Denise Marie Quiñones August (born 9 September 1980) is a Puerto Rican actress, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2001. Prior to winning the Miss Universe pageant, she represented her hometown of Lares in the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2001 pageant. Since relinquishing the title, Quiñones attended the School for Film and Television's two-year conservatory acting program. Presently an actress, Quiñones has starred in the Spanish version of Nilo Cruz's play Ana en el trópico (Anna in the Tropics) and continues to hone her talent in the United States. For her role in Anna in the Tropics, she was nominated and awarded an HOLA Award (from the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors) and an ACE Award. In October 2005, she was selected for the role of Doña Rosita, in a production of Federico García Lorca's play Doña Rosita la soltera.

Filmography

• 2026De tal palo — Emma
• 2026Mareas a la deriva — Patricia
• 2023Teacher Mechy — Xiomara
• 2022Las Camelias — Margarita Gautier
• 2019Prótesis — Ana
• 2017Super Papá — Dra. Paula Rivera
• 2016Yo soy un político
• 2015Detective Willy
• 2015Los Fabulosos Ma' Mejores — Joanna
• 2015Pueto Pa' Mi
• 2014Locas y atrapadas — Clara
• 2010Elite — Sandra Torres
• 2010Meant To Be — Angel
• 2009La Soga — Jenny
• 2009Party Time: The Movie — Lourdes
• 2008Marina's Secret World
• 2006Aquaman — Lt. Rachel Torres
• Aquaman — Lt. Rachel Torres
• Smallville: Vengeance Chronicles — Andrea Rojas / Angel of Vengeance
• The Bedford Diaries — Mia Thorne
• Freddie — Denise
• 2003Bad Boys II — Streetwalker in Cuba (uncredited)
• Smallville — Andrea Rojas / Angel of Vengeance
• Miss USA — Self - Judge, Miss Universe 2001
• The Portrait’s Secret — Andrea

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2009Celebrity Habla — Self