Christian Serratos

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**Christian Marie Serratos** (born **Bernardi**, Template:IPAc-en; born September 21, 1990) is an American actress who plays Rosita Espinosa in AMC's *The Walking Dead* TV series, based on the comic book of the same name. She is also known for playing Suzie Crabgrass in the Nickelodeon series *Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide* and Angela Weber in *The Twilight Saga* series. She is cast to play Selena in *Selena: The Series*, an upcoming Netflix series in 2020.

## Early life

Serratos was born in Pasadena, California and raised in Burbank, California. Her mother is a jewelry designer, and public relations and marketing agent at ACSPR and is of Mexican descent. Her father is a set construction worker of Italian descent. She began figure skating when she was 3 and continued competitively, saying, "My coaches were talking about the Olympics and it was really crazy. Now, I just do it for fun." At the age of 7, she signed with the Ford Modeling Agency.

## Career

Serratos played Suzie Crabgrass in the Nickelodeon series *Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide*, which debuted in 2004 and ended in 2007 after three seasons.

Serratos' role as Angela Weber in *Twilight* won her the "Young Supporting Actress" award in the Best Performance in a Feature Film category at the 30th Young Artist Awards. Serratos reprised the role in *Twilight*'s sequels *The Twilight Saga: New Moon* and *The Twilight Saga: Eclipse*. In 2011, she appeared in The Black Keys video for their song "Howlin' for You".

She played the recurring character of Rosita Espinosa in the fourth season of AMC's series *The Walking Dead*, making her first appearance at the end of the tenth episode, "Inmates". For her character Rosita, she was upped to series regular in the fifth season, and was added to the series' main credits in the seventh season.

### Appearances

She ranked at No. 65 on *Maxim*'s "Hot 100" list for 2010. In the March 2015 issue of *Playboy* magazine, Serratos was featured in the "After Hours" section.

## Personal life

Serratos is an animal activist. She has posed for a number of PETA campaigns promoting a vegan lifestyle.

In March 2017, Serratos revealed that she was expecting her first child with her longtime boyfriend, New Politics singer David Boyd. On May 14, 2017, Serratos revealed a picture of her daughter on Instagram.Template:Cn

## References

1. ↑ "'The Walking Dead' Season 4 Casting News: Latina Christian Serratos Cast As Rosita Espinoza [SPOILERS"]. Latin Times. http://www.latintimes.com/walking-dead-season-4-casting-news-latina-christian-serratos-cast-rosita-espinoza-spoilers-131296. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Christian Serratos". Archived from the original on February 7, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080207125328/http://www.movietome.com/people/289258/christian-serratos/index.html. Retrieved 2015-04-03.  MovieTome
3. ↑ Lisa Respers France. "First look at Christian Serratos as Selena Quintanilla in new Netflix series". https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/12/entertainment/christian-serratos-selena-netflix/index.html.
4. ↑ TV.com: "Christian Serratos retrieved January 31, 2014
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Tribute: Christian Serratos Biography March 30, 2014
6. ↑ "Christian Serratos Interview". AskMen. http://www.askmen.com/hermanos/success/christian-serratos-interview.html.
7. ↑ "Christian Serratos". LePhant Magazine. 2009-02-04. Archived from the original on 2009-02-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20090211092632/http://lephantmag.com/?p=964. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
8. ↑ Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide Cast and Crew on. Tv.com. Retrieved on 2011-03-21.
9. ↑ "New Moon Actors arrived in Vancouver". ReelzChannel. 2009-04-11. Archived from the original on 2009-04-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20090410055357/http://www.reelzchannel.com/movie-news/3058/new-moon-actors-arrive-in-vancouver. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
10. ↑ "Howlin' for You". https://pitchfork.com/news/41529-video-the-black-keys-howlin-for-you/.
11. ↑ Nellie Andreeva (September 16, 2013). "Christian Serratos Joins 'The Walking Dead' — Cast As Rosita Espinosa", *Deadline*. Retrieved on September 30, 2014.
12. ↑ "Walking Dead Season Finale Interview". PopSugar. http://www.popsugar.com/Walking-Dead-Season-Finale-Interview-Rosita-Video-34450412.
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16. ↑ "News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity". http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1618882/story.jhtml. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
17. ↑ "Christian Serratos,"  *Maxim*, October 19, 2012.
18. ↑ Knoch, Sierra (March 1, 2017). "The Walking Dead's Christian Serratos Pregnant With Her First Child". http://www.eonline.com/uk/news/833063/the-walking-dead-s-christian-serratos-pregnant-with-her-first-child. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
19. ↑ Campbell, Kathy (March 18, 2017). "The Walking Dead's Christian Serratos Debuts Her Baby Bump on the Red Carpet". http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/the-walking-deads-christian-serratos-debuts-her-baby-bump-w472710. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
20. ↑ "29th Annual Young Artist Awards – Nominations / Special Awards". Archived from the original on December 4, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131204224322/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms29.html. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
21. ↑ "30th Annual Young Artist Awards – Nominations / Special Awards". Archived from the original on March 19, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090319005909/http://youngartistawards.org/noms30.html. Retrieved November 1, 2016.

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