Gina Rodriguez | |
|---|---|
 Rodriguez in 2014 | |
| Born | Gina Alexis Rodriguez July 30, 1984 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | New York University (BFA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Spouse |
Joe LoCicero (m. 2019) |
| Children | 1 |
Gina Alexis Rodriguez[1] (born July 30, 1984)[1][2] is an American actress. She is known for her leading role as Jane Villanueva in The CW satirical romantic dramedy series Jane the Virgin (2014–2019), for which she received a Golden Globe Award in 2015.[3]
Born and raised in Chicago, Rodriguez began her career in 2003 in theater productions and made her screen debut in an episode of the police procedural drama series Law & Order. Her breakthrough came in 2012, in the independent musical-drama film Filly Brown. She has gone on to star in such films as Deepwater Horizon (2016), Ferdinand (2017), Annihilation (2018), Miss Bala (2019), Someone Great (2019), Scoob! (2020), Awake (2021), I Want You Back (2022), and Spy Kids: Armageddon (2023). She voiced the titular character of the Netflix animated action-adventure series Carmen Sandiego (2019–21) and starred and executive produced the Disney+ comedy-drama series Diary of a Future President (2020–21). In 2023, Rodriguez began starring in and executive producing the ABC comedy series, Not Dead Yet.
- ^ a b "Gina Rodriguez (1984–)". Biography.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
- ^ Goncalves, Stephanie (July 30, 2013). "Interview: "Filly Brown" Actress Gina Rodriguez Talks Her FOX Pilot "Wild Blue" and Shattering Hollywood Stereotypes". Complex. Archived from the original on November 14, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
- ^ "Jane the Virgin's Gina Rodriguez: Winning CW's First Golden Globe 'Meant Everything'". TVLine. January 12, 2015. Archived from the original on December 25, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2016.