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Carmen Gloria Pérez

Carmen Gloria Pérez was born in The Bronx, New York and moved to Puerto Rico at the age of ten. She is an award-winning actress, writer, artist, filmmaker, and a proud U.S. Army veteran.

Pérez is currently seen in the Netflix original series "Young Royals" as Linda, and has over 60 acting credits, including Nip/Tuck, Everybody Hates Chris, He’s Just Not That Into You, Lucha Underground, and A Man Apart. She has written, produced, directed and edited several short films and music videos, one of them selected as an Official Selection in Los Angeles CineFest. She won Best Supporting Actress in a Drama by the Valley Theatre League Artistic Director Achievement Awards (ADA) in 2003 for the play “Soldiers Don’t Cry” by Layon Gray. Pérez exhibited and sold her paintings in California, and has even had two songs in the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and UK Commercial Pop Charts ("Emergency" and "Overload", as Carmen Perez). Her most recent music EP "The Art Of Love" was just nominated Best Jazz EP by the Independent Music Awards 2019 and received wonderful reviews by The Smooth Jazz Ride & Jazz Reloaded blogs. “Pajarito,” a piece she co-composed with late British producer Matt Powell, is also featured in the Café Del Mar ~ Dreams 9 album.

Carmen has been writing stories as far back as she can remember, and after moving to Norway in 2017, she decided to continue writing, creating art, and acting, launching her first children’s picture book series (Kid Astronomy) as an author and illustrator in 2019. The first book "Thank You Mercury" made the Best New Space Books 2019 list by Book Authority.

Pérez earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Government and International Politics from George Mason University, and is fluent in English, Spanish and speaks advanced Norwegian (B2 level) & beginning Swedish.

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Nominated "Best Jazz EP" by Independent Music Awards 2019 for "The Art Of Love"


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The Modern ‘Polymath Artist’ Carmen Gloria’s Music Ep 'The Art Of Love' Nominated Best Jazz EP By The Independent Music Awards 2019

The Modern ‘Polymath Artist’ Carmen Gloria’s Music Ep 'The Art Of Love' Nominated Best Jazz EP By The Independent Music Awards 2019

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In times where the world needs more compassion and love to go around, Carmen Gloria has just delivered us a warm selection of songs titled The Art Of Love to remind us of just what love and fear are made of. With her fusion of modern Sade and Gloria Estefan, she blends Latin jazz, jazz, neo-soul and ballads in an “elegant and charming” way. This is her first jazz fusion release besides the cover of “So Nice (Summer Samba)” a ...

Jazz Reloaded Blog - "“The Art Of Love” EP has five tracks, Four produced by Carsten Lindberg, [ Charice, Monica, Edens Crush/Nicole Scherzinger, Temptations, Shawn Stockman (Boys 2 Men) K-CI & Jojo], and the pick of the five song intro is probably the aforementioned “A Tear That Never Falls”, but the funky original title track “The Art Of Love” , produced by Edward “PoetEd” Sanders Jr also has some moments on it, and has the feel of a funky jam session cut short; the BV’s and the hooks will remind you of Sade, but Perez’ vocal strength shines through when telling her own story towards the end of the track, which for my money fades just a little too early

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