and project's roots are praised, a review on Monsters and Critics pans it, saying, "in its present form the film will not be regarded by many as worth the price of admission."[9]
In 2010 Lopez became the director of the E.R.A. Education Project, a national media campaign to raise awareness about the Equal Rights Amendment in the United States. She won the 2011 Woman of Courage Award from the National Women's Political Caucus.[10][11]
Lopez is a blogger for the Huffington Post.[12]
In July 2011 Lopez received the Woman of Courage Award from the National Women's Political Caucus, an award given to women from diverse backgrounds who have demonstrated courage by taking a stand to further civil rights and equality, and who exemplify women's leadership.[13]
On July 14 of 2009 Lopez and Heroica Films were given an Exceptional Merit Media Award for the film "A Single Woman," produced and directed by Lopez. The EMMA was created by the National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC) to honor and reward journalists and media outlets in radio, television, print and the internet that inform and educate the public about critical issues that impact women’s lives.[14]