Raised with her three siblings in the Chicago suburbs, Sanchez, who is half Puerto Rican and half French, discovered her interest in acting when she was 13 years old.

Sanchez left home for the first time in 2000 to audition for MTV's Wanna Be a VJ contest in New York. From the thousands of people who applied, Sanchez was selected as one of the five finalists, but, unfortunately, didn't win the competition. However, her disappointment was quickly forgotten when an agent who had seen her on MTV expressed interested in representing her.
After moving to Los Angeles on her agent's recommendation, Sanchez landed her very first audition. She went on to star in the drama series That Was Then and Married to the Kellys,

Kiele played a brief role in Stuck on You. Sanchez currently lives in Los Angeles where Related is filmed. Kiele Sanchez has recently been cast as Nikki on the third season of ABC's 'Lost'.

Birth Name: Kiele Sanchez
Date of Birth: October 13, 1977
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois

Filmography

• "Lost" (9 episodes, 2006-2007)
• "Related" (19 episodes, 2005-2006)
• "Modern Men" (1 episode, 2006)
• "Four Kings" (1 episode, 2006)
• "Girls on the Bus" (1 episode, 2006)
• "Married to the Kellys" (6 episodes, 2003-2004)
• Stuck on You (2003)
• Young MacGyver (2003) (TV)
• "That Was Then" (3 episodes, 2002)
• Class Warfare (2001) (TV)
• Rennie's Landing (2001)
• The Kiss (2001)
• Migrating Forms (2000)