By Luis Reyes
New to Chicago P.D. is Lisseth Chavez!
Lisseth Chavez will appear in a recurring role on the upcoming 7th season of NBC’s Chicago P.D. Chavez will take on the role of Vanessa Rojas, a streetwise undercover cop. The NBC crime drama revolves around the men and women of the Chicago Police Departments elite intelligence unit combatting the city’s most notorious crimes.
Chavez‘s contract has the possibility of extending into a regular character on the series now that Jon Seda’s Detective Antonio Dawson has left the show. The young actress recently recurred on ABC’s medical drama Station 19 as fire academy graduate “Kat” Noonan.
Lisseth is best known for her role as Ximena Sinfuego on the long-running Freeform series The Fosters. Chicago P. D. is produced by Wolf Entertainment in association with Universal Television filmed on location in Chicago. Chavez is represented by Osbrink talent agency, Link Entertainment and Stone Genow.
Alita: Battle Angels’ Rosa Salazar Stars in New Amazon Prime Series Undone
Rosa Salazar is starring in a new one-hour Sci-Fi series for Amazon studios called Undone. It uses cutting edge Rotoscope animation technology to tell the story of Alma, a dissatisfied San Antonio daycare worker who survives a car crash, only to realize she now has an unusual relationship with time and seeks to solve the mystery of her father’s death.
The advanced animation technology Rotoscope takes place when animators sketch colors and texture over each frame of recorded digital video. Season 1 of Undone consists of eight episodes that will debut on Amazon Prime later this year, but no premiere date has been set.
With $404 million in the worldwide box-office and generally favorable review from film critics, Robert Rodriquez and James Cameron’s manga film adaptation Alita: Battle Angel with Salazarin the title role has just been released on DVD and is sure to expand its fan base.
At the recent Comic-Con in San Diego star, Rosa Salazar urged everyone to buy DVD’s or Blu Rays to prove to Disney/Fox that there are interest and a demand for a sequel to Alita: Battle Angel. Michelle Rodriguez’sRos mentor Gelda and other characters were briefly included in the movie in hopes of developing the characters in a sequel. Rodriguez concluded the movie with the intention of making a sequel and he and Cameron, inspired by the original source material, had worked out continuing storylines.