The Untold Truth of the Wife of Edward James Olmos

Lymari Nadal is a Puerto Rican actress, screenwriter, and producer, who became famous for her role as the wife of Harlem drug dealer Frank Lucas in “American Gangster” in 2002, and in real life for being the third wife of Harlem. actor Edward James Olmos.

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Early life and family

Lymari Nadal Torres was born on February 11, 1978 in Ponce, Puerto Rico to Anaida Torres and Daniel Nadal. She grew up in Ponce with her sisters, Anaida, Dania and Azarel.

Education background

Lymari graduated from Santa Maria Reina Academy in 1994 and graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico.

Then, at the age of 22, she completed her master’s degree in chemistry at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (UPRM). However, Nadal always wanted to be an actress, so she also took Acting I, II and III at the same university. To further hone her skills, she said she attended the Mexico and London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, then completed a two-year program at the Sanford Meisner Center for the Arts I Los Angeles, under Martin Barter and Marlon. Brando’s “Lying for a living” Actors Workshop. She also had a voice coach and a dialect coach.

Career

First steps

Lymari moved to Los Angeles, California in 2001 to pursue an acting career, and had a hard time at first.

She decided to try theater work and was part of several stage productions, including “Shadow of Anthropology,” “Yerma,” “Celestial Flesh,” and “Miss Julie.”

She joined Edward James Olmos’s company as a producer. Her television debut was in 2002 with the small role of Linda in the PBS story about a Latino family living in LA, “American Family” starring Edward Olmos and Sonia Braga. It was followed by another supporting role of Giana in the three-hour sci-fi drama miniseries “Battlestar Galactica”, a remake of the 1978 film of the same name. It aired in December 2003 on the Syfy channel and is said to be the network’s third most watched series with 4.5 million viewers.

In 2006, she made her film debut in “Thieves and Liars,” marking Puerto Rico’s entry into the 79^e Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but it didn’t make it.

further success

Lymari was cast as Eva, wife of Frank Lucas played by Denzel Washington, in the crime film ‘American Gangster’ in 200; the film is said to be based on a true story about Lucas, his criminal life as a drug trafficker and a gang leader in Harlem, as well as the arrest by detective Richie Roberts, played by Russell Crowe. It was a box office success, grossing over $250 million worldwide against a $100 million production budget, and it also earned nominations for Academy and Golden Globe Awards.

Nadal’s role is said to be a fictionalized version of the real woman, and those involved in the case said the film was not an accurate account of what happened — Lucas said only a small portion of the film was true, and former DEA agents even filed a lawsuit against the manufacturing company, but it was rejected by the court.

She reprized her role of Giana in “Battlestar Galactica: The Plan,” an updated version featuring new material and clips from the 2003 miniseries and the 2004 TV series. It premiered on DVD and digital download in 2009, and then on Syfy in 2010.

Lymari went on to appear in the “Sangre por Sangre” episode of “CSI: New York” in 2010, and in 2011 had the lead role in “America”, which was based on Esmeralda Santiago’s 1996 novel titled “El Sueño de America”. (America’s dream).

She was presented with the script and liked it, and as part of the… production team made some changes to the script to give a more realistic depiction of Latinos. It was also chosen as Puerto Rico’s entry on the 84^e Academy Awards, but was disqualified for no longer accepting a US Protectorate submission.

Other films she appeared in include “Light from the Darkroom” (2014), “The Blackout” (2014) and “Kreep” (2016), for which she was also the executive producer.

Private life

Despite a 31-year age difference, Lymari and Edward Olmos married in 2002, but divorced in 2013. She was Edward’s third wife.

Who is Edward James Olmos?

Edward Huizar Olmos was born on February 24, 1947 in LA to a Mexican immigrant, Pedro Olmos, and Mexican-American Eleanor Huizar. He was raised by his grandparents because his parents were busy at work, and then they split up when he was seven, which affected him a lot. by the time he was 13 on the Los Angeles Dodgers farm team.

However, in 1960 he gave up baseball because he wanted to be a rock and roll singer instead – actually he wasn’t much of a singer, but he knew how to dance because his father taught him it from the age of ten.

When he was able to get a job as an artist, he attended high school and college. In 1964, in his freshman year of college, he took acting classes and began acting in plays.

His big break in theater came when he played the part of El Pachuco in “Zoot Suit”, which earned him a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in A Play. Written by Luiz Valdes, the play premiered at the Mark Taper Forum in LA in April 1978, then made its Broadway debut at the Winter Garden Theater in March 1979. A film adaptation was made in 1981 that reprises his role as Olmos.

He made his television debut in 1974 in “Cannon” as an unnamed character, and has continued to accept various projects, from minor to lead roles.

In 1984, he was part of the main cast when he played Detective Lieutenant Martin “Marty” Castillo in the crime drama series “Miami Vice,” which ran for five seasons (1984-1990) and 112 episodes. 106 of them. He has also appeared in numerous popular television series, including “American Family” (2002-2004), “Battlestar Galactica” (2003-2009), “Dexter” (2011) and “Mayans MC” (2018-present).

His film debut was also in 1974 when he had an uncredited role of a bathroom junkie in “Black Fist.” After a string of small and supporting roles, he was cast as Jaime Escalante in “Stand and Deliver” in 1988, which earned him a nomination for Best Actor at 61.^st Academy awards.

After that, he was part of several hit films, including “Selena” (1997), “The Green Hornet” (2011), “El Americano: The Movie” (2016) and “Coco” (2017).

Edward starred in more than 120 films and television series from 1974 to 2019, with a few more yet to be released. He also produced and directed some.

He married Kaija Keel in 1971, they divorced in 1992, had two children, Bodie and Mico, and adopted four more, Tamiko, Brandon, Michael and Daniela. His second wife was the actress, Lorraine Bracco, whom he married in 1994, but they divorced in 2002.

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— Edward James Olmos (@edwardjolmos) June 21, 2020

Interesting facts and rumors

• Lymari was involved in a controversy in Ponce, when she was hired to provide her services for consultation, promotion of art films and offering acting workshops for $55,000 for 11 months. Legislator Vilma Flores, a member of the Ponceño Autonomous Movement (MAP), accused Mayor Maria Melendez Altieri of hiring Nadal when there are nonprofits that can do these things at no cost to the government.
• It was said that ABC had developed a sitcom that would become her TV debut, ostensibly about her high school life, but it was never picked up.

Appearance

She is 1.73 m tall and weighs about 53 kg; her dress size is 8. She has brown hair and green eyes.

Net value

Lymari has an estimated net worth of more than $3 million, according to June 2020 sources.