About Gina Rodriguez
Gina Alexis Rodriguez (born July 30, 1984) 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. 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. Gina gave a memorable performance in the 2013 "Party's Over" episode of Longmire. She has gone on to star in such films as Deepwater Horizon (2016), Ferdinand (2017), Annihilation, Smallfoot (both 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) and the ABC comedy series Not Dead Yet (2023–24). In 2012, Rodriguez played young hip-hop artist Majo Tenorio in the independent musical-drama film Filly Brown, for which she won an Imaged Award. On June 9, 2013, Gina won the Inaugural Lupe Award. She also was the recipient of the Best Actor Award at the First Run Film Festival in New York.
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