Lisseth Chavez | |
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Born | 1989 (age 34–35) |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2009–present |
Known for | The Fosters Chicago P.D. DC's Legends of Tomorrow The Rookie |
Lisseth Chavez is an American actress known for her roles in Chicago P.D. , The Rookie , and The Fosters . Chavez appeared as Esperanza "Spooner" Cruz in the sixth and seventh seasons of the CW superhero series Legends of Tomorrow .
Chavez is of Salvadoran heritage. [1] She was born in 1989.
Chavez worked as a model early in her career. [2] She first appeared to TV audiences in 2009's reality beauty contest, True Beauty . She acted professionally for the first time in an episode of The Baby (2011). Chavez has appeared in individual episodes of Southland , Shameless , Lucifer , Rizzoli & Isles , and others. She started to garner more significant roles starting in 2016 with her work on The Night Shift , followed by a featured character run on The Fosters . [3] [1] She played characters with multiple episode-arcs on Station 19 and The OA in 2019. [3]
Chavez lead role has grown to include her playing rookie officer Vanessa Rojas on NBC's "Chicago" franchise shows ( Chicago P.D. , Chicago Med , and Chicago Fire ), a role originally designed to create long-term romantic tension with character Kevin Atwater, initiated in season seven of the series, but cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] [5] The character arc ended there, as it was announced during the break that Chavez could not return to complete her character's story-line. This was due to the fact the character "...never entirely clicked with fans or the producers." [6] [7] The timing of the change, however, allowed Chavez to take on the new role of a tech-geek with a tragic past, Esperanza "Spooner" Cruz, in The CW's Legends of Tomorrow sixth season. [4] [8] In the episode "The Fixed Point" (2022), Cruz comes out as asexual; [9] [10] she is the first Arrowverse character to do so. [11]
In 2020, the Imagen Awards, referred to by the industry as the "Latino Golden Globes," nominated Chavez in the 'Best Supporting Actress: Television' category for her work on Chicago P.D. [12]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 | BFFs | Bella | completed (unreleased) |
2021 | Voyeur | Rebecca | Post-production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | True Beauty | Herself | |
2011 | The Baby | Maritza | Episode: "The Interviews" |
2013 | Southland | Carmen Martinez | Episode: "Bleed Out" |
2015 | The Adversaries | TV film | |
Shameless | Marita | Episode: "Crazy Love" | |
The Night Shift | Ana | Episode: "Fog of War" | |
2016 | Rush Hour | clerk | Episode: "Badass Cop" |
Lucifer | Nikki | Episode: "A Priest Walks Into a Bar" | |
Murder in the First | Skylar Jennings | 3 episodes | |
Rizzoli & Isles | Carmen | Episode: "Dangerous Curve Ahead" | |
2017 | Grey's Anatomy | Kate Endris | Episode: "Civil War" |
One Day at a Time | Young Lydia | Episode: "A Snowman's Tale" | |
One of Us | Haley Cooper | TV film | |
S.W.A.T. | Ariana Acosta | Episode: "Fences" | |
2017–2018 | The Fosters | Ximena Sinfuego | Recurring role; 18 episodes |
2018 | Get Christie Love | Val | TV film |
2019 | Station 19 | Kathleen "Kat" Noonan | 2 episodes |
The OA | Carmen | 2 episodes | |
Chicago Fire | Officer Vanessa Rojas | Episode: "Infection, pt. 1" | |
Chicago Med | Episode: "Infection, pt. 2" | ||
2019−2020 | Chicago P.D. | Main role; 19 episodes | |
2021–2022 | Legends of Tomorrow | Esperanza "Spooner" Cruz [4] | Main role; Seasons 6–7 |
2022−present | The Rookie | Officer Celina Juarez | Recurring role; Season 5; Main role; Season 6-present |
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