 Lopez was born in New York City and raised in Caracas, Venezuela.She attended Yale University graduating with a bachelor's degree in philosophy and theater studies.Lopez has worked as an actor in more than thirty feature films, including "I Heart Huckabees" (2004), "Born in East L.A." (1987), "Deep Cover" (1992), and "The Burning Season" (1994) and more than seventy television shows, including "21 Jump Street", "Lie To Me", "Alias", "", "NYPD Blue" and "It's Garry Shandling's Show".