Arlene Tur

Arlene Tur Biography

Arlene Tur is a Cuban American actress, TV presenter and model. She is best known for her roles as Bebe Arcel in the 2008 television drama series Crash, Armenia in the 2010 film Eat Pray Love and as Vera Juarez in Torchwood: Miracle Day

Early life

Tur was born in Miami, Florida, the only child to parents who were Cuban political refugees to the United States. She graduated from Florida Christian School and attended Florida International University, where she graduated with dual Marketing and Public Relations degrees. Tur played professional beach volleyball during college, and as a result was approached by modeling agents and began a modeling career.

Career

Tur's first acting role was in the 2003 telemundo drama Los Teens. Arlene then went onto studying with Uta Hagen in New York City and Howard Fine in Los Angeles.

Subsequently her roles included a 2006 guest-star appearance on Grey's Anatomy, a leading role in NBC's Haskett's Chance and the action film Final Engagement alongside Peter O'Toole .

Arlene garnered network attention for her comedic performance with Jason Segel and Mark Valley in the ABC/Paramount pilot "Harry Green and Eugene,", this led to a holding deal with ABC Network and Touchstone Television

In 2008, Tur was cast as LAPD officer Bebe Arcel in Crash starring alongside Dennis Hopper

In 2012, Tur had a recurring role in the BBC sci-fi drama Torchwood: Miracle Day as surgeon Vera Juarez.

Other Work

Aside from acting, Tur has hosted shows for the Discovery Channel, E! Entertainment Television, the Travel Channel, and Univision.

In August 2011, Arlene appeared on Top Gear for the "Big Star, Small Car" segment. Arlene finished with the time of 1:42.4 which was the fastest time among celebrities who have competed in the segment of the show. This was later topped by Patrick Warburton.

Personal life

Tur lives in Los Angeles, California.

Tur is fluent in English and Spanish as well as an being proficient in Italian and Portuguese.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Los Teens	Valeria	NBC Drama
2004	Harry Green and Eugene	Nadalina	S1, with Mark Valley and Jason Segel
2006	Grey's Anatomy	Pamela Calva	S2, E18 : Yesterday
2007	Final Engagement	Jacqueline Bombay	with Peter Greene
2008-2009	Crash	Bebe Arcel
2009	Lie to Me	Kimi	S2, E6 : Lack of Candor
2010	Eat, Pray, Love	Armenia	with Julia Roberts
2011	Torchwood: Miracle Day	Vera Juarez	Episodes 1-5
2013	The Beach Chronicles AGX	Andromeda	Short
2014	We All Want the Same Thing	producer	in production

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