Rosie Perez, a veteran Puerto Rican actress, who was born and raised in New York said that it's her fellow Puerto Ricans who are her real-life superheroes.
Sex and the City. Season 5, episode 3: "Luck Be an Old Lady," is where America first laid eyes on Iris Almario, the actress, host and model. She played the role of Terry, an attractive maid in a high-end Atlanta City hotel, who Samantha Jones' beau, Richard, couldn't resist. However, prior to being an actress, the Queens-native fiercely worked the pageant circuit, where she was more than once hailed queen; and she worked within the modeling industry, employed by one of the biggest agencies in the world. Through copious amounts of work on and off screen, she's collected rich, once-in-a-lifetime experiences while progressively moving toward her Hollywood ambitions.
New York City is alive with conversation, bright lights and people bumbling about with curiosity. Within the doors of one of its many restaurants, two individuals are undoubtedly sitting together for the first time, on a blind date, attempting to connect and find out if the person positioned across from him/her can better his/her life, or better yet, his/her evening. "First Date," the new Broadway play starring Zachary Levi ("Chuck") and Euro-Latina actress Krysta Rodriguez ("Smash"), captures that experience in a 90-minute performance that is over-run with wit and charisma.
America Ferrera, America’s plum Latina sweetheart, opens up about growing up in Los Angeles, politics and more, on an episode of "Cafecito." The Honduran actress met up with the NBC Latino funded conversational segment at the Voto Latino Power Summit in Washington, DC, earlier this year.
On Sept. 18, Jada Pinkett Smith turned 42 and takes a look back on the road she's been on and where she is now. She shared her thoughts about getting older on Facebook. She revealed and admitted to previously struggling with addictions.
