Paola Lázaro Biography: Awards, Boyfriend, Height, Ethnicity, Age, Net Worth, Siblings, Parents, Movies
Paola Lázaro is a Puerto Rican actress and playwright who first turned heads playing Juanita “Princess” Sanchez on AMC’s hit series The Walking Dead from 2020 to 2022.
Her transition from stage to screen felt seamless after years spent honing her voice as a dramatist, most notably with the Off-Broadway run of Tell Hector I Miss Him at Atlantic Theater Company.
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- Full name: Paola Lázaro-Muñoz
- Date of birth: October 24, 1994
- Age: 31 years old
- Gender: Female
- Place of birth: San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America
- State of origin: Puerto Rico
- Nationality: Puerto Rican
- Profession: Actress, playwright, screenwriter
- Height: 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
- Weight: 120 lb (54 kg)
- Eye color: Brown
- Hair color: Brown
- Parents: Father: Sorbeto Lázaro-Muñoz; Mother: Bella Lázaro-Muñoz
- Siblings: Twin older brothers, Gabriel Lázaro-Muñoz and Daniel Lázaro-Muñoz
- Spouse: None (single)
- Children: None
- Relationship status: Single
- Religion: Christianity
- Ethnicity: Puerto Rican
- Net worth: $1.5 million
Early Life and Education
Paola Lázaro is now 37 years old as of 2025. She was born on October 24, 1988, and spent her formative years in San Juan, Puerto Rico, steeped in the island’s rich cultural tapestry.
Her parents are Sorbeto Lázaro-Muñoz and Bella Lázaro-Muñoz. She has a twin older brothers, Gabriel and Daniel Lázaro-Muñoz. Of Puerto Rican heritage, she later moved to New York to pursue formal training in dramatic writing.
In 2009, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dramatic writing from the State University of New York at Purchase, and in 2013, she completed her Master of Fine Arts in playwriting at Columbia University.
During her time at Columbia, she was mentored by Stephen Adly Guirgis, an experience that deeply influenced both her writing style and her approach to character development.
Personal Life
Lázaro identifies as pansexual and has spoken openly about the importance of representation in both her personal and professional spheres. Other than her sexual orientation, she maintains a private personal life, and no public record exists of any marriages, children, or long-term partnerships.
Career
After completing her MFA, Paola Lázaro joined Atlantic Theatre Company as a playwright-in-residence for the 2016–2017 season, where her play Tell Hector I Miss Him earned critical praise.
Her stage work also includes a Drama Desk Award–nominated performance in Lisa Ramirez’s To the Bone at Cherry Lane Theatre.
Transitioning to film and television, she appeared in the short A Northern Star (2016) and had supporting roles in the films Pimp (2018) and Black Bear (2020).
On the small screen, she portrayed Luisa “The Gute” Gutierrez in Lethal Weapon (2018), Itsy in SMILF (2019), and Tonya in Wu-Tang: An American Saga (2019), before landing her breakout role as Princess on The Walking Dead. In 2023, she joined the cast of Netflix’s Obliterated as Angela Gomez.
Awards
- 2021: Steinberg Playwright Award
- 2015: Drama Desk Award nomination, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, To the Bone
- Imagen Award nomination, Best Supporting Actress: Television (Drama), The Walking Dead
Net worth
Paola Lazaro has an estimated net worth of approximately $1.5 million.
Social Media
- Instagram: paola__lazaro
- X: paola__lazaro
Filmography
- A Northern Star (2016) — Mateo’s sister (Short film)
- Pimp (2018) — Louisa
- Black Bear (2020) — Cahya
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