34 Facts About Gina Rodriguez

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Gina Alexis Rodriguez was born on July 30,1984 and is an American actress.

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Gina Rodriguez is known for her leading role as Jane Villanueva in The CW satirical romantic dramedy series Jane the Virgin, for which she received a Golden Globe Award in 2015.

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Gina Rodriguez's breakthrough came in 2012, in the independent musical-drama film Filly Brown.

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Gina Rodriguez voiced the titular character of the Netflix animated action-adventure series Carmen Sandiego.

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Gina Alexis Rodriguez was born in Chicago, Illinois, the youngest daughter of Puerto Rican parents, Magali and Gino Rodriguez, a boxing referee.

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Gina Rodriguez was raised in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on Chicago's Northwest Side.

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At the age of seven, Gina Rodriguez performed at the salsa dance company Fantasia Juvenil.

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Gina Rodriguez was raised Catholic, and went to high school at St Ignatius College Prep where she was two years behind the comedian John Mulaney.

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Gina Rodriguez has stated that she did not attend "Jake McNamara's party" which is the subject of one of Mulaney's bits.

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Gina Rodriguez focused on salsa dancing until age 17 when she began acting more.

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Gina Rodriguez trained for four years at the Atlantic Theater Company and Experimental Theatre Wing, and earned with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2005.

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Gina Rodriguez portrayed Frida Kahlo in the world premiere of Casa Blue in the UK, in the play called The Last Moments in the Life of Frida Kahlo at the American Stage Theatre.

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Gina Rodriguez later has appeared on Eleventh Hour, Army Wives and The Mentalist.

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On October 19,2011, Gina Rodriguez landed the recurring role, Beverly, in the soap opera series The Bold and the Beautiful.

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In 2012, Gina Rodriguez played young hip-hop artist Majo Tenorio in the independent musical-drama film Filly Brown, for which she won an Imaged Award.

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Gina Rodriguez received good reviews for her performance in film.

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Gina Rodriguez was the recipient of the Best Actor Award at the First Run Film Festival in New York.

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On June 9,2013, Gina Rodriguez won the Inaugural Lupe Award.

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On June 4,2014, Gina Rodriguez joined the cast of the upcoming drama film Sticky Notes.

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Gina Rodriguez voiced Mary in the animated film The Star, which was released in November 2017, as well as Una in Blue Sky Studios' Ferdinand a month later and played Anya in the science fiction thriller film Annihilation, opposite Natalie Portman.

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Gina Rodriguez worked on projects at CBS and The CW centered around the Latino community.

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Gina Rodriguez served as a producer and starred in the 2019 Netflix romantic comedy film Someone Great, where her character sang and danced to Lizzo's Truth Hurts, ultimately making the song more popular and hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

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In 2019, Gina Rodriguez starred as the title character in the action thriller film Miss Bala.

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Gina Rodriguez served as the executive producer for the Disney+ show Diary of a Future President, where she starred as the title character as an adult.

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Gina Rodriguez was nominated for the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performance for the show's second season.

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In 2016, Gina Rodriguez began dating actor and mixed martial arts fighter Joe LoCicero, whom she met on the set of Jane the Virgin.

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On July 30,2022, Gina Rodriguez revealed on Instagram that she was pregnant with their first child.

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Gina Rodriguez gave birth to their son in March 2023.

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Gina Rodriguez has been increasingly involved with various charities and philanthropic efforts, made possible by her rising visibility as a film and television actress.

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Gina Rodriguez has stated that this is a great opportunity to say thank you [to the HSF] and to help open doors for Latino students to follow.

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Gina Rodriguez, in designing a celebri-tee which featured the phrase "Kindness Is Always In Style" in cursive print, took a stand for kindness, acceptance, and inclusion in support of bullying prevention, and stated that her parents always taught [her] the power of thinking positively and treating others with respect.

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Also in October 2015, Gina Rodriguez was announced as a partner of Naja, a lingerie line founded in 2014 with ambitions to help women and the environment.

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Gina Rodriguez cites Naja's commitment to creating lingerie for women of all shapes and sizes and encouraging body confidence as a factor for becoming involved with the lingerie line; admitting that it was a process for her to fall in love with her own body, Rodriguez spoke on the importance of empowering women to love their own bodies and what they wear.

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In 2016, Gina Rodriguez was named to Oprah's SuperSoul 100 list of visionaries and influential leaders.