Genesis Rodriguez
American actress (born 1987)
Génesis Rodríguez Pérez (born July 29, 1987) is an American actress. She began her career playing leading roles in the Telemundo telenovelas Prisionera (2004), Dame Chocolate (2007) and Doña Bárbara (2008-2009). She co-starred with Paul Walker in Hours (2013). She is also known for her television roles as Sarah on the HBO series Entourage (2010-2011), assistant museum curator/adventurer Jane Walker on the ABC series Time After Time (2017), Captain Josephina Carrillo on the Paramount+ spy thriller Lioness (2024-present), and journalist Isabel De Leon on the third season of the Netflix action thriller The Night Agent (2026). She has starred in the films Man on a Ledge (2012), Casa de Mi Padre (2012), What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012), The Last Stand (2013), Tusk (2014), and Run All Night (2015). She provided the voice of Honey Lemon in the Disney animated film Big Hero 6 (2014), a role she reprised in Big Hero 6: The Series (2017-2021).
01Early life
Rodriguez was born July 29, 1987, in Miami, Florida. Her mother, Luisa Carolina "Carol" Pérez Rodríguez, is a Cuban model. Her father, José Luis Rodríguez, is a Venezuelan actor and singer who is also known by the nickname "El Puma". Her parents married in 1996.
02Career
As a child, Rodriguez performed as one of the young dancers on the Venezuelan children's series El Club de Los Tigritos. Upon returning to Miami, she continued private education with a tutor and obtained a recurring role on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives from November 2005 to January 2006. In addition to American television, Rodriguez landed Spanish-language roles and played dual leads as Rosita Amado and Violeta Hurtado in the primetime series Dame Chocolate, which aired on Telemundo.
In 2012, Rodriguez had a substantial role as the love interest of Will Ferrell in the comedy film Casa de Mi Padre, a spoof in the style of the Mexican soap operas of the 1970s. She followed that role with an appearance in the action-thriller film The Last Stand in 2013, playing the villainous FBI Agent Ellen Richards, as well as appearing in the comedy Identity Thief as Marisol. In 2014, Rodriguez lent her voice to Honey Lemon in the Disney animated film Big Hero 6. In February 2017, she appeared as the main female role in the music video for Romeo Santos's song Héroe Favorito. In 2022, she appeared in the recurring role of superhero Sloane Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy season 3.
03Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Man on a Ledge | Angie | |
| Casa de Mi Padre | Sonia | ||
| What to Expect When You're Expecting | Courtney | ||
| 2013 | The Last Stand | Agent Ellen Richards | |
| Identity Thief | Marisol | ||
| Hours | Abigail Hayes | ||
| 2014 | Tusk | Ally Leon | |
| Big Hero 6 | Honey Lemon | Voice role | |
| 2015 | Run All Night | Gabriela Conlon | |
| 2016 | Yoga Hosers | Ms. Wicklund | |
| 2018 | Delirium | Lynn | |
| Icebox | Perla | ||
| 2020 | Centigrade | Naomi | |
| 2024 | The 4:30 Movie | Hot Usher |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | El Club de Los Tigritos | Dancer | |
| 2004 | Prisionera | Libertad Salvatierra Santos | Main cast |
| 2007 | Dame Chocolate | Rosa "Rosita" Amado / Violeta Hurtado | Main cast |
| 2008-2009 | Doña Bárbara | Marisela Barquero / Young Bárbara Guaimarán | Main cast |
| 2010-2011 | Entourage | Sarah | Episodes: "Stunted", "Dramedy", "Out with a Bang" |
| 2017 | Time After Time | Jane Walker | Main cast |
| Elena of Avalor | Amalay | Voice role; episode: "The Jewel of Maru" | |
| 2019 | The Passage | Alicia | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2017-2021 | Big Hero 6: The Series | Honey Lemon | Main cast; voice role |
| 2018 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Lourdes Vega | Episodes: "Remember Me", "Remember Me Too" |
| 2018-2020 | She-Ra and the Princesses of Power | Perfuma | Main cast; voice role |
| 2020 | The Fugitive | Detective Sloan | Web series; main cast |
| 2022 | The Umbrella Academy | Sloane Hargreeves / Sparrow Number Five | Main cast (season 3) |
| 2023 | Neon | Isa | 3 episodes |
| 2024, | Lioness | Captain Josephina Carrillo | Main cast (season 2) |
| 2026 | The Night Agent | Isabel De Leon | Main cast (season 3) |
Music videos
| Year | Title | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | "Héroe Favorito" | Romeo Santos |
| 2024 | "Texas" | Blake Shelton |
Video games
| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Kingdom Hearts III | Honey Lemon | |
| 2025 | Disney Speedstorm |
Sources and credits
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