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Gentefied
''Gentefied'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Marvin Lemus and Linda Yvette Chávez, that premiered on Netflix on February 21, 2020. The series stars Karrie Martin, Joseph Julian Soria, Carlos Santos (comedian), Carlos Santos and Joaquín Cosío. In May 2020, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on November 10, 2021. In January 2022, the series was canceled after two seasons. Synopsis ''Gentefied'' follows the story of "three Mexican-American cousins and their struggle to chase the American Dream, even while that same dream threatens the things they hold most dear: their neighborhood, their immigrant grandfather and the family taco shop". Cast and characters Main * Joaquín Cosío as Casimiro "Pop" Morales, a widowed owner of "Mama Fina's". He and his wife Delfina ('Mama Fina') had three sons. * Joseph Julian Soria, J.J. Soria as Erik Morales, one of Pop's grandsons with a baby on the way. He's the son of one of Pop's sons. * Karri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Santos (comedian)
Carlos Santos (born April 9, 1980) is a Puerto Rican actor and comedian based in Los Angeles. He is best known for playing Chris Morales in the Netflix original series '' Gentefied''. Santos was also the host of the MTV Tres show ''MiTRL'' (2006-2009). His credits include '' Primo'', ''Undone'', ''Vacation Friends'', and '' The Valet''. Early life and education Santos was born and raised in Puerto Rico. He is the youngest of three children. He learned to speak English growing up from watching television, and particularly enjoyed ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', ''Teen Wolf'', and ''Ghostbusters''. Santos named Will Smith, Steve Carell, Jim Carrey, George Lopez, and Pablo Francisco as some of his biggest comedy influences. He attended college at Fresno State University, first as a computer engineering major before switching to theatre. He took a class about stand-up comedy that first sparked his interest in the medium and began to perform stand-up in Fresno at a local casino. Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camila María Concepción
Camila María Concepción (December 20, 1991 – February 19, 2020) was an American screenwriter and transgender rights activist. Biography Concepción was born in California and grew up in Inland Empire and El Monte. She graduated from Yale University with a degree in American Studies, writing her prizewinning senior thesis on the relationship between American “minority” literature and theories of decolonization. Concepción was an assistant writer for the 2020 Netflix comedy-drama original series ''Gentefied'', helping write the ninth episode "Protest Tacos", directed by Andrew Ahn. She was also a staff writer on Netflix's 2019 zombie comedy-drama series '' Daybreak''. Her artistic inspirations were Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Octavia Butler, Paul Auster, butterflies, and Cher Horowitz. Concepción was a prolific writer and an active Latina transgender rights activist. She was represented by United Talent Agency (UTA) and took part in Jill Soloway's ''Time's Up 50/50 by 2020'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
America Ferrera
America Georgina Ferrera (; born April 18, 1984) is an American actress, director and television producer. She has received List of awards and nominations received by America Ferrera, numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to a nomination for an Academy Award. In 2007 and 2024, ''Time (magazine), Time'' named her one of the Time 100, 100 most influential people in the world and in 2023, she was named in BBC's 100 Women (BBC), 100 Women list. Ferrera developed an interest in acting at a young age, performing in several stage productions at her school. She made her feature film debut in 2002 with the comedy-drama ''Real Women Have Curves'', earning praise for her performance. She achieved modest success early in her career with roles in films such as the comedy-dramas ''Gotta Kick It Up!'' (2002) and ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (film), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' (2005). She ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karrie Martin Lachney
Karrie Martin (born March 3, 1989) is an American actress and entrepreneur best known for her role as Ana Morales on the Netflix series ''Gentefied''. Martin grew up in a Honduran-American family and did not speak English until she started school. She attended Louisiana State University for college, where she was in Phi Mu sorority. Prior to acting, she worked in casting Casting is a manufacturing process in which a liquid material is usually poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify. The solidified part is also known as a casting, which is ejected or .... Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Karrie 1989 births Living people American people of Honduran descent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Macer
Monica Macer is a writer and producer. She is credited as the showrunner and executive producer of the new Netflix comedy-drama series '' Gentefied''. Biography Macer is a 1993 graduate of Vassar College. She began her career in theater arts in New York City. She co-produced an independent feature film, Park Day, and won the Audience Award at the Urban World Film Festival for that movie. She then focused on television. She worked as an assistant at Nickelodeon Movies and a creative executive for the Walt Disney Company. She was then selected by the Fox Writers Program. She was a producers' assistant for the second and third seasons of '' 24''. She went on to become a writers' assistant for the first season of '' Lost'' in 2004. Macer and the ''Lost'' writing staff won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony for their work on the first and second seasons. She became a story editor and writer on ''Prison Break''. She was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joaquín Cosío
