<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . Please help by adding reliable sources . Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful . (August 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification . Please help by adding reliable sources . Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful . (August 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Laura Gómez (born 1979) is a Dominican actress, speaker, writer, and director . She belongs to SAG - AFTRA and lives in New York City . Gómez is best known for her portrayal of the character Blanca Flores, an astute and disheveled prison inmate in the award - winning Netflix series Orange Is The New Black . In the fall of 2012 she won the NYU Technisphere Award for her short film To Kill a Roach . </P> <P> Born in the Dominican Republic, she grew up in Santo Domingo working as an actress and reporter . She moved to New York at the age of 21 to study acting . After three years in the United States, she made her entry into theatre and voice work . </P>

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