Eiza González

**Eiza González** is a Mexican actress and singer. She portrays Elodie on Apple TV+'s *Extrapolations*.

## Background

González studied at the 'American School Foundation' and at the 'Edron Academy', both in Mexico City. In 2003, Eiza joined Mexico City based acting school 'M & M Studio', run by renowned actress Patricia Reyes Spíndola. She attended the school till 2004. She was then allowed to take up a three years course at the renowned entertainment educational institution of Televisa, 'Centro de Educación Artística', in Mexico City, when she was 14. It was there that she got noticed by producer-director Pedro Damián.

Her real breakthrough came with an adaptation of *Flinderella* (2004) titled *Lola: Érase una vez* (2007), a Televisa produced teen-oriented Mexican melodrama telenovela. As a result of the huge popularity of the show, it was shown in many other countries across Latin America and the US. In spring 2008, she went to New York City with her mother to take up a three months acting course at the 'Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute' and returned to Mexico City upon its completion. That year, cosmetic brand Avon in Mexico selected her as the new face of 'Color Trend de Avon'. EMI Televisa signed a deal with her in late 2008 that led her to release her debut album 'Contracorriente' on November 24, 2009 in Mexico/Latin America through EMI Televisa Music and on January 26, 2010 in the US through Capitol Latin. The album climbed at #13 on the Mexico Top 100 Albums chart. In April 2009, she appeared in the episode "Tere, desconfiada" (2009) of the hit anthology crime series *Mujeres asesinas*.

She then landed up with dual roles in the musical tween telenovela *Sueña conmigo*  (2010), as the lead protagonist Clara and her alter-ego Roxy Pop. For filming of the series, she had to stay in Buenos Aires for a year and visiting Mexico only during breaks. Produced by Televisa, Illusion Studios and Nickelodeon Latin America, *Sueña conmigo*  (2010) aired on Nickelodeon Latin America from July 20, 2010 to April 1, 2011 covering Mexico, Argentina and other Latin American nations. The popularity of the series led the cast to perform concerts across Argentina between March and July 2011. Her second album 'Te Acordarás de Mí' released digitally on June 5, 2012. It debuted at # 66 on the México Top 100 Albums charts and peaked at #14 on the US Billboard Latin Pop Album chart. The comedy drama flick Almost Thirty (2014) that premiered at different film festivals in 2013 marked her debut on big-screen. The film however released in Mexico much later on 22nd August 2014.

Her next big role on TV was that of Nikki Brizz Balvanera, a female protagonist, in the Mexican telenovela *Amores verdaderos*  (2012) that aired on Canal de las Estrellas from September 3, 2012 to May 12, 2013. She then went on to play Sheila "Jetta" Burns in the 2015 film *Jem and the Holograms*  (2015). Later, she appeared in the American horror TV series *From Dusk Till Dawn: The Serie* s (2014) portraying the character of Santanico Pandemonium played by Salma Hayek in the original film. Later, in 2017, she went onto star in *Baby Driver* and in 2019, she appeared in *Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw*.

## External links

* Eiza González at the Internet Movie Database
* Eiza González (@eizagonzalez) on Instagram
* Eiza González on Wikipedia
* Eiza González (@eizamusica) on Twitter

## References

1. ↑ About Eiza González - Interview Magazine