We first saw Mariana Klaveno as Bill Compton’s maker, the vampire Lorena in Season 1, Episode 5 of True Blood. She was in a flashback scene set during the Civil War and we learned then how Bill Compton became a vampire. Mariana was very convincing as Bill’s maker, but we saw her only in that episode. It wasn’t until Season 2 that we got to see her again and learn even more about her life with Bill before and now. She is definitely a villain, but also somewhat tragic because of her love for Bill. In the world of True Blood, its rare to see a vampire care so much for another vampire, but I think we already know that Mariana’s “Lorena” is no typical vampire.
Below is an interview with Mariana from Popeater.com where she talks about how her life has completely changed in a single year because of this part in True Blood.
What do you get when you take the daughter of Washington state barley farmers, dress her up fancy and send her to the Screen Actors Guild Awards with her Outstanding Drama Performance-nominated cast mates? If the farm girl in question is Mariana Klaveno of ‘True Blood,’ you get a charming, hard-working actress who quit her job waiting tables only months ago – despite snagging the role of Lorena, one of the major players in the upcoming season of the hit HBO vampire drama.
“I was still working at a restaurant right up until season two of ‘True Blood,’” the lovely Klaveno told PopEater in an exclusive interview. “I was still working at a restaurant right up until season two of ‘True Blood’. I held onto the job for a long time and it was what grounded me that I was a struggling, starving actress, and I didn’t want to cut the security cord quite yet.”
What an unexpected dichotomy – viewers see you in the show in this glamorously evil role, and then you leave the set to do a shift.
“Yeah, I would, I would. I would put on my uniform and go to work.”
But you’re done waiting tables.
“[Laughs] I am, yes.”
