It’s been a wonderfully busy year for the star of CW’s hit show “Jane the Virgin,” Gina Rodriguez, who won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a comedy, making her only the fourth Latina to win an acting Globe since the awards’ inception, in 1944. Rodriguez is taking the leap to Hollywood blockbusters in a film starring Mark Wahlberg about the BP oil spill. In addition, she joined some of the biggest comedy actresses of the moment in “The Hollywood Reporter’s” round table and cover story, and now the Puerto Rican actress covers Glam Belleza Latina’s Summer 2015 issue and opens up about her Golden Globe win, changing the idea of minorities in the media, and embracing her natural beauty.
While her amazing Golden Globe acceptance speech said very much, when asked what the award meant to her, Rodriguez responded, “the nomination itself was the win,” before explaining why. “I want to be acknowledged for what I do. For people to stop and say, ‘She can act her ass off. I want to work with her.’ That way I can tell more stories,” she said. Going further into the matter, Rodriguez says she sees one of the purposes of her career to “change the idea of minorities in the media,” not necessarily by herself, but joining a movement. “Growing up, I never saw my home life reflected on-screen, and that made me feel a certain way about myself. It’s not only about my ethnicity; it made me feel a certain way about my beauty.”
The actress says she still embraces the values she grew up with, that celebrate natural beauty. “I’m real and I’m not put-together all the time. Like, that is just the truth. And to live up to that is just too much. It’s not sustainable at all.” Rodriguez insists that the Latino community urgently needs to understand its collective strength. “The more we show them that our united front can blow something up, the more they’re going to open those doors because it’s no longer a risk. This isn’t about racism. It’s about money.”
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