American actress, writer, and TV judge (born 1968)
Cristina Perez
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Born
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1968-10-27
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October 27, 1968
(age 55)
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Nationality
| American
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Other names
| Cristina Perez Gonzalez
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Occupations
| - Television personality
- television court judge
- attorney
- writer
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Known for
| Justice For All with Judge Cristina Perez
,
Cristina’s Court
and
La Corte de Familia
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Spouse
| Christopher Gonzalez
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Cristina Perez
(born October 27, 1968) is an American actress, television personality, writer and TV
judge
.
Biography
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Perez was born in
New York City
to parents of
Colombian
descent, and raised in
California
. She received two
BAs
at
UCLA
and her
JD
at
Whittier Law School
.
[1]
Perez is best known for presiding over cases in the shows
La Corte del Pueblo
(1999?2000) and
La Corte de Familia
(2000?2005) on the
Telemundo
network.
[2]
[3]
In September 2006, Perez's book
Living by Los Dichos: Advice from a Mother to a Daughter
was published by
Simon & Schuster
.
[4]
In March 2010, Perez's second book
It's All about the Woman Who Wears It: 10 Laws for Being Smart, Successful and Sexy Too
(published by
Penguin Books
) was released.
[5]
She is married to Christopher Gonzalez.
Television
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Perez hosted the
syndicated
American
arbitration-based reality
court show
,
Cristina's Court
, from 2006 to 2009.
[6]
It was filmed at
KRIV
, the
FOX
owned-and-operated station
in
Houston
. This made Perez one of four Hispanic judges that presided over an English-language American TV judge show, along with
Maria Lopez
(
Judge Maria Lopez
),
Alex Ferrer
(
Judge Alex
), and
Marilyn Milian
(
The People's Court
). The show was
executive produced
by
Peter Brennan
and directed by
Arthur Bergel
.
Perez is the first Hispanic judge to cross over from Spanish-language to English-language television. Her ancestry is Colombian, rather than Mexican or Cuban, as had been thought by some of her viewers.
[7]
Cristina's Court
won the
Daytime Emmy
for
Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program
in 2008, 2009, and 2010.
[8]
The 3 wins was a record until it was tied by
Judge Judy
in 2017.
Perez participated in a weekly radio segment called "Sex In the News" on the
Playboy Radio
, which is broadcast on
Sirius
satellite radio.
[9]
According to the
Syndicated Network Television Association
, Cristina ranked as one of the most trustworthy and influential syndicated hosts on television, ranking second behind
Oprah Winfrey
among adults 18 to 34 years old.
[10]
Perez returned to the court show genre with
Justice for All with Judge Cristina Perez
which has been airing since 2012. The program is produced by
Entertainment Studios
which produces two other court shows,
America's Court with Judge Ross
and
We the People With Gloria Allred
, all of which have real cases that are re-enacted with actors and scripts.
Justice for All
airs in both English and Spanish.
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