Gina Rodriguez

Gina Alexis Rodriguez is an American actress, who is best known for her role as Jane Villanueva in telenovela . She also portrayed Andrea Fleytas in the 2016 disaster film and voiced Una the hedgehog in the Blue Sky Studios film , in the animated biblical comedy film (both released in 2017), and Kolka in the 2018 animated film . Additionally, she voiced of the 2019 Netflix adaptation of and Velma Dinkley in the 2020 WAG computer-animated film .
For Disney, she voiced Princess Marisa in Disney Channel/Disney Jr. animated series Elena of Avalor and portrayed the future version of Elena Cañero-Reed in Diary of a Future President. She also directed an episode of Doogie Kameāloha, M.D..
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Rodriguez is the youngest daughter of Puerto Rican parents, Magali and Gino Rodriguez. Her father was a boxing referee. She has an older brother and two sisters. She was raised in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on Chicago's Northwest Side. At the age of seven, Rodriguez performed at the salsa dance company Fantasia Juvenil. Rodriguez was raised Catholic and went to high school at St. Ignatius College Prep, where she was two years behind comedian John Mulaney. She has stated that she did not attend "Jake McNamara's party", which is the subject of one of Mulaney's bits. She focused on salsa dancing until age 17 when she began acting more.
At the age of 16, she was among thirteen teenagers to be accepted into Columbia University's Theatrical Collaboration. She attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. She trained for four years at the Atlantic Theater Company and Experimental Theatre Wing and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2005.
==Roles==
Princess Marisa.png|Princess Marisa(Elena of Avalor franchise)
President Elena.png|President Elena Cañero-Reed (future version)(Diary of a Future President)
==Gallery==
Gina Rodriguez Summer TCA Tour14.jpg|Gina Rodriguez speaks at the panel at the 2014 Summer TCA Tour.
Gina Rodriguez 72nd Golden Globes.jpg|Gina Rodriguez speaks onstage at the 72nd annual Golden Globes in January 2015.
Gina Rodriguez Teen Choice Awards.jpg|Gina Rodriguez attending the 2015 Teen Choice Awards.
Gina Rodriguez TIFF.jpg|Gina Rodriguez attending the 2016 Toronto International Film Fest.
Gina Rodriguez 59th Grammys.jpg|Gina Rodriguez speaks onstage at the 59th annual Grammy Awards in February 2017.
Gina Rodriguez 90th Oscars.jpg|Gina Rodriguez arrives at the 90th annual Academy Awards in March 2018.
Gina Rodriguez 76th Golden Globes.jpg|Gina Rodriguez attending the 76th annual Golden Globes in January 2019.
Gina Rodriguez D23 Expo19.jpg|Gina Rodriguez attending the 2019 D23 Expo.
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