Years active: 2005 - present (started around 26 years old; 19 years in the business)
About Zulay Henao
Zulay Henao is a Colombian-American film and television actress. She has co-starred in a number of films such as Illegal Tender (2007), Fighting (2009), Takers (2010), Boy Wonder (2011), Hostel: Part III, The Single Moms Club (2014), True Memoirs of an International Assassin (2016). In 2014 she began starring as one of the lead characters in the Oprah Winfrey Network series, If Loving You Is Wrong.
Early life
Henao was born in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia. She and her family emigrated to New Jersey. After high school she served three years (from 1997 to 2000) with the U.S. Army. After the service, Henao enrolled at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts to study acting.
Personal life
Henao is in a relationship with American Actor & Director Kevin Connolly since 2019. Together they had a baby girl, Kennedy Cruz, born in early June 2021.
As of December 2023, she has amassed 291,000 followers on Instagram.