But we have busy lives - I’m married with kids, she does 95 million projects a year.”įilming on “Plan B” was set to begin in March of last year but halted by the pandemic. “We see it in all of its darkness and choose to smile anyway. Mark Duplass said he and Morales had become friendly over the years but rarely found time to work together. She earned a crucial opportunity when she was invited to direct an episode of “Room 104,” the HBO anthology series created by the sibling auteurs Jay and Mark Duplass. “I was like, I’m trying to give you money - why would you not?” she said. ( She herself read from a dispatch in which the “Ulysses” author affectionately describes his spouse’s flatulence.)īut at times Morales found that her identity as an actor prevented others from seeing her as a director, and parted ways with a talent agency that she said would not set her up for meetings with its directorial department. On June 30, 2017, Morales revealed to social media that she identified herself as queer.Over the years, Morales has directed stage and sketch comedy performances, music videos, and a Funny or Die web series in which actors read from a series of relentlessly filthy love letters that James Joyce wrote to his wife, Nora Barnacle. Morales appeared as Detective Ann Garcia in the Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet. In 2017, it was announced that she would appear in several episodes of the NBC series Powerless. In 2015, she joined the cast of the Fox series The Grinder. In 2013, Morales joined the cast of Trophy Wife as Meg, Kate's best friend. Morales also appeared on Aaron Sorkin's HBO drama, The Newsroom, guest-starring as Kaylee, the girlfriend of Dev Patel’s character, Neal. She was cast as Chelsea Handler's best friend in Are You There, Chelsea? However, she left the series when the cast was replaced for creative reasons. Morales appeared in Oliver Stone's 2010 film, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, a sequel to his 1987 film Wall Street. Recently, Morales appeared in a Doctor Who special commenting on the phenomenon of regeneration.
In May of 2010, after her dismissal from the White Collar cast, Morales began appearing in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, appearing as Lucy, girlfriend of Aziz Ansari's character Tom Haverford and bartender at The Snakehole Lounge.
She portrayed Lauren Cruz, a junior FBI agent.
In 2009, Morales joined the cast of the USA Network television series White Collar for the first season. The series was an official selection of the 3rd annual ITVFest (Independent Television Festival) in Los Angeles in August 2008.
Morales also starred in and executive produced a Web series, titled Quitters. She starred as Wendy Watson the series was adapted from the comic book, The Middleman. Her first major role was in The Middleman, a sci-fi dramedy which aired on the ABC Family network for one season. Morales had a guest appearance on CSI: Miami in 2006, and played a character in Pimp My Ride that year, a video game version of the MTV television series. She participated in the University of Miami's Dow Jones Minority High School Journalism Workshop. Agatha Catholic School and Southwest Miami Senior High School. A native of Kendall, Florida, Morales is of Cuban descent.
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