Joaquín Cosío Osuna (born 6 October 1962) is a Mexicans, Mexican actor and poet. He has been nominated four times for the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas, Mexican Academy of Film Ariel Awards, winning the Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work as Gabriel in ''The Thin Yellow Line'' in 2016. He is best known for roles such as Rubén "Mascarita" in ''Matando Cabos'' (2004), General Medrano in ''Quantum of Solace'' (2008), ''Hell (2010 film), El Infierno'' (2010), he was Angel Guzman Hurtado, The Silver Angel in ''The Strain (TV series), The Strain'' (2014–2017), Eufemio "El Cochiloco" Mata in El Infierno, Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo in ''Narcos: Mexico'' (2018–2021) and Major General Mateo Suárez in ''The Suicide Squad (film), The Suicide Squad'' (2021). Life and career Cosío began his theatrical career in the early 1980s. He made his screen debut in 2001, at the age of 38, in the film ''The Blue Room'' and he has since participated in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Julian Soria
Joseph Julian Soria (born August 28, 1981) is an American actor best known for his role as Private First Class Hector Cruz in the Lifetime series ''Army Wives'' and Pete Ramos in '' The Oath''. Life and career Soria was born in Los Angeles, California. His parents are Mexican. He joined the cast of ''Army Wives'' in 2012 for season 6. He was promoted to series regular for season 7 of the top-rated series. He also starred as the lead antagonist, MC Wyatt, in the Pantelion Films and Olmos Productions film ''Filly Brown''. The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival as part of the U.S. Dramatic Competition. Soria plays opposite Gina Rodriguez in the film, which premiered to a limited distribution of 188 theaters on April 19, 2013. Before the film's release, the ''Filly Brown'' team mourned the loss of the film's supporting actress, Latin superstar Jenni Rivera, who died in a plane crash, along with six other individuals, near Iturbide, Nuevo León, Mexico, on December 9, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilmer Valderrama
Wilmer Eduardo Valderrama ( ; born January 30, 1980) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Fez in the sitcom '' That '70s Show'' (1998–2006), his current role as Special Agent Nick Torres in '' NCIS'' (2016–present), and Agustín Madrigal in '' Encanto''. He was also host of the MTV series '' Yo Momma'' (2006–07), the voice of Manny from the Playhouse Disney/ Disney Junior animated series '' Handy Manny'' (2006–2013), and played Carlos Madrigal in '' From Dusk till Dawn: The Series'' (2014–2016). He has had recurring roles on ''Grey's Anatomy'' as well as '' The Ranch'' (both in 2016). Valderrama has further performed in several prominent feature films, including '' Party Monster'' (2003), '' Beauty Shop'' (2005), '' Fast Food Nation'' (2006), '' Unaccompanied Minors'' (2006), '' Larry Crowne'' (2011), and '' The Adderall Diaries'' (2015). He voiced the character of Prince Philippe Charming in the family animated film '' Charming'' (2018). In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Patiño
Alejandro Patiño is an American actor. He has guest starred on several television programs including the recurring role of Ralph, Gabrielle Solis's new gardener, on the ABC series ''Desperate Housewives''. Other appearances include ''House'', '' Roswell'', ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'', ''Arrested Development'' and ''Family Law''. From 2013 to 2014, Patino costarred as Cesar on the FX series '' The Bridge''. He has starred as Ernesto in the independent film '' Papi Chulo'' and as the cantina bartender in the Coen brothers’ '' The Ballad of Buster Scruggs''. He has portrayed Bossman in the live comedy production '' Chico's Angels'', a parody of the 1976–81 TV series ''Charlie's Angels'', since 2003. As of late 2015 and up until 2016, Patino has been appearing in Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen commercials in U.S. Hispanic market media. Personal life Patino was born in Santa Maria, California Santa Maria (Spanish language, Spanish for "Mary, mother of Jesus, St. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felipe Esparza
Felipe de Jesus Esparza is a Mexican-born American stand-up comedian and actor. He began performing stand-up in 1994. He won ''Last Comic Standing'' in 2010. Felipe is currently on tour for his comedy show, "At My Leisure". In addition, Felipe hosts a weekly popular youtube podcast named "What's up Fool?" Early life and education Felipe Esparza was born in Sinaloa, Mexico. He lived on his mother's family's ranch in Sinaloa before moving with his family to live with his aunt in Tijuana, where they lived for about two years. His father had left the family to go to the United States alone. Eventually, before President Reagan's amnesty law, Esparza, his two brothers, and his mother illegally immigrated to the United States, traveling in the car of a "coyote" smuggler. During the trip, they were stopped at a checkpoint in San Clemente, California, and he was held in a holding cell with his brothers, separate from their mother, for a short period of time. The family was deported. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. It is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. She was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
