Lisseth Chavez

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Lisseth Chavez
Born1989 (age 3435)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress
Years active2009–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 .

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Personal life

Chavez is of Salvadoran heritage. [1] She was born in 1989.

Career

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]

Awards and recognition

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]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016BFFsBellacompleted (unreleased)
2021VoyeurRebeccaPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 True Beauty Herself
2011The BabyMaritzaEpisode: "The Interviews"
2013 Southland Carmen MartinezEpisode: "Bleed Out"
2015The AdversariesTV film
Shameless MaritaEpisode: "Crazy Love"
The Night Shift AnaEpisode: "Fog of War"
2016 Rush Hour clerkEpisode: "Badass Cop"
Lucifer NikkiEpisode: "A Priest Walks Into a Bar"
Murder in the First Skylar Jennings3 episodes
Rizzoli & Isles CarmenEpisode: "Dangerous Curve Ahead"
2017 Grey's Anatomy Kate EndrisEpisode: "Civil War"
One Day at a Time Young LydiaEpisode: "A Snowman's Tale"
One of UsHaley CooperTV film
S.W.A.T. Ariana AcostaEpisode: "Fences"
2017–2018 The Fosters Ximena SinfuegoRecurring role; 18 episodes
2018Get Christie LoveValTV film
2019 Station 19 Kathleen "Kat" Noonan2 episodes
The OA Carmen2 episodes
Chicago Fire Officer Vanessa RojasEpisode: "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 JuarezRecurring role; Season 5; Main role; Season 6-present

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