Growing up in Chicago, Gina started performing at age 7 with a Salsa dance company Fantasia Juvenil. She went on to work with other companies including Los Soneros Del Swing, performing at several Salsa Congress's including those in Chicago, California, New York and Puerto Rico. Dancing until her late teens Gina knew she wanted to continue to perform and entertain. At age 16, Gina was one of 13 teens to be accepted into Columbia University NY- Theatrical Collaboration taught by Richard Niles. For two months she wrote, directed and performed original work with 12 other kids brought from all over the world. She fell in love with New York and living in Gramercy Park, NYU called her name. Upon her acceptance to New York Universities- Tisch School of the Arts, her calling was clear, Theatre would be it.
Gina had four years of intense theatre training at both the Atlantic Theatre Company and Experimental Theatre Wing, working with both David Mamet and William H. Macy, and Experimental Theatre Wing, under the brilliant guidance of Rosemary Quinn and other wonderful professors. Directly after graduation, Gina booked her first lead role in the feature film Tiny Dancer. From there she continued to work in New York with multiple theatres and theatre companies and her work in film and TV slowly grew, including shows Johnny Zero, Law and Order, and Guiding Light. Not to mention several short and indie films. One in particular, Osvaldos that has gone on to have been accepted into many festivals including ABFF, NY HBO Latino Film Fest, Chicago International Film Fest, Urbanworld and named Gina Rodriguez winner of Best Actor award at the First Run Film Festival in NY and Osvaldos was named on of the Five Best Shorts (airing on HBO in Feb 2010). After many years of success and work in NY, Gina booked a lead role in a feature film Go For It across from actress Aimee Garcia. Shot in both Chicago and LA, once shooting in LA began it was clear the move to the west coast was the next step.
Five days after moving to California, Gina booked her first co-star role in LA on CBS Eleventh Hour. It didn't stop there, within her first year, she went on to book series regular roles on webseries Eden's Court and No Names, her first studio film Our Family Wedding across from America Ferrera, lead in indie film Superchicas, and her recent shooting of the hit show Ten Things I hate about you.
2010, exciting to see what work it will bring... | 
