If you haven’t heard of Christian Serratos yet, that’ll soon change.
The Quintanilla family will develop and executive produce the series, which will be broken up in two parts. Part one will air in 2020 and feature six one-hour episodes.
Read on for everything you need to know about Serratos, 29.
Serratos is best known for her role as Rosita Espinosa inThe Walking Dead. She joined the cast of the AMC zombie series for season 4 in 2014 and has since made her mark as the longest-lasting Latina on the show.
“I love holding it down for the Latinas,” Serratos, whose mother is Mexican, toldEntertainment Tonightearlier this year. “It’s cool because … there’s a few, but there’s not many Latin women in comics and I think it’s probably a bucket list thing for me [to play her].”
“I didn’t think I’d be on this show for this long,” she added. “I love this show. I think it’s going to go down in history as where I learned the most, kind of where I figured myself out. I’m just really proud that I got to be a part of it, and proud that I’m still here.”
It is currently unknown if Serratos will continue her role onTWD. Her character isamong those very illas a result of The Whisperers tainting Alexandria’s water supply with zombie entrails.
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She got her start on a popular tween show.
She’s also credited in one episode ofZoey 101and one episode ofHannah Montana, and was a supporting character in season 4 ofThe Secret Life of the American Teenager.
You also might recognize her from theTwilightfranchise.
Serratos played Forks High School student Angela Weber in five movies based on the hit novels.
She’s an animal activist.
When she was 19, Serratosposed nude for PETA’s “I’d rather go naked”anti-fur campaign.
“I wanted to do it even before then,” she toldAskMen.com. “I was literally waiting till I turned 18 so I could do that with PETA. It’s something I was passionate about at a young age.”
“I was educating my mom and sister, and encouraging as many people as possible not to eat meat and the reasons behind it,” she continued. “That poster is something I’m really proud I did to raise awareness for a cause I believe in. It’s one of my proudest moments.”
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She’s a mom.
“She just started saying ‘No,’ but she doesn’t say ‘No,’ she says it with a Mexican accent,” she added. “I love it!”
source: people.com
