Deadly plagues or not, Dania Ramirez is definitely one hot Heroes babe! The super-sexy Ramirez is no stranger to playing the role of a hot chick with superpowers either. She had a role in X-Men, with a fight scene opposite Miss Halle Berry. Ramirez admits she had no clue what X-Men was before the role. She also admits kids used to call her "ugly" back in school. Who's laughing all the way to the bank now?


Dania Ramirez was born on November 8, 1979 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She was athletic in college, starring on the volleyball team at Montclair State University, where she graduated from in 1999. The lovely Latina was also a hip hop honey appearing in music videos for Jay-Z, Santana and LL Cool J. Dania's TV roles include not only Heroes, but also the Sopranos and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She's been in the Spike Lee movies 25th Hour with Ed Norton and She Hate Me, a film about "one heterosexual male and 18 lesbians". Ramirez also had a role in X-Men: The Last Stand, where she played Callisto, a mutant with super strength, speed and agility.

Maya Herrera Heroes Role

Currently, Dania Ramirez plays the role of Maya Herrera on NBC's Heroes. She came onto the scene quickly in Heroes Season 2 Generations. Maya and her brother Alejandro were on the run as fugitives wanted for murder in Season 2, Episode 1 - "Four Months Later". It turns out they were sorta like the Wonder Twins. When Maya became upset she unleashed a deadly plague which killed just about everyone around her. The sole survivor would be her brother Alejandro, and when the two held hands, Alejandro could calm Maya down and reverse the curse. This came in handy throughout Season 2 as Maya tended to cry alot.

During Season 2, Maya & Alejandro made the mistake of picking up a hitchiker named Gabriel Gray. Gabriel convinced the siblings to help him find Dr. Mohinder Suresh who could help cure them. Secretly Gabriel, aka "Sylar", wanted to restore his powers so he could begin killing again to steal more powers. He faked romantic interest in poor Maya in order to seduce her, then eventually murdered her brother Alejandro during a fight. Sylar eventually brought Maya to Suresh and received the injection which restored his abilities, setting the table for Heroes Season 3: Villains.

Between Season 2 and 3, Maya and Suresh must have decided to live together. Eventually Suresh went mad scientist, injecting himself with a formula that gave him new extraordinary abilities. Soon Suresh had superstrength and was climbing up walls like Spiderman. He also was able to seduce Maya quickly and the two developed a romance. The flipside of it all, Suresh had become a monster, like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He even emitted a strange sticky substance and collected people in cocoons on his laboratory walls, including Maya. But after a quick trip to Pinehearst, Suresh met Arthur Petrelli who was able to drain the powers out of Maya, making her normal once again. Suresh tried to convince Maya he was still a good doctor, but Maya wasn't having it and took off due to Suresh's dark side.

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Below you will find sexy Dania Ramirez pics including sexy bikini pics from Maxim magazine. Dania also had a role in the Sopranos playing AJ's fiancee, Bianca, and she is show attending the Sopranos premier below. Check out the pics below.

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Sexy Dania Ramirez Bikini Pics

^(Dania Ramirez bikini pic #1, Maxim)


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^(Dania attends HBO Sopranos premier)


^(Dania on the cover of UrbanLatino mag #54)


^(Dania in the dark on NBC Heroes)


^(Dania makes one hot Esquire photo shoot!)

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Heroes Season 3 - Villains - Episode Recaps

Sexy Hayden Panettiere Bikini & Cheerleader Pics

Sexy Kristen Bell Bikini & Lingerie Pics

(What's the meaning of the new paintings?)

Season 3 kicked off with a bang and definitely did not disappoint. We had back-to-back episodes: "The Second Coming" and "The Butterfly Effect". Last season now looks like a mere blur on the roadmap to great stories, special effects, drama and action. They've done a good job at throwing all kinds of twists and turns into just 2 episodes, giving us plenty of room to speculate. Here's some thoughts on the first two episodes and what we might expect this season.

The future "Peter" definitely gives us the display of powers (and special efx) we've been waiting for. I had been contemplating the idea that maybe this badass future Peter we were seeing was really Sylar coming back in time (after killing Hiro). It may make sense after seeing what Mrs. Petrelli said to Sylar, making him into her son.

So what's up with Mrs. Petrelli? She told Sylar he's her son, but I'm not sure she meant it literally. She's got some sort of mind manipulation powers and may be convincing Sylar to do her bidding. The bidding would be having Sylar go out to stop the future Peter, or even worse to destroy the world.

The fact that Sylar can morph into different people makes him deadlier than ever, but we didn't really see it displayed yet. It would make sense if "future Peter" is Sylar and he made "present day Peter" look like the inmate Jesse. You'll remember Candice had that ability to change the way things looked, but I'm not sure she could change something and leave it looking like that for an extended time period.

And how about the joke from Sylar when Claire asked if he was going to eat her brain now - "No Claire that's gross" - great stuff from the writers. It seems all Sylar needs to do is touch a certain part of a Heroe's brain to gain their powers, sorta like how Micah touched electronics and got a feel to make it work. I can't recall exactly, but weren't some of the brains removed from various dead people with powers? Where did those go? Also let's add to the list of new powers for Sylar: ability to heal, ability to create his own gold items- so he has a solid source of income in these rough economic times.

It's great to see Linderman back. Well he's not really back, just an apparition that Nathan sees. Or is it a mind trick? If Linderman were truly back, the creators could then bring back just about anyone they chose to. Or maybe it's possible now. Also, did Linderman have a hand in bringing someone else back to life..say Jessica/Nikki as Tracy Strauss? Interesting that she has a different power now to freeze people, and Suresh had the super strength.

We saw Electrocution-expert Elle as a guest star in Episode 2, and she almost was destroyed by Sylar. Her electric outburst saved her, but I'm not expecting her to last through the entire season. Most likely one of the new bad guys destroys her, possibly the one with the powerful force he emits that looks like some sort of radiation blast.

As for the new villains, they really haven't given us much insight beyond: a guy who absorbs fear to turn it into super-strength, a guy who controls magnetic forces (like X-Men's Magneto), and Jesse, who HRG has no clue about. Let's hope Jesse has a power, and it's not just to be the "cool guy who rolls with the villains". Also, it seems like Peter in a roundabout way is back where he was last season, rolling with a crew of bad guys while trying to save the world.

Are Micah and Monica no longer part of the Heroes crew? It's strange how they would not survive an exploding building which they weren't even in, but Nikki is back. Wouldn't that make Monica's role in last season basically useless in terms of overall story development? Well, at least she has her own comic book now.

Hiro vs. Ando was also an interesting story turn. Ando may have hit the nail on the head when he speculated "maybe it was someone who looked like me" that killed Hiro in the future. That could mean Sylar or Peter had changed their appearance in an attempt to steal that 1/2 formula from Hiro. But we also have that "power syringe" Suresh made and who knows, maybe Ando got power-hungry. Daphne's power is interesting so far, and she's stated she has a "boss". Is it Mrs. Petrelli or someone new?

The Suresh-Maya pairing makes for a steamy romantic couple for this season. Maya is looking better than ever, most likely due to the fact that she's not on the run, sweating and crying. Suresh made a cool power-giving syringe, until he discovered it gave him skin lesions and seemed to take his power away. Is Suresh dying now, or will he find a cure? Will a villain steal the power syringe? How bout giving HRG some kind of cool power? We still need someone who can stretch themselves out like Mr. Fantastic.

Is Claire the one who has the "purity of blood" needed for the second half of "The Formula"? HRG is setting out alone to track down the missing villains now. Will we see a return of his sidekick, The Haitian? Is Mrs. Petrelli now running The Company? Who's working for her? (possibilities: Daphne, Sylar, Haitian)

Speaking of powers, it seems that Matt Parkman and Nathan should be on the "Most Expendible List". Smart money is on Parkman to bite the bullet out of any of the main heroes, and possibly Nathan, although he's got a Senate role now which plays an important part in the story. Peter has Parkman's power now, but realistically Parkman is just a detective in the show who can give HRG backup.

Parkman's interaction with the turtle was funny, and it would have been interesting if there was a hero who could turn into animals. Possibly a joke from the creators there. Matt met up with a man who seems to have the power that Isaac had in Season 1. He can foretell future events by paintings. He's painted what looks like an exploding earth, see picture above. This must be some sort of warning sign for others, and we've seen it twice now. So possibly Peter or Sylar painted the other, but what does it mean?

It's gonna be a great season from the looks of these first two episodes. We have all sorts of bad guys out and about and the Heroes will need to find ways to stop them. Peter has the trump card, as does Sylar. Is it possible we see Sylar play the role of "good guy" trying to stop the villains?

iTunes, Milk Ads & New Heroes

E Online has reported that NBC Universal has decided to no longer sell its various TV shows on iTunes, including Heroes. From E Online:

"NBC has decided against renewing its contract with Apple to sell downloads of its TV shows on iTunes after the companies were unable to reach an agreement on pricing, per the New York Times. The move won't have an immediate impact, as the network's current two-year deal extends through December. Among the most popular NBC shows currently sold through iTunes are Heroes, The Office and Battlestar Galactica."

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Hayden Panettiere and Masi Oka will be appearing in Milk ads. Masi Oka's ad has already debuted in Marvel Comics September 1st. Hayden's ad debuts in the October issue of Alloy magazine which should be available on newsstands soon.

Check out pictures and the full story here at E! Online.

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E! also had a small segment on its recent Entertainment highlights TV show which discussed Heroes. E highlighted the release of the new Heroes Season 1 DVD, and also discussed 2 new characters, one of which was Maya Herrera (Dania Ramírez). Heroes Wikipedia describes her as a Dominican who is on the run from the police. She has superhuman abilities, although they have not yet been revealed anywhere. However, on the E segment she claimed she is trying to come to grips with how to control her powers and said they involve her male counterpart being present. Could this be the Heroes answer to the Wonder Twins?

Check out info on 2 other new Heroes characters (Jessica Collins & Kristen Bell).