Genesis Rodriguez

Rodriguez was born July 29, 1987, in Miami, Florida.^[7] Her mother, Luisa Carolina "Carol" Pérez Rodríguez, is a Cuban model. Her father, José Luis Rodríguez, is a Venezuelan actor and singer who is also known by the nickname "El Puma".^[8] Her parents married in 1996.^[9]

As a child, Rodriguez performed as one of the young dancers on the Venezuelan children's series El Club de Los Tigritos. Upon returning to Miami, she continued private education with a tutor and obtained a recurring role on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives from November 2005 to January 2006. She was also a returned special guest on the Bravo TV series Top Chef.^[1] In addition to American television, Rodriguez landed Spanish-language roles and played dual leads as Rosita Amado and Violeta Hurtado in the primetime series Dame Chocolate, which aired on Telemundo.^[10]

In 2012, Rodriguez had a substantial role as the love interest of Will Ferrell in the comedy film Casa de Mi Padre,^[3] a spoof in the style of the Mexican soap operas of the 1970s. She followed that role with an appearance in the action-thriller film The Last Stand in 2013,^[3] playing the villainous FBI Agent Ellen Richards, as well as appearing in the comedy Identity Thief as Marisol.^[3] In 2014, Rodriguez lent her voice to Honey Lemon in the Disney animated film Big Hero 6.^[5] In February 2017, she appeared as the main female role in the music video for Romeo Santos's song Héroe Favorito.^[11] In 2022, she appeared in the recurring role of superhero Sloane Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy season 3.^[12]