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Patricia Rae is an American actress most known for her role as Carla in the HBO independent feature film Maria Full of Grace.
Rae was born In Manhattan, raised in Queens, and is of Colombian descent. She was raised by her grandmother who ran a boarding house, while her mother worked. A strict Catholic, her grandmother Lilian, kept her fairly isolated, forcing her to create imaginary friends, which sparked her imagination at an early age.
Patricia, who only spoke Spanish at home, learned English in kindergarten and from Sesame Street. Her first role on the stage was in 5th grade in the musical Oliver!.
She went on to Study at the prestigious Lee Strasberg Institute Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute under the tutelage of Charlie Laughton, Penny Allen, and Irma Sandry. With little credits on her acting resume, Rae landed her first professional job securing a co-starring role opposite Don Johnson in the hit TV series Miami Vice.
After years spent in New York, she moved her family from New York to Los Angeles. Upon her arrival in Los Angeles she landed the role of Carla in Maria Full of Grace.[1] Rae’s interpretation of Carla, a pregnant Colombian woman living in a tiny apartment in New York with her family earned her an Imagen Awards nomination for “Best Supporting Role.” [2] A working seasoned actress, Rae was seen on the big screen in features films such as Swimfan and Nightstalker. On the small screen, she also appeared on several hit television series including Chuck, The Mentalist, The Closer , Life, and The Chicago Code.
Rae was recently cast to co-star in the comedy film The Big Wedding portraying Madonna Sotto, the biological Ecuadorian mother of Alejandro Griffin.
She has a daughter named Sage who is studying editing. Rae is also an accredited Power Flow Yoga teacher and provides classes twice a week to students of all ages in Studio City, California. She has been living in Los Angeles as of September 2001.