Gina Rodriguez
Gina Rodriguez
Gina Rodriguezis a media personality, entertainment manager, and former pornographic actress known for her work with controversial clients such as Nadya Suleman, Michael Lohan and Capri Anderson. In 2012, she started GR Media, a full-service management and entertainment company, spun off from her talent management company, DD Entertainment. She added established musical artists, Neal Schonand Adam Barta, as well as reality stars Alex McCord and Angelina Pivarnickto her roster. In 2013, she parted ways with Suleman and signed Patricia Krentciland...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth30 July 1984
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
I've learned a lot about what kind of actor I want or do not want to be while being on set. I sit back and observe how other actors treat the totem pole of set politics.
I started performing very young as a salsa dancer, and every time I was on that stage dancing, all I knew was that I wanted to speak. I wanted the music to stop, and I wanted to speak.
I've been very lucky; God has done amazing things for me.
Being an actress wasn't realistic. I knew that I was going to have to do it in a way that would speak to my parents. So I went to NYU Tisch School of the Arts for theater, and I studied at the conservatory.
I was a salsa dancer for the majority of my life, from, like, 7 to 17, and did the World Salsa Congresses. I realized that I wanted to continue obviously to be a performer. But in my household, being an actor and jumping into acting is not really accepted.
I can live in L.A. as a struggling artist. I cannot live in New York as a struggling artist.
I grew up in Chicago, so hip-hop has always been a part of my life.
I dream big, baby. I want to do thrillers, I want to do smart David Lynch-type mysteries.
I'm not messing with skiing. You can't get this Puerto Rican on the slope. Uh-uh.
I love telling stories that allow people to be less afraid to tell theirs.
I learned a lot from Ana Ortiz, who plays my sister in 'Sleeping with the Fishes'.
I don't want the Latino community to think I think the reason Latino films are not doing well is because of us. It is not fully our responsibility.
What I will not do is continue to perpetuate stereotypes. I'm the daughter of a maid; why do I have to also play a maid? My mom was a maid so I didn't have to be a maid.
I've specifically decided to say no to projects that weren't advancing Latinos, that weren't showing us in a positive light, roles that were gratuitous and spreading untruths.