Corina Calderon

Corina Calderon is an American actress best known for her role as Jazmine on End of Watch (2012), directed by David Ayer and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña. She was born in Moline, Illnois on February 15, 1982, and is the eldest of 3 girls to Mexican parents, Nora Martinez and Robert Calderon, a musician. Growing up in Austin, Texas, Calderon started performing Ballet Folklorico with a local dance group lead by her grandmother at the age of 4. At 15, she began waiting tables in order to pay for acting classes and headshots. She subsequently started to attend theater classes at Austin Community College, but then went on to study with Mona Lee Fultz, Ben Taylor and Van Brooks at Two Chairs Studio. While taking acting classes, Calderon continued to pursue dance and joined a dance team for a local hip-hop radio station.