Priscilla Quintana is an American actress and model. Quintana starred in The CW science fiction series Pandora as Jacqueline "Jax" Zhou. She appears as Ruby Gale in the Peacock comedy Based on a True Story, and has the recurring role of Isabella on Freeform's Good Trouble.
Early life Quintana is from Downey, California. Her mother found time to help out pregnant teen girls that had been thrown out of their homes. This, combined with her maternal grandparents' work rehabilitating female drug addicts, formed Quintana's core values of community service. She remembers a Christmas tradition of her family volunteering at soup kitchens, helping feed the homeless.
After spending her early years around the entertainment industry in Southern California, Quintana decided to study the business side of movie making. She won a scholarship to film school, helping support herself by waitressing. It was during this period she was approached by a modeling agency, and Quintana decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue this new opportunity.
Career While booking modelling jobs, Quintana also started getting offers for acting roles in commercials. This quickly led to small acting roles in television and films. Among these were a couple of uncredited parts as a Casino Hostess in The Gambler (2014) and as a Foam Girl in Fast & Furious 7 (2015). Bigger parts followed, and in 2017 Quintana landed a major supporting role in Polaroid (2019), where she met and starting dating her on-screen boyfriend, Keenan Tracey.
In 2018, Quintana was cast as lead Jacqueline "Jax" Zhou, in The CW science fiction series Pandora. In January 2020, it was announced that Quintana would also have a recurring role as Isabella, in Freeform's Good Trouble.
Charity work Quintana has expressed a strong affinity for animals, and has fostered homeless dogs that were otherwise at risk of being euthanized. While filming Pandora in Bulgaria, she decided to bring many of the stray dogs she met back to the United States. Quintana now continues this work by volunteering with the LA-based rescue organization Wag and Walks.
She often volunteers with Feeding America and rescues dogs with Tobie's small dog rescue.
Personal life Quintana dated New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2014 The Gambler Casino Hostess (uncredited) 2015 Furious 7Foam Girl (uncredited) 2018 Traffik Christine Listed first in cast by order of appearance 2019 Polaroid Mina
Television
Year Title Role Notes 2015 Web Atlas Dana / Olivia Web series; 3 episodes 2016 VR Startup Jenny Episode: "Pilot" 2016 Masters of Sex Fabiana (uncredited) Episode: "The Pleasure Protocol" 2017 Training Day Girl (uncredited) Episode: "Sunset" 2018 Lethal Weapon Phoebe Clarke Episode: "Jesse's Girl" 2019–2020 Pandora Jacqueline "Jax" Zhou Lead role 2020–2024 Good Trouble Isabella Tavez Main (season 4); recurring (seasons 2–3, 5) 2023–2024 Based on a True Story Ruby Gale Main (season 1); guest (season 2)
Commercials Year Title Role Notes 2014 Scion FR-S TV Commercial Woman walking from car 'Makes Everything Epic'
References
External links
Priscilla Quintana at Otto Models