Chelsea Rendon

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Chelsea Rendon
Born
Chelsea Noreen Rendon

(1993-03-15) March 15, 1993 (age 32)
OccupationActress
Years active2001–present
Known for Vida
Shameless

Chelsea Noreen Rendon (born March 15, 1993) is a Mexican American actress. She is best known for portraying Mari Sanchez on Vida and Anne Gonzalez on Shameless .

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Early life and education

Chelsea Noreen Rendon was born on March 15, 1993, in Montebello, California. She was raised in Montebello by a single mother and began her acting career in 2001 at a young age, appearing in commercials before landing her first film role at age six. She graduated from Montebello High School. [1]

Career

Rendon began her acting career as a child, making her feature film debut as Cristina in the 2001 film No Turning Back. In her youth, she appeared in guest roles on several television series, including ER , The Shield , and Judging Amy . [2]

In 2011, she played Ruthie Valdez in the Academy Award-nominated film A Better Life . This was followed by roles in McFarland, USA (2015) and the Netflix original film Bright (2017). [3]

Rendon’s television work includes a recurring role as Lisa in the fifth season of The Fosters . From 2018 to 2020, she was a series regular on the Starz drama Vida , portraying the activist Mari. She also appeared as Anne Gonzalez in the tenth season of the Showtime series Shameless . [4]

More recently, she starred in the 2024 caper comedy The Unexpecteds, and in 2021, she voiced the character Acat in the animated miniseries Maya and the Three . [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001No Turning BackCristina Fernandez
2005 Nine Lives Sandra
2011 A Better Life Ruthie Valdez
2015 McFarland, USA Maria Marsala
2017 Bright Juvenita
2018ThrillerTiffany Rodriguez
2019The InfiltratorsViridiana
2020 The Tax Collector Lupe
2024The UnexpectedsPati

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 ER Leticia AlmarezEpisode: "Long Day's Journey"
2003 The Shield InezEpisode: "Breaking Snow"
2004 Judging Amy Maria De la CruzEpisode: "The Quick and the Dead"
2017 The Fosters Lisa3 episodes
2018–2020 Vida Marisol "Mari" SanchezMain role
2019–2020 Shameless Anne Gonzalez6 episodes
2020 Gentefied RuthieEpisode: "The Grapevine"
2021 Lucifer CamilaEpisode: "Nothing Lasts Forever"
2021 Maya and the Three Acat (voice)Miniseries
2022 Maggie MariaEpisode: "You Are the Master of Your Own Emotions"
2023 Lopez vs Lopez LunaEpisode: "Lopez vs. Neighbors"

References

  1. "Chelsea Rendon Films and Shows". Apple TV . Retrieved February 20, 2026.
  2. "Chelsea Rendon Movies & TV Shows List". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved February 20, 2026.
  3. "Chelsea Rendon". TV Guide . Retrieved February 20, 2026.
  4. "Chelsea Rendon Movies and Shows". Apple TV . Retrieved February 20, 2026.
  5. "Maya and the Three Netflix Animated Series: Everything We Know So Far". What's on Netflix. September 30, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2026